Conway Tan-Gregory

Conway Tan-Gregory started with Cantare in 2014, teaching classroom music and directing after-school choirs. He now oversees the organization’s Classroom Music Education Program as the Director of Music Education. 

Conway earned a Master’s in Music Education with an emphasis on Kodály methodology from Holy Names University in Oakland. He has training in Orff-Schulwerk. Since 2007, Conway has been a professional keyboardist and music director in churches. He also teaches at Diablo Valley College as music director for the musical theater program. Conway is active in San Francisco Bay Area musical theater as a music director and keyboardist; his past credits include The Addams Family, Freaky Friday, Footloose, Head Over Heels, and Seussical.  

Conway currently serves as the Music Director of a Gospel Choir at St. Patrick’s Church, West Oakland. In the past, he has been the director of contemporary worship teams, intergenerational choirs at various churches in the Bay Area. He is a founding member of the National Pastoral Musicians, Oakland Chapter, where he serves as the Programming Coordinator. 

 He has presented lectures at regional and national music seminars on social-emotional learning through music education. 

Conway, who was born in Malaysia and is trilingual, believes that music provides us with a language to speak from the heart and has the ability to bring people closer to one another.