Cantare Con Vivo

Join Artistic Director David Morales for another round of exploring the historical context, musical characteristics, and compositional techniques of some of the greatest works in choral music canon! Time: Mondays, 7-9pm, via Zoom Tuition: $15/session, $72/series... Visit https://www.cantareconvivo.org/still-singing to register!

Way down deep in the archives this week, Verdi's "Stabat Mater", performed by the Chorale and Chamber Ensemble in 2006. You can learn more about this iconic piece in tonight's Decoding the Masterworks lecture + sing-along at 7pm on Zoom, also covering Haydn's "Lord Nelson Mass". Visit www.cantareconvivo.org/still-singing to register by 5pm today!

Second in our series of introducing you to Cantare's amazing Teaching Artists: Rebecca Kleinmann, accomplished flautist, singer and composer, and teacher at Laurel and Hillcrest Elementary Schools. Our talented Teaching Artists are key to the success of our choral music education programs, which currently serve over 2,300 students in underserved Oakland schools each week. Visit https://www.cantareconvivo.org/youth-programs to learn more about Cantare's music education programs!

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"Music Down In My Soul" by Moses Hogan, performed by the Cantare Chorale, June 2017. Visit Cantare's YouTube channel for more videos of our past concerts!

UPDATE: The 10/26 Decoding the Masterworks lecture/sing-along on Beethoven and Fauré is official POSTPONED to WEDNESDAY, 10/28, 7PM, on account of power outage. Registration is also extended, to 5pm on Wednesday. The recording will be available on Thursday, 10/29. Thank you all for your patience! We can't wait to see you on Wednesday.

Heads up to Decoding the Masterworks participants: tonight's session on Beethoven and Fauré might be postponed to Wednesday due to weather. To whit: PG&E has cut off David's power, severely limiting his ability to host a Zoom class. Updates to follow. Heads up to Decoding the Masterworks not-yet-participants: there's still time (potentially extra time!) to register for tonight's lecture/sing-along with Beethoven's Ode to Joy, Fauré's Requiem, and future classes featuring Bernstein, Verdi, and more! Visit https://www.cantareconvivo.org/still-singing to learn more.

Visit cantareconvivo.org/still-singing to register for the Decoding the Masterworks lecture + sing-along next Monday, Oct.26. This week: bookending the Romantic period with Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" and Fauré's "Requiem"! A sample of the style: Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis", performed by the Cantare Chorale, 2011.

Our talented team of Teaching Artists are key to the success of our choral music education programs, which currently serve over 2,300 students in underserved Oakland schools each week. This fall, we’ll be introducing them to you so you can experience some of the magic they bring to our students each week in class. Visit https://www.cantareconvivo.org/youth-programs to learn more about Cantare's music education programs!

There's still time to register for the first class of Decoding the Masterworks: Series 2. Tonight at 7pm: MOZART'S REQUIEM, here performed by the Cantare Chorale with the San Joaquin Delta Junior College and conductor Germán Aquilar. Visit www.cantareconvivo.org/still-singing for more information.

In celebration of several straight days of good air quality in the East Bay: "Unclouded Day" by Rev. J.K. Alwood, arranged by Shawn Kirchner, performed by Chorale and Chamber Ensemble in June 2017. Visit Cantare's YouTube channel for more clips from this and other concerts!

Coming soon: Cantare's October Family Sing-Along, Friday, October 16 at 3:30pm! Monthly virtual sing-alongs are free fun for the whole family. Follow this link to register!

"BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS" With music once sung in concert together, singers from Cantare Con Vivo's adult choirs and Nova Youth Choir share inspiring messages from home, reminding us we are all still connected even while we must remain apart.