Cantare seeks to foster a diverse community of compassion and understanding across generational, cultural, and economic boundaries through the beauty and power of choral music.
LAST CALL to Join the Chorale!
The Chorale is currently accepting members for our 2026-27 season!
Come sing with this renouned group for three concerts including our ice cream social concert, holiday concert, and major works concert! Sign up for each series individually, or sign up for all three for a discount. More info below.
Here Comes the Sun
Ice Cream Social Concert
Chorale and Aurora Youth Choir
Sunday, September 27, 2026, 4:00pm
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
The Chorale along with our high school choir Aurora opens the fall season with our afternoon Ice Cream Social Concert entitled Here Comes the Sun. This most entertaining concert will include Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm, Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin, and Geroge Harrison’s Here Comes the Sun, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, Whitacre’s Seal Lullaby and Moses Hogan’s dynamic spiritual setting of My Soul’s Been Anchored. There will also be solo pieces in the mix, and, very importantly, there will be free ice cream provided for ALL attendees graciously provided by Loard’s Ice Cream of Orinda.
Join Cantare Music Stars!
Cantare’s Music Stars program is a tuition-free choral program at our partner schools for 3-5 grade students. Develop your singing voice, make new friends, and perform in concerts with students from other schools. Sign up today!
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Newsletter Update
Voices United • Singing For A Better Tomorrow
Artistic Director, David Morales, introduces Cantare’s 2026-2027 season and 40th anniversary, and reflects on the journey that led us here!
ABOUT CANTARE
Youth and Adult Choir Programs
Youth Programs
Cantare’s innovative and inclusive in-school music education classes and afterschool choirs reach underserved Oakland children who lack access to the arts. We provide tuition-free choral music instruction led by experienced teaching artists—and offer students a safe, supportive, and fun experience through our multicultural curriculum.
“Cantare offers so much potential to all of our students through the world of music. Through hard work and determination, students learn to love music and how to work together as a team!”
–John Lee, Assistant Principal, Lincoln Elementary
Adult Choirs
Cantare’s auditioned 100-voice symphonic Chorale rehearses and performs a variety of compelling and challenging choral music during our concert season (August - April)
During the summer, our Summer Choir (non-auditioned) performed a selection of songs about Love at their concert, Can’t Take My Eyes Off You.
See us in action
