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Piedmont East Bay Childrens Choir

Oakland, Maine, United States • 11 - 50 Employees
Music

Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir advances the choral arts through education, performance, and collaboration at the highest artistic level, fostering individual development and international relationships. PEBCC provides over 300 East Bay children and youth, ages 5-19, with excellence in music education via comprehensive, sequential choral ensemble training, community performances, summer camp intensives, professional collaborations and national and international touring. Every three years, we convene youth choirs from around the globe for the Golden Gate International Choral Festival - the only festival of its kind in the United States.The Choir is a both an educational institution and an arts organization. The two are inextricably linked and intertwined. We believe that music is good for children, and that choral singing is a deeply wholesome, invigorating, enriching practice.With over 300 students enrolled, ranging from 4 to 18 years old, our program draws from 22 cities in the Bay Area. In the 2017-18 Season, you could find us: -- placing 2nd in two categories at the 70th Intenational Eisteddfod in Wales. http://llangollen.tv/choirs/?lang=en-- joining the San Francisco Choral Society on stage at Davies Symphony Hall -- performing with the Mark Morris Dance company at Cal Performances in Berkeley -- at the Nutcracker in Oakland's iconic Paramount theater with the Oakland Ballet and the Oakland Symphony-- at Yoshi's for our own Jazz and Beyond Concert in May 2018Within the international choral community Piedmont Choirs is acclaimed for it's advancement of the choral arts through the commissioning of new music.