People's Choir of Oakland
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| Industry | Non-profit |
| Founded 📆 | 2020 |
| Founder 👔 | Frederica von Stade |
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Key people | Frederica von Stade Nicolle Foland |
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The People's Choir of Oakland is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization in Oakland, California.[1] It was conceived and founded in 2020 by the semi-retired opera singer Frederica von Stade in emulation of a similar charity with which she had worked in the preceding decade, Dr Jonathan Palant's Dallas Street Choir.[2][3] The PCO's aim is to foster a sense of dignity, hope and joy in people experiencing homelessness[4] by providing them with a safe space in which, for two hours a week, they can participate in collaborative music-making with the support of a music director, a pianist and a music therapist.[5] In an interview given on May 7, 2021, von Stade said that she expected the Choir to hold its first meeting in a few months' time in Oakland's St Vincent de Paul community centre.[3]
The executive director of the Choir is the soprano Nicolle Foland.[1] The members of its Advisory Board are the tenor Alex Taite; the bass-baritone Kenneth Kellogg; the mezzo-soprano Megan McQuillin; Michael Mohammed, of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music; Michael Morgan, Music Director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony; and von Stade herself.[6] The public launch of the Choir took place on April 2, 2021, when Jamie Barton, Chanticleer, Joyce DiDonato, Kim Nalley, Christabel Nunoo and Bliss Rodriguez joined Kellogg, Taite and von Stade in a fundraising concert that was released on the Choir's YouTube channel.[6][7]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pittas, Dimitri (February 19, 2021). "Opera 101: Kenneth Kellogg, Frederica Von Stade, and People's Choir of Oakland". Holy City Arts & Lyric Opera.
- ↑ Plotkin, Fred (January 6, 2021). "Frederica von Stade". Fred Plotkin on Fridays.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Blue, Angel (May 7, 2021). "Special Guest: Frederica von Stade". Faithful Friday with Angel Blue.
- ↑ "People's Choir of Oakland". San Francisco Classical Voice.
- ↑ Gereben, Janos (February 1, 2021). "Frederica von Stade's North Star Role for Oakland Continues with "People's Choir"". San Francisco Classical Voice.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Von Stade, Frederica (April 2, 2021). "PCO launch event". People's Choir of Oakland.
- ↑ Zennie, Abraham (April 8, 2021). "People's Choir of Oakland Launch Event – April 2, 2021". Oakland News Now.
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