Vincent Tolliver, violist, vocalist, and music educator was born and raised in Columbus, GA has been a resident of Oakland, CA for 30 years. Twenty-five of those years have been as a teacher in the private and public schools of Oakland and Alameda.
He has taught and often restarted music programs at all grade levels in Lower East Oakland schools. As the Instrumental Music Teacher and Performing Arts Chair of The Skyline Performing Arts Department, his bands and orchestra yearly competed and placed highly, annually performed over twenty community and civic events, and his students have received college acceptances and music scholarships as music and non-music majors at top level universities and music schools. The Skyline Performing Arts Department collaboratively performed two musicals annually at five runs per show which funded the majority of the department’s budget.
Vincent remains active as a freelance viola player and vocalist in local orchestras, small classical and jazz groups, and in church worship ministries. He also teaches viola, violin, and conducts in The Alameda Music Project (El Sistema) and The Young Musicians Choral Orchestra, two proven programs that bring music education and academic assistance to underserved youth and prepares them to enter and excel in college or other post high school opportunities.
He has taught and often restarted music programs at all grade levels in Lower East Oakland schools. As the Instrumental Music Teacher and Performing Arts Chair of The Skyline Performing Arts Department, his bands and orchestra yearly competed and placed highly, annually performed over twenty community and civic events, and his students have received college acceptances and music scholarships as music and non-music majors at top level universities and music schools. The Skyline Performing Arts Department collaboratively performed two musicals annually at five runs per show which funded the majority of the department’s budget.
Vincent remains active as a freelance viola player and vocalist in local orchestras, small classical and jazz groups, and in church worship ministries. He also teaches viola, violin, and conducts in The Alameda Music Project (El Sistema) and The Young Musicians Choral Orchestra, two proven programs that bring music education and academic assistance to underserved youth and prepares them to enter and excel in college or other post high school opportunities.