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Oakland Symphony Chorus

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.


Sopranos
Lynne Baer *
Elaine Fisher
Jessica Furer
Carol Henri
Carol Hudson #
Sarah King
Sheridan Mathias
Lisa Braver Moss
Phyllis Pennington-Kent #
Abbie Rockwell
Rosalyn Simanungkalit
Annicia Smith

Altos
Bernadette Breen
Marie Carney
Gloria Clemons
Senobia Ellis
Lisa Haupert
Margaret Hegg
Karen Ivy #
Jeanne Korn
Linda Lipner
Jessica Ma
Nancy Lowenthal
Connie Philipp
Dorothy Read
Maya Simpson
Monique Stevenson #
Phoebe Stuart
 

Tenors
Phil Bowling-Dyer #
Jim Hasler
Curtis Lawler
Karl Malamud-Roam
Dana Meyer
Barbara Miller #
Smiley Nelson
Ricardo Pastor
Chris Poston
Jim Stenson
Colin Stuart
Ted Vorster

Basses
Jim Ahrens
Charlie Crane #
Sheldon Greene #
David Lichtenstein
Mark Moss
Joe Orr #
Hyoun Park *
Mark Slagle
Julia Vetter
Calvin Wall
Adam Wayne

 

* Section Leader
# Chorus Committee Member