With support from the California Arts Council, CARMEL BACH FESTIVAL INC presents Sing Out Loud!, a songwriting residency that combines creative writing, music, movement, individual expression, and collaboration as a means to spark interest and inspired learning for 5th grade students while creating their own original songs. This residency encourages a supportive environment and creates a safe space in which Kids learn to be very generous, encouraging, and welcoming of new ideas.
Our core program is a 22-day summer festival in July with 30 performances. In addition, we offer over 20 free community events at six diverse venues across the Monterey Peninsula, including free brass concerts, lectures, master classes, open rehearsals, and a community concert in Seaside. Our training programs are the Virginia Best Adams Master Class for singers and the Baroque and Classical Academy for strings, both for young people in the early stages of their professional careers. Our interactive family concert is designed to be a shared experience for multi-generational audiences in a relaxing environment and is a free concert. All are part of the July festival. Crossing Cultures presents various ensembles (brass, strings, etc.) performing and coaching at school sites. Sing Out Loud! is our newest program, teaching songwriting to 5th graders. Our programs enable diverse, marginalized, and under-served student bodies to hear, observe, and work with our professional musicians.

