Trabuco Hills High School Chamber Choir

The Trabuco Hills High School Chamber Ensemble is an award-winning, advanced, auditioned ensemble which regularly performs throughout the Orange County community by performing a diverse, academic, and multicultural selection of music. The choir regularly travels to compete in both local and national choral competitions throughout the country.

Throughout the academic year, the Chamber Singer partake in quarterly concerts with the various ensembles within the THHS Vocal Department. This includes The Festival of Choirs in the October, the Winter Concert in the December, the POPS Concert in March, and the Summer Concert in May/June. The ensemble also regularly participates in the Southern California Choral Festival (SOCC), the Southern California Vocal Association various choral festivals (sight-reading), the Cal State Fullerton High School Invitational, the Azusa Pacific High School Invitational, ensemble exchanges amongst the Orange County community, and various caroling events during the holiday season.

Each year, the ensemble also partakes a the WorldStrides state or national choral festival. This gives our singers the opportunity to sing and compete amongst some of the nation’s top high school choral ensembles and gives students the opportunity to travel and sing in the country’s most beautiful concert halls and colleges. Past tours have included San Diego, San Francisco, and Nashville.

2020 Oahu, Hawaii Tour

During the 2017/2018 school year, our Trabuco Hills High School Chamber Choir traveled north to San Francisco in April to compete in the WorldStrides Heritage Festival against some of California’s best high school choral ensembles. Their incredible hard work and dedication awarded them a gold ranking of 98/100 and an opportunity to sing in New York City’s Carnegie Hall or compete the following year in one of four Festival of Gold competitions held throughout the country.

For the coming competitive festival season, our Chamber Choir Mustangs will be competing in WorldStrides Festival of Gold held in Nashville, Tennessee amongst the top 10% of the country’s previously years scoring high school choral ensembles. As they prepare an incredibly challenging selection of music, the ensemble will have an opportunity to visit various college campuses to work with well-accomplished professors of choral music, world-renowned composers, explore Nashville’s amazing culture and musical significance, and sing in the amazing acoustics of Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Let’s wish our Mustangs luck as they embark on this once in a lifetime experience to compete and collaborate with some of the country’s best choral musicians.

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The Auroras

Consisting of the treble singers of Chamber Choir, the Auroras learn and perform an eclectic and challenging selection of choral literature that embraces the female art of choral music. During the academic school year, they will participate in various festivals within Orange County and compete alongside Chamber Choir during their national tours.

From the President:

Annie Guzman

The idea of going to Trabuco Hills used to be a distant thought in my mind as I had my sights set on going to the Orange County School of the Arts (OCSA). I had my heart set on joining the Pianist Program or even the Guitarist Program, but I became hesitant at the last minute. I don’t know what it was that made me change my mind about going to OCSA, but it’s the choice that led me to a family that I love so dearly. It led me to the Trabuco Hills Vocal Department where I have made lasting friendships and have learned so much more about music. This year will be my fourth year in the Vocal Department and my third year in Chamber Choir. I am so proud to be a part of a team full of dedicated musicians that strive to better themselves and others through music. One of my aspirations for all of the singers in the department is that they would all come to appreciate the complexities of the music that they are bringing to life. Music is so much more than just notes on a page. It is the energy and personal flare that each musician brings to the team that really vivifies a piece of music.

A favorite memory of mine in the department is when Chamber Choir was tour in Francisco in 2018 and we were exploring near Fisherman’s Wharf. The group that I was with heard faint singing and we followed the sound to a fudge shop whose employees used singing as a way to attract customers. We quickly made friends with the employees at the shop and we started singing together. None of us could stop ourselves from smiling and I experienced true joy as I witnessed the power of music. I saw first hand that music brings total strangers together like nothing else ever could. There was a sense of unity that I have never felt before. This was the moment that several of us decided that we didn’t care if we placed at all at our festival. What mattered was the relationships that we made with each other during this tour. It was nice to win a big trophy from the festival and get invited to Carnegie Hall, but a lot of us learned that we didn’t need a trophy to feel like winners. To me, that was the greatest lesson that Chamber Choir could have ever learned.

2019/2020 Chamber Choir Council/Board

President - Annie Guzman
Vice President - Mirielle Smith
Secretary - Alyssa Gauss
Historian - Luke Desmond
Social Media - Delaney Miller
Publicity - Jaclyne Schoen

Section Leaders

Soprano - Delaney Miller
Alto - Annie Guzman
Tenor - Luke Desmond
Bass - Nathan Longacre

“It takes more than correct notes and rhythms to make an outstanding performance. Rather, an ensemble who cares for the well-being of every singer as a family member is untouchable in their ability to create good music.”