2025-2026 Season:
Anchored In Justice - Reaching in Love
Your Ticket to the Movies
Lafayette - Saturday, July 26, 2025 - 7:30pm
Oakland - Sunday, July 27, 2025 - 4pm
Join us for a variety of the American Film Institute’s greatest songs from the last 100+ years! Songs include “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend”, “Singin’ in the Rain”, “Rainbow Connection”, “My Heart Will Go On”, and “Let It Go”.
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People Get Ready
Cantare Chorale & Aurora Youth Choir
Sunday, October 5, 2025 - 4pm; Moraga Valley Presbyterian Church
A concert for all ages that includes a medley of Duke Ellington songs and works by Copland, Whitacre, Hagenberg, Jeffrey Ames, Curtis Mayfield, a medley of Cowboy songs. Following the concert, free ice cream will be provided for all audience members and singers. Tickets available soon.
Lead With Love
Cantare Chorale, Aurora & Nova Youth Choirs
Saturday, December 6, 2025 - 7:30pm; Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
Sunday, December 7, 2025 - 4pm; First Presbyterian Church, Oakland
Our annual December holiday set, Lead with Love, is always a highlight for our audiences and will feature selections that focus on themes of the holiday season that include hope, promise, justice, love, peace, compassion, and unity. Included are works by Willan, Memley, Hailstork, Runestad, Esenvalds, and others, including C. H. Johnson’s All of Us from Considering Matthew Shepard. Tickets available soon.
The Three B’s: Bach * Beethoven * Brahms
Cantare Chorale with Orchestra and Soloists
Saturday, March 21, 2026 -7:30pm; Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
Sunday, March 22, 2026 - 4pm; First Presbyterian Church, Oakland
The Chorale will perform works by these three famous classical German composers featuring Beethoven’s Symphony #9, Mvt 4: Ode to Joy; Bach’s Motet #1: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, and Jesus bleibet meine Freude; and Brahms’ Nänie and the fourth movement of his German Requiem, How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place. Tickets available soon.
Until All of Us Are Free
Cantare Chorale & Aurora Youth Choir
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 7:30pm - Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church
Sunday, March 17, 2026, 4pm - Lafayette Orinda Presbyterian Church
We close our season commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence. Our concert title addresses today’s reality of this historical vision. Works include American composers and various genres including folk songs, Broadway show music, jazz, spirituals, hymns, and patriotic songs. Tickets available soon.
Holiday Concert
Walnut Creek - Saturday, December 7, 2024 - 7:30pm
Oakland - Sunday, December 8, 2024 - 4pm
Cantare’s Chorale, Chamber Ensemble and Nova, accompanied by full orchestra, present Cantare’s annual December Holiday Concert. Always a holiday favorite, the program will include Poulenc’s Gloria and several seasonal favorites that reflect the sentiments from assorted sacred and secular traditions. More details here!
Sacred Serenity & Bombastic Brilliance
Walnut Creek - Saturday, April 5, 2025 - 7:30pm
The Chorale, accompanied by full orchestra, will perform two contrasting 20th century works: Maurice Duruflé’s lush and serene setting of the Requiem and William Walton’s exceedingly thrilling Belshazzar’s Feast. Both works illustrate Hope & Resilience in challenging times coupled with a path forward. Click here for more information!
Pride & Joy
Oakland - Thusday, November 7, 2024 - 6pm
Cantare’s children’s and youth choirs unite from across Oakland for their first concert of the year. Join us for a joyous celebration with opportunities for you to join in the singing. Featuring Nova, and Music Stars choirs of Cleveland, Franklin, La Escuelita, Laurel, Lincoln, Melrose Leadership Academy and Piedmont Ave Elementary Schools. This concert is free to the community!
2024-2025 season…
Give Them a Sense of PRIDE
Walnut Creek - Saturday, July 27, 2024 - 7:30pm
Oakland - Sunday, July 28, 2024 - 4pm
Join Guest Conductor Darita Seth as he takes Cantare’s Summer Adult Choir on a choral journey to honor the lives and work of LGBTQIA+ artists, through a vignette of diverse repertoire encompassing writers, composers, and performers from the community.
Under One Sky
2025 Children’s & Youth Choirs Spring Concert
Oakland - Friday, May 2, 2025 - 6:30 pm
This season-closing concert celebrates our unity and connection to one another. Music Stars choirs of Cleveland, Franklin, La Escuelita, Laurel, Lincoln, Melrose Leadership Academy and Piedmont Ave Elementary Schools join with Nova to celebrate and share their musical achievements of the 2024-25 school year and season. This concert is free to the community!
Brighter Days
Oakland - Friday, June 13, 2025 - 2:00pm
Our 125 campers have been hard at work learning an exciting program of music celebrating hope and resilience. Come celebrate their achievements with this uplifting concert, including music from Elton John, Nina Simone, and original compositions by our students.
Cantare in Action
Sanctus | Messa da Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi
Ol’ Man River | Jerome Kern, arr. Russell Robinson
Unclouded Day | Shawn Kirchner
Freedom Train | Rollo Dilworth
