The Oakland Symphony Chorus enriches our community through high quality musical performances and educational workshops that raise appreciation and understanding of choral music, while providing performance opportunities for people who love to sing. Established in 1958, Oakland Symphony Chorus is one of the East Bay’s finest choirs, and a premier resource for continuing education in the choral arts. In June 2015, the chorus traveled to Budapest, Györ, Vienna, and Prague for its first international tour. The Chorus performs regularly with its partners, Oakland Symphony and Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, as well as with a variety of other Bay Area orchestras. In June 2018, the Chorus toured Italy and gave concerts in Rome, Pisa, and San Marco Cathedral in Venice. In April 2019, the Chorus premiered a new choral orchestral work, Mass for Freedom, written by Bay Area composer Michael Roberts. This commissioned work used Spirituals (which became Freedom songs in the 1960’s) as the source material.

OAKLAND SYMPHONY CHORUS

SOPRANOS
Lynne Baer (Section Leader)
Molly Christiansen
Isa Chu
Chiara Darnton
Elaine Fisher
Jessica Furer
Carol Hudson **
Sarah King
Sheridan Mathias
Elise Mills
Lisa Braver Moss
Phyllis Pennington-Kent **
Abbie Rockwell
Jessica Scully
Rosalyn Simanungkali

ALTOS
Shahara Benson
Bernadette Breen
Lara Cohen
Shelley Elkins
Susanna Halliday Miller
Margaret Hegg
Karen Ivy **
Linda Lipner
Diana Pray
Monique Stevenson **
Ilona Turner **
Sherry Wang

TENORS
Phil Bowling-Dyer **
Gabriel Cohen
Jim Hasler
Curtis Lawler
Karl Malamud-Roam
Dana Meyer
Barbara Miller **
Ricardo Pastor
Chris Poston
Jeff Stange
Jim Stenson
Ted Vorster rs

BASSES
Jim Ahrens
Josh Black
Charlie Crane **
Asher Davison
Rick Diamond
Sheldon Greene **
David Lichtenstein
Joe Orr **
Hyoun Park (Section Leader)
Mark Slagle
Calvin Wall

**Chorus Committee Members