Grantee Database
OAKLAND YOUTH CHORUS
Grant Year
2017-18
Grant Program
Arts Education – Extension
Award Amount
$17,100.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, the Oakland Youth Chorus will conduct yearlong, sequential, K-12 after school and community choral music classes and ensembles that teach to VAPA standards, enhance multicultural understanding, and promote collaboration and positive self-expression in Oakland and Richmond. Six middle school, eleven elementary school classes, and our advanced 5-12 high school community ensembles will be taught by accomplished performing musicians and music educators.
Organization Summary
OYC is a TK-12 comprehensive youth choral music education organization. Through our in-school programs, after school Choruses, and our advanced Concert Chorus and Chamber Singers ensembles, OYC provides music instruction and community building performance opportunities that increase confidence, community engagement, musical skills, and creativity.
OYC trains youth in a varied repertoire, supporting artistic diversity by providing programs that reflect and contribute to the cultural richness of our region. OYC’s young people develop close friendships, multicultural respect, and a lifelong love of music, changing lives and our world through the power of the human voice.
In FY20, our programs had grown to serve 30 primarily Title 1 school partners and engaged over 2000 youth across the East Bay. While the impacts of COVID have reduced our scope by nearly half in FY21, we continue to pursue our mission and vision, working with schools and families to adapt to current pandemic circumstances and rebuild for the future.
Organization
OYC
Address
685 14th Street
Oakland
94612
County
Alameda
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(510) 287-9700
Congressional District
California's 13th congressional district
State Assembly District
District 18
State Senate District
District 9
