The Future is Now
2021
A cross-country collaboration including Iolani School (Honolulu, HI), Booker T. Washington School for the Performing and Visual Arts (Dallas, TX), Face the Music at Kaufman Music Center (New York, NY), Duke Ellington School of the Arts (Washington, D.C.), Oakland School for the Arts (OSA) (Oakland, CA), and Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts (RASOTA) (San Francisco, CA).
Oakland School for the Arts
Instrumental Music
Department Overview
2014 - Present
The NEWBERRY Project
1920 Telegraph, Oakland, CA 94612
An 8,000 sqft space repurposed and entirely remodeled to
accommodate a thriving instrumental music program.
Project Manager: Nick Kanozik
Assistant Manager: Dave Ellis
Facilities Manager: Paul Schultz
Chief Business Officer: Jonathon Foustine
Seminario 2018: Jazz Explorations
Cal Performances
Hosts: Rica Anderson and Sabrina Klein
At Zellerbach Hall, University of CA Berkeley
Event Coordinator / Conductor: Nick Kanozik
Guests: Marcus Shelby / Chuy Valera / Dave Ellis
JALC with Wynton Marsalis and Jon Batiste
Collaborations with Mercury Soul
Hosts: Mason Bates at the DNA Lounge
Event Coordinator: Marko Bajzer
Light Organ Instrument Inventor / Conductor: Nick Kanozik
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Seminario 2016
Cal Performances
Hosts: Oakland School for the Arts
Event Coordinator: Rikki Nealson
Co Coordinator / Conductor: Nick Kanozik
Guests: Gustavo Dudamel and the Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles
SEMINARIO Oct 30th, 2016: OSA Instrumental Music hosted 400+ student musicians from across California for an immersive event of activities and presentations. The event included a massive collaboration between OSA, Cal Performances, LA Philharmonic, Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, Oakland Symphony's MUSE program, and El Sistema USA (including 11 music ensembles across northern California). The presentations culminated with a 175 student orchestra at Sweets Ballroom and the entire event closed at The Paramount with a performance by YOLA conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. It was truly inspiring to see so many young musicians come together for a similar goal.
Documented in the LA Times
Documented in the LA Times
HEART OF OAKLAND
The Fox Theatre
Collaborative performances including 9 Arts Emphases and 450+ Students
Stage Manager: Nick Kanozik
Lighting Designer: Jean Francois Revon
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