Chamber Choir
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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, O’ahu, and New York.
““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.””
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.
Tenors & Basses
Consisting of the baritone singers of Chamber Choir, the Nocturnes learn and perform selections of music ranging from do-wop classics, barbershop, sea chanties, and traditional TTBB choral literature. During the traditional school year, they will participate in various festivals within Orange County and compete alongside Chamber Choir and the Auroras during their national tours.
San Jose, Costa Rica Tour
For the 2024/2025 Spring tour season, our Chamber Choir and Nightingales will be traveling to San Jose, Costa Rica. As both ensembles prepare an incredibly challenging selection of repertoire, the choirs will work with well-accomplished professors of choral music throughout the Southern Californian region and well-renowned composers along their journey. While in San Jose, the students will explore the heritage and culture of much of what Costa Rica has to offer towards our students. They will explore the city, witness spectacular performances, and exchange music with ensembles from throughout the county. Let’s wish our Mustangs good luck as they embark on this once in a lifetime experience to complete and collaborate with some of the country’s best choral musicians.
Students may make tour donations through the following link:
Sarah MacLean
Department President
Hi! I’m Sarah MacLean and I am the President of the Vocal Department. I have always loved music and I can't imagine my life without it. I love singing, playing guitar, and listening to music that makes me happy. When I joined choir freshman year, I never expected it would completely change my high school experience. I have met so many sweet and genuinely kind people through this program. I look forward to school every single day because I am so excited to create music with my choir family. Singing is such an amazing way to let go of everything else that is happening in my life and to simply have fun in the middle of a school day. Through choir I have learned the importance of working as a team and that doing what I love is truly necessary. I am so thankful that I get the opportunity to help lead the awesome group of Chamber Choir this year. I am really looking forward to performing, bonding, and going on tour. I made so many fun memories on tour last year and grew so much closer to everyone in both Nightingales and Chamber choir. These people have become like a family to me, and my hope is that others find their own sense of belonging here too. I am sooo excited about working with this group and bonding with each and every member. I can not wait for what this year will bring!
Jillian Smead
Department Vice-President
This vocal department has changed my high school experience for the better in a multitude of ways. Through this program I have met some of my closest friends, grown as a vocalist and an individual, and learned what it means to be apart of a team. This year I am incredibly excited to welcome a new group into all three ensembles and watch us all grow closer as a community and as vocalists. Prior to joining concert choir my freshman year, I loved music but I did not know how to sing in a classical style or how to read music. Throughout the past years I have learned how to read music proficiently and have thoroughly enjoyed singing along side my closest friends and peers. Everything we have accomplished, we have accomplished because we work as a team and consistently work together. This department not only cares about the quality of music we create but also about the friendships that develop over time. I am incredibly excited to be apart of this ensemble for my last year and lead this department into another year of happiness and success.
