2004: The Summer Sings

Tuesday July 6, 13, 20 and 27
Tuesday August 3, 10 and 17.

All Sing-Ins start Tuesday nights at 7 P.M.

First Covenant Church
4000 Redwood Road
Oakland

Please join us for this wonderful opportunity to sing through your favorite choral masterworks with some of the region's finest conductors. Music is provided. The cost will be $10 per evening, or $60 for all seven.  Plenty of parking is available. For directions using public transit, click here.

Scheduled Programs:

Poulenc: Gloria and J. S. Bach: Magnificat,
July 6

Richard Grant, Director, Pacific Mozart Ensemble

Mozart: Requiem, and Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, July 13

Stephen Sano, Associate Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies, Stanford University, and Director, Stanford Chamber Chorale

Verdi: Requiem, July 20

David Morales, Music Director, Cantare Con Vivo

Mozart: Mass in c minor and Faure: Requiem,
July 27

Magen Solomon, Music Director, Oakland Symphony Chorus, Music Director, San Francisco Choral Artists, and Assistant Professor of Choral Music, University of Southern California

Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, August 3

Michael Morgan, Music Director, Oakland East Bay Symphony, Music Director and Principal Conductor, Sacramento Philharmonic, Artistic Director, Oakland Youth Orchestra, and Artistic Director, Festival Opera

Orff: Carmina Burana, August 10

Joseph Liebling, Conductor Emeritus, Oakland Symphony Chorus

Handel: Messiah, August 17

Marika Kuzma, Associate Professor of Music, UC Berkeley and Director, UC Chamber Chorus and University Chorus

Directions using public transit:
The closest BART station is Fruitvale, on the Dublin/Pleasanton and Fremont lines. From there, walk to the northeast corner of 35th Avenue and International Blvd (E. 14th Street). To arrive at the church before 7:00 pm, plan to arrive at Fruitvale Station before 6:35 pm, and catch the #54/Merritt College bus at 6:42 pm. The bus runs every 30 minutes, and the fare is $1.25.
To get back to Fruitvale BART, the last #54 bus of the day leaves First Covenant Church at 10:12 pm. (The previous bus is at 9:12 pm.) It arrives at Fruitvale Station at 10:24 pm.
Schedules for the #54 bus can be found on the AC Transit web site at www.actransit.org/riderinfo/schedules/54.html, BART schedules can be found on the BART home page at www.bart.gov. The 511.org trip planner can be found at transit.511.org/tripplanner/index.asp.

If you have any questions or want more information, please call:
(510) 207-4093 or E-mail us at [email protected]