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.
Nocturnes
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.
BOston, massachusetts Tour
For the 2023/2024 Spring tour season, our Chamber Choir and Nightingales will be traveling to Boston, Massachusetts to compete in the Worldstrides State Heritage Festival. 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 Boston, the students will explore the heritage and culture of much of what the east coast 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 to the THHS webstore via the following link:
Katie Bayles
Department President
I've been in the vocal department all four years at Trabuco Hills High School, and I can honestly say it's the best decision I've ever made. First and foremost it has inspired my passion for choral music and classical voice. Secondly, and more importantly, it's been a safe place and a family for me. I've watched countless friends grow and develop, both as musicians and as people, and they in turn, have helped to shape me into the person I am becoming. There is something so beautiful about a program that can take people from every background and teach them to work together and become close when they wouldn't have in other circumstances. I am so grateful for the lessons I have learned from being in a THHS choral ensemble. From the importance of blending to the significance of second chances, every principle can be applied to both music making and the real world. I feel so honored to get the opportunity to lead this group. Separately, we are strong, but together, we will be unstoppable.
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.
