Cantabile Youth Singers on 24th June at 1pm 
Free Lunchtime Concert 
Cantabile Youth Singers is an internationally renowned choral program providing world-class music education, vocal training, and leadership opportunities for the youth of the greater Silicon Valley communities in Northern California. Founded in 1994 by Signe Boyer, and under the leadership of Artistic Director Elena Sharkova since 2004, the Cantabile Youth Singers’ innovative music curriculum and artistically superb, deeply moving, genre-defying concert programs received the highest praise from the international choral community and garnered several awards from professional associations. 

Each summer, members of Cantabile’s Avanti, Con Brio, Bravi and Vocalise choirs tour nationally or internationally, and participate in various festivals. Touring is a valuable way for students to explore the world of professional musicians and the performing arts, and to understand and appreciate the preparation and dedication required to be a performer on the world’s stages. The tour offers a chance for singers to make new friends, see a culturally vibrant location, and learn how to travel as a professional performer.
​With over 180 singers ages 6 to 18, Cantabile offers six performing choirs and three levels of preparatory classes, based on age and skill. Our award-winning program includes solo voice coaching, choral singing, stage presence training, and a graduated music theory curriculum. Instruction is enhanced by mindfulness and yoga, choreography and improvised movement, as well as focus on self-realization and compassion, and an appreciation for the diversity of humankind, cultures, languages, and the arts. Our singers engage their hearts, minds, and voices in joyful, creative learning that fosters such life skills as community building, art appreciation, advocacy, pursuit of excellence, self-discipline, leadership, and teamwork. 
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Committed to promoting new choral music for young voices, Cantabile established its New Music Commission Fund in 2014 and has since engaged composers Jocelyn Hagen, Will Todd, Tim Sharp, Andrea Ramsey, Sarah Quartel, Stephen Hatfield, Eric Tuan, and Tom Shelton,  among others. 

In 2020, Cantabile was awarded the Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming to recognize our commitment to fostering and promoting new music.