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cka) von Stade in 2020 amidst the pandemic and resulting increase in homelessness in Alameda County, California. The choir will meet weekly (when it is safe) to sing together and rehearse for performances. Leading rehearsals will be a music director, collaborative pianist and music therapist. Inspired by her work with the Dallas Street Choir, Flicka desires to bring this community-building program to her neighbors in Alameda County. She is joined by an advisory board made up of fellow artists and leaders in her community: • Kenneth Kellogg – Operatic bass and visual artist • Megan McQuillin – Operatic mezzo-soprano and mother of three • Michael Morgan – Music Director and Conductor, Oakland East Bay Symphony, Artistic Director of Oakland Symphony Youth Orchestra, Music Director at Bear Valley Music Festival and Music Director of Gateways Music Festival • Michael Mohammed, EdD, Director of Musical Theatre Workshop, Opera and Musical Theatre at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, performer, director and choreographer • Alexander Rameses Taite Director at San Francisco Boys Chorus Graduate Level Chorus, Director at Chorus Eclectic, operatic tenor, composer/arranger and teacher The People's Choir of Oakland is fiscally sponsored by the Listen4Life Foundation • EIN 65-1200601