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🎶 Keeping music & the arts ALIVE in Oakland Public Schools.
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ONE WEEK AWAY! 🥂🎶Join us next Monday, November 16th, for a special evening at Wood Tavern in Oakland as we gather with friends, neighbors, and supporters to celebrate the power of music, art, and community. As Wood Tavern prepares to close its doors at the end of the year, we’re especially grateful for the opportunity to come together in this beloved neighborhood space to enjoy dinner and drinks for a good cause. 💛
Every ticket helps sustain Elevate Oakland’s tuition-free music and arts programs for young people across Oakland public schools. There are just a few tickets left! 🎟️ Grab yours at the link in our bio. We hope to see you there!
09 Nov 2026
Hot off the press! 🗞️✨ Our 2025-2026 School Year In Review is live! Tap the link in our bio to read the full report featuring student success stories, program highlights, and a look at what’s ahead for Elevate Oakland. Link in bio 🔗
17 Jun 2026
Absolute TOWN PRIDE 🎊❤️🎶 Spirits are still ignited from last week’s Benefit Show at @yoshis_oak, where more than 50 OUSD youth took the stage for an unforgettable night of musical performances.
We are honored to share this video recap with you featuring a special proclamation given by @mayorbarbaralee at the event, recognizing Elevate Oakland and leadership team @sheilae, @officiallynnmabry, @jasondhofmann, Yoshie Akiba and @maybe.natalie for 15 years (and counting) of commitment to ensuring that EVERY Oakland public school student has equitable access to music and arts education.
Want to see more from last week’s event? Subscribe to our newsletter TODAY to receive the official event recap from our unforgettable night at Yoshi’s—coming to an inbox near you tomorrow! Link in bio 💌
🎥Video by Isaac Wolfe
10 Dec 2025
🔊SOUND ON! Harvest Festival 2026 was so amazing, we have to share it in chunks 😂
The MUSIC and PERFORMANCES: The legacy and current growth of vocal arts, cheerleading, musicians and bands coming out of @castlemonthigh cannot be understated: the internationally travelling Castleers, Claytoven, Rustee Allen (Sly and the Family Stone, The Temptations), D’Wayne Wiggins, Raphael Saadiq, pls share a name! The diversity of new students and cultures adds even more depth to the creativity coming out the Castle and the Deep. Special shout out to Los Squires!
Shoutout to @castlemont Choir ked by the amazing Keenan Foster, @elevateoakland and the amazing talents of Castlemont cheerleading and youth musicians. Rock on Knights! #deepeastoakland #culture #outdoorclassroom #communityhealth #livemusic
29 Oct 2026
Did you know? 👀 This month’s Grateful Thursdays w/ Alex Jordan & Friends at @clubfox_rwc is not only a benefit for the Grateful Guitars Foundation, but we are going to use this opportunity to make a second gift to one of our favorite local non-profits, @elevateoakland !
Working closely with Oakland Public Schools, EO helps to bring culturally vibrant art and music programs to Oakland’s youth by providing students with access to mentoring, nurturing, instruction and training by dedicated professional artists and musicians.
Our original gift to Elevate Oakland was made in February 2025 in honor of a guitar gift to DSO’s Rob Eaton of a Hoeg “Blueknife,” but this one’s just because.
We’ll also be celebrating the legacy of luthier Rich Hoeg, the local legend who built many of Bobby’s Modulus and Hoeg guitars from the early 80s on. We’ll have several instruments on display and in the hands of Alex's fantastic band.
The evening is a special tribute to RatDog and tickets will likely sell out in advance. Don’t get turned away at the door!
Get your tix at the link in bio.
08 Oct 2026
¡Qué manera de encender el medio tiempo!
@sheilae nos regaló un show icónico que dejó a todos sin palabras. Su talento, su energía y su presencia hicieron de este entretiempo un momento inolvidable.
Gracias por poner el alma en cada nota, Sheila E. ¡Una actuación que se queda grabada en la memoria!
#OAKvLEX | #ConoceTusRaíces
12 Sep 2026
Oakland! This Saturday we’ll be playing the half time show as @oaklandroots take on @lexingtonsportingclub for Conoce Tus Raíces Night. Use the 🔗 in my bio for tickets. 20% of each ticket sold will be donated to @elevateoakland.
09 Sep 2026
⚽️ Sat Sep 12 @oaklandroots with half time performance by Ms. Sheila E. 🪘 🥁 Featuring students from @elevateoakland + tickets 🎫 % 20 go to a fundraiser for Elevate Oakland’s music education programs for kids - tix 🔗 in bio - don’t miss it at @oaklandcoli .. #conocestusraices Know Your Roots!
02 Sep 2026
Behind the scenes at the Elmhurst Summer Music Camp! 🎶☀️
We’re proud to support this incredible initiative creating meaningful summer music opportunities for young people in Deep East Oakland.
Now in its third year, the Elmhurst Summer Music Camp strengthens the continuum of music education across OUSD community schools, bringing together rising 5th–8th grade students while providing paid leadership opportunities for more experienced high school musicians to serve as student mentors.
This year’s camp expanded as a collaborative effort between music educators from @elmhurstunited and @castlemonthigh, alongside three of Elevate Oakland’s community teaching artists. Throughout the month of June, students explored a variety of instrumental disciplines and experimented with music production.
Programs like this help ensure that creative learning doesn’t stop for our Deep East Oakland youth when the school year ends. Thank you to our community of supporters who made this possible 💖
📸 photos by @chose1prod
16 Jul 2026
That’s a WRAP for the 25/26 school year! 🥳🎁 Here are just a few of the many joy-filled moments shared with students, staff and community over the past 10 months. From countless OUSD classrooms to stages at @oaklandmuseumca, the @guildtheatre, @yoshis_oak and everywhere in between — THANK YOU to all who have made our work possible this past school year. What an absolute honor it is to lift up our youth in the spirit of Oakland. Infinite love to our young people and the community that holds them 💗
Want to take a deeper dive into our programs and impact from this past year? Sign up for our newsletter to receive our 25-26 “School Year in Review” straight to your inbox 📥 Link in bio!
09 Jun 2026
To our 🎓🎉 2026 Grads 🎉🎓 and the countless teachers, guardians, counselors, mentors, spirit guides who helped them along the way: we 𝓼𝓮𝓮 you, we 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮 you and we are SO PROUD OF YOU!!
We watched more than 150 of our program youth walk the stage last week, advancing to the next phase of there journeys — whether it be 1st grade, 9th grade, a post-secondary degree or an opportunity to give back to their communities. We feel so grateful to watch OUSD youth grow and succeed — and to make music and creative expression a part of that journey, whether big or small.
Join us in congratulating the OUSD class of 2026!! Video clips from the @castlemonthigh graduation ceremony at the @oakparamount on Friday, May 29th 2026.
02 Jun 2026
Building bridges between community schools 🤝🌱
As an organization dedicated to strengthening arts access across the full continuum of a child’s educational experience, we’ve been investing deeply in building relationships between elementary, middle, and high school arts programs within the same Oakland neighborhoods.
Earlier this month, we facilitated a field trip where students from the @elmhurstunited band program visited neighboring elementary school @reachoakland to perform for 5th graders and share about their experiences in the Elmhurst music program.
With support from Elmhurst music teacher Deario Austin, Elmhurst students stepped into the role of community leaders—speaking about how participating in music has positively shaped their school experience, answering questions from incoming students, and even giving 5th graders a chance to try out instruments themselves.
We’re so proud of our Elmhurst students and look forward to welcoming rising 6th graders from Reach Academy in the fall 💗
27 May 2026
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