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OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR INC

Grant Year

2025-26

Grant Program

General Operating Support

Award Amount

$21,300.00

Project Description

With support from the California Arts Council, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir (OIGC) will support its core artistic and administrative staff and operate its eight adult and youth choir programs. Programming will include a year-round schedule of rehearsals for each choir, music education classes in Oakland’s public middle schools, a gospel music apprenticeship program and a season of free Community Engagement performances and self produced concerts that celebrate, bring together, promote and increase the region’s broad community of singers and lovers of folk music rooted in the American historical practice of gospel music traditions.

Organization Summary

OIGC’s programs include the namesake 73-member adult choir, which headlines the organization’s self-produced annual Holiday Concert and Annual Free Spring Concert; performs across the region in a variety of venues and settings; and via its artistic projects and collaborations, preserves and advances the artistic heritage of Oakland’s large African American population. The 110-member Oakland Interfaith Community Choir is a limited-commitment ensemble founded in 2013, open to adults at all skill levels. Oakland Interfaith Kids Choir is open to children between the ages of 5 – 8, while Oakland Interfaith Youth Choir serves those between 9 – 18. The 2022 merger with Oakland Youth Chorus introduced an additional three youth ensemble choruses that have an additional classroom and formal music education component for those who would like to learn to read and write music as well as sing. A Community Engagement Program offers year-round, free, accessible performances to a diverse audience that includes people in shelters, prisons, jails, nursing homes and other institutions; provides no-fee or low-fee performances for social service agencies, faith-based and educational institutions; and performs for large audiences at admission-free civic festivals and other celebrations.

Organization

OAKLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR

Address

1212 Preservation Park Way ste 200

Oakland

94612

County

Alameda

Region

Bay Area – Other

Phone

(510) 839-4361

Congressional District

California District 12

State Assembly District

District 18

State Senate District

District 9

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