In compliance with the restrictions in place due to COVID-19, our Adult choir concerts have been cancelled through March 2021. We will keep you abreast of our proposed 2020-21 concert season as plans solidify.

Greetings! 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.

Teaching Artist Katerine Carmona Arbelaez moved to the Bay Area from Cartago, Colombia. She joined our team in the fall of 2019, teaching bilingual music education classes and the after-school choir at Melrose Leadership Academy and La Escuelita Elementary. We are so proud to have Kate on our teaching staff. She knows how to bring alive the magic and joy of the music she is teaching while also challenging her students to high levels of musicianship and music literacy.

As a bilingual music educator, Kate says she loves being a part of Cantare because it is such a diverse cultural organization. Her favorite part of teaching is learning to understand her students and to “share with them the joy of the music we perform.” Take a few minutes to watch this short video of Kate speaking about her experiences teaching for Cantare.

In May 2020, Katerine earned a Master’s degree in Music Education with a Kodály emphasis from Holy Names University. While at Holy Names she was a staff member of the Sing, Play Move early childhood music program. Kate recently started her own Youtube channel, Mucalizando featuring bilingual music education videos. She is also the Prep Choir Director for Vivace Youth Chorus in San Jose. Kate is an accomplished clarinetist and has participated in multiple ensembles, including the DVC Symphonic Band, The San Ramon Symphonic Band and the Alexandria Symphonic Band.

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Decoding the Masterworks: Series 2 Monday, October 26, 7pm on Zoom Symphony No. 9, Ode to Joy; Ludwig van Beethoven Requiem; Gabriel Fauré This coming Monday we will be exploring Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”, the final movement from his Symphony No. 9, along with Gabriel Faure’s “Requiem.” These works are stark contrasts in both theme and style as these composers bookend the Romantic Period in which they are set. We will provide scores (PDFs) in advance and via Zoom during class, and you will have the opportunity to sing along to both works. Click here to register!

Excerpts from Missa Solemnis by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by the Cantare Chorale, 2011.

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