Oakland Public Conservatory of Music

04/21/2025

04/21/2025

🎉🎶 Celebrate Music and Creativity with OPC this May and June! 🎶🎉

1) OPC’s 20th Annual Spring Concert: Join us on May 18th for an unforgettable evening of music and community! Experience captivating performances by OPC students and a featured set by Melanie Charles! Featuring a band that includes Sundra Manning & OPC alumni Amina Scott and Jayla Hernandez. Don’t miss this joyous celebration of music!

Students attend free, General Admission: $10-$35 (sliding scale)

2) OPC’s Summer Music Academy: Enroll now for our month-long summer program in June! Open to Girls, Boys, and Non-Gender Expansive Youth, this program offers a diverse range of activities like music, art, dance, DJing, and more. Foster creativity and growth in a fun, inclusive environment.

Learn more and enroll: [LINK IN BIO]

3) Melanie Charles’ Vocal Workshop: On May 2nd, dive into an extraordinary vocal workshop with Melanie Charles, a talented vocalist, flutist, and composer. Explore various genres and learn about live music production using pedals and sampling. Expand your musical horizons in this unique workshop!

Students attend free, General Admission: $20

Join us for these incredible events as we celebrate music, community, and the power of creativity!

04/18/2025

Get ready for an extraordinary musical journey with the talented Melanie Charles at our upcoming Catch the Vibe Music Workshop on May 2nd! 🎤🎶🎵

Dive into the captivating world of vocals, flute, and songwriting as Melanie seamlessly blends elements of jazz, soul, experimental, and Haitian roots music. Her distinctive artistic vision and sound will inspire and enchant you, offering a unique perspective on creative expression.

Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to learn from Melanie Charles and explore new avenues in your own musical journey. Secure your spot now for an unforgettable workshop experience on May 2nd at the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music!

FREE for students 17 years old and younger!!!

04/15/2025

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04/11/2025

Get ready for an incredible summer of music, art, and dance at the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music’s Summer Music Academy 2025! 🎶🌞🎨

Join us for four weeks of non-stop music-making adventures, featuring exciting activities like hip-hop studies, dance, DJing, spoken word, piano, flute/saxophone, vocal music, guitar, visual art, Zimbabwean marimbas, drumming, and unforgettable field trips!
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Send your kids to OPC this June and watch them flourish as they learn, grow, create, and experience the pure joy of making music with friends. Don’t let them miss out on this incredible opportunity! 🌟

Spread the word and bring your young superstars to OPC for an unforgettable summer filled with rhythm, creativity, and fun! ❤️🖤💚

04/03/2025

Greetings friends!

If you are in the Philly area, be sure to check out our Creatuve Education and Innovation Steward, the inimitable PHER aka ChristoPHER Turner. Celebrating another inimitable vocal artist, Marvin Gaye

We love you, Pher!!!

Upscale Southern Fare & Philadelphia's Best Jazz Club

04/01/2025

Drumroll, please! 🥁🎉 Save the date for an unforgettable ALL-AGES drum workshop with the amazing Justin Brown on April 15th at 4:30 PM. Best part? It’s FREE for students 17 and under! Share, invite, and spread the word! 🌟

04/01/2025

03/31/2025

Calling all music lovers and aspiring DJs! 🎶🙌 Join us TODAY at 5:30 PM for an unforgettable workshop with ’ very own at the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music!

Learn the art of DJing from a true master and explore the magic behind the music. Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity, part of our Catch the Vibe Music Series! 🎧✨

Workshop link in our bio!! 🎟️

03/31/2025

See you soon Seattle! Excited to be partnering with my friends at The Rhapsody Project.

Teaching Resistance Through Music
April 12
1:00p-4:00p
King Street Station Floor 2, Back Classroom
Cost: Donations Suggested

This workshop and roundtable discussion will provide participants with an opportunity to discuss strategies that participants can use in increasingly hostile education settings to teach the history of resistance through music. Attendees will be invited to play along in a songshare and participate in a discussion with JD Lenoir (AKA Jesse Hagopian) , Dr. Juliana Cantarelli -Vita , and me.

03/28/2025

Up Next in the series.
Tix available at opcmusic.org.

"Preservation Through Music Education"

03/22/2025

Reminder that our second session of Black Banjo Zoom Workshops with BBFF banjo fellow starts next week!He is teaching two levels: Beginner and Beyond Beginner.Info and registration at www.OPCMusic.org