Chamber Singers members visiting the Bishop Museum in Honolulu include Mac Reese (front, from left), Uma Shukla, Gabe Kronson, Cozette Rinde, Kian Fahimi, Liv Ryssdal, Micah Ruan, Leigh Epstein, Nolan Kuszyk, Carissa Rayer, Johnny Woodruff, Natalie Ben-Ari, Kei Hartzberg, Kate Chun, Tyler Bond, Jen Musso and Seb Yu. Back: Kiera Horne, Ronin Tsai, Emmy Savage, Kate Olsen, Henry Dearborn, Ella Cannon, Zach Burnstine, Tessa Henriod, Reed Nassir, Brittany Rivas, Kaiden Bae, Sadie Stratton, Jacob Kim, Ameena George, Cody Lee and Olivia Wang. -- Photo courtesy Rosana Chan
The La Cañada High School Choral Department kicked off its first year with three successful tours since the pandemic. The three choirs traveled out-of-state with a combined total of around 130 students. Under the leadership of choral director Jeff Brookey, all three groups performed well, receiving high praise at workshops and performances alike.
The Chamber Singers toured Honolulu in February performing at Punahou School, the Bishop Museum, and the USS Battleship Missouri in Pearl Harbor. Their repertoire included a special selection of meaningful songs to honor and pay tribute to the people of Maui after the deadly wildfires in August 2023. In addition, they attended workshops with the University of Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific University’s Music Departments.
The Concert Choir toured New Orleans, in March. They attended a workshop at Xavier University and performed at St. George’s Episcopal Church, St. Andrew’s Church, and Christwood Retirement Community.
Finally, the Vocal Ensemble toured Nashville, Tennessee in April. Their itinerary included performances at Antioch High School’s Festival of Music and Country Music Hall of Fame, a workshop at Belmont University, and a recording session at famed RCA Recording Studio.
<br><em>Concert Choir members who performed in New Orleans were Lily Weber front from left Kiana Johnson Rachel Herrick Mackenzie Nelson Carter Murphy Benji Risley Jaidon Gupta Diyon Silva Shaan Gupta Ava Tambayong Jayda Stratton Johanna Woo Sharani Bhattacharya Shamima Khaja Nour Saad Sofia Flores Sirolli Back Demetrios Vasiliou Cooper Cradduck Johnny Khanlarian Bryson Bond Quinn Scherbert Matthew Couts Brendan Kuo Ally Saenz Harrison Chant Josh Sugino Garrett Walling Drew Yontrarak Jacob Que Matthew Ma Emmi Sugino Jack Reynolds Aidan Dahya Matthew Herrick Austin Bowman Clare Hong Kat Sears Sara Jeffries Janice Pae Madison Lee Colette Park Selena Maimone Jiwoo Lee Sophia Brown Will Jensen Noah Balderston Anabel Broberg Luke Dabell Akhilesh Kumar Tessa Willshire Alice Callahan Maeve Rodriguez Eve Perez Chloe Choukroun Lindy Brascia and Lauren Adkins<em><br><em>Vocal Ensemble members who performed in Nashville were Brigitte Steinbrugge front from left Aditi Iyer Alexis Calm Emma Focardi Eden Lee Kate Suarez Ella Landa Abby Ahn and choral director Jeff Brookey Second row Brandon Hong Kate Ma Cailyn Wu Eugene Cho Courtney Kayzak and Ella Nielsen Third row Amaury Fernandez Orozco Connor Hsu William Dearborn David Kim Sawyer Jennings Saahil Oberai Nicole Otieno Parker Winzenried McKenna Cradduck and Kenny Lee Back Gregory Anten Declan Conwell Jack Harlan Chase Trimble Louis Drobis Atharv Iyer Isaac Jamison Akhilesh Kumar Brandon Arevalo and Madeleine Christiansen<em>
First published in the June 20 print issue of the Outlook ValleySun.
