Ticketed Events

Kedrick Armstrong Inaugural Inextinguishable Oakland!

Friday, October 18, 8 - 10 pm

JULIA PERRY A Short Piece for Orchestra

Celebrate the 40 Year Anniversary of Living Jazz
with three jazz-rooted compositions.

Allison Miller, Modern Jazz
John Santos, Afro-Latin
Meklit, Ethio Jazz

Medley: Ethio Blue, My Gold, Stars in a Wide Field
Songs and Lyrics by Meklit
Arrangement and Orchestration by Sam Bevan

Featured Artist: Meklit

Guest Artists:
Sam Bevan, Bass
Colin Douglas, Drumkit
Marco Peris Coppola, Tupan/Percussion

Valley of the Giants (for Eddie Marshall)
Composer by Allison Miller
Arrangement and Orchestration by Todd Sickafoose

Featured Artist: Allison Miller

Guest Artist: Dayna Stephens

Un Levantamiento (An Uprising)
Composer, percussion: John Santos
Arrangers: Saul Sierra and John Santos

Featured Artist: John Santos

Guest Artists:
Pedro Pastrana, Puerto Rican cuatro
Maria Cora, spoken word

CARL NIELSEN Symphony No. 4, “The Inextinguishable”

Pre-concert talk by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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Two Black Churches + Carmina Burana

Friday, November 8, 8 - 10 pm

SHAWN OKPEBHOLO Zoom!

SHAWN OKPEBHOLO Two Black Churches
     Oakland Symphony co-commission

CARL ORFF Carmina Burana

Meechot Marrero, soprano
Ashley Faatoalia, tenor
Will Liverman, baritone
Oakland Symphony Chorus
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir

Pre-concert talk by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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Let Us Break Bread Together a Tribute to the Legends of Disco!

Sunday, December 15, 4 - 6 pm

Kedrick Armstrong, conductor
Tiffany Austin, vocal soloist
Maiya Sykes, vocal soloist
ChristoPHER Turner, vocal soloist

Oakland Symphony Chorus
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Best Intentions

An “inspired, multifarious, musical bash!” raves SF Classical Voice of the Oakland Symphony’s holiday party, Let Us Break Bread Together. Kedrick Armstrong and the Orchestra are joined by the Bay Area’s hottest artists for this annual seasonal celebration. “Celebrate Good Times” as this year’s edition pays tribute to the legends of disco.

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Forgiveness + Pictures at an Exhibition

Friday, March 28, 8 - 10 pm

Marc Bamuthi Joseph, poet & speaker

GABRIELA LENA FRANK Three Latin-American Dances
(a Side-by-Side performance with the Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra)

DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN
Forgiveness: Suite for Spoken Word & Orchestra

MODEST MUSSORGSKY (orch. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition

Pre-concert talk by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Friday, May 16, 8 - 10 PM

JASMINE BARNES Sometimes I Cry

CARLOS SIMON WITH LIBRETTO BY DAN HARDER
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Morris Robinson, bass
Oakland Symphony Chorus

JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Pre-concert talk by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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Kedrick Armstrong – Beethoven’s Ninth!

Friday, June 13, 8 - 10 pm

ERROLLYN WALLEN: Mighty River

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 9, “Choral”

Hope Briggs, soprano
Michelle Mariposa, mezzo-soprano
Ashley Faatoalia, tenor
Adam Lau, bass
Oakland Symphony Chorus

Pre-concert talk by John Kendall Bailey begins at 7:05 pm

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