Choir

The Mira Costa Grammy® Award Winning Choirs provide students with an extraordinary opportunity to grow as musicians, engage with high level musical literature, and experience the unique and profound social and emotional benefits of performing as a true ensemble of singers. The Choirs have been recognized with distinct honors and many wonderful opportunities, including performing at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah and the California Choral Directors Association State Conference in San Jose, California. The choirs also have performed at many locations and cathedrals around the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York; San Francisco; London; Paris; Germany; Strasbourg, France; and Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

EVENING OF ECLECTIC ENSEMBLES

Join Band, Choir, and Orchestra for our 9th Annual Evening of Eclectic Ensembles on Friday, March 13th! Enjoy dinner at 6:00 pm in the Cafeteria, followed by a concert at…
Keep reading

Choir Performs in Prestigious Invitation-Only Festival

Mira Costa’s Vocal Ensemble choir participated in the LA Master Chorale High School Choral Festival for the sixth year, singing a program of music from around the world! Grant Gershon…
Keep reading

Big Year Planned for Choir in 2022-23!

A brand new class (Mira Costa Voices), the National Anthem at pro sports games, performances at Disneyland and nearly all traditional community events, and an international tour to Salzburg, Vienna…
Keep reading

Choir performs at Choirs of America and Hawaii Tour

Congratulations to the Choirs on their excellent performance at the Choirs of America & University of Hawaii Na Leo ‘O Hawai Aloha State Choral Festival! While at the Festival, students participated in E…
Keep reading

Choir Updates

The Mira Costa Choir Boosters invite all parents interested in MBUSD choirs to our Parent Party on February 7th at 6pm in the Mira Costa Athletic Complex. RSVP here. You don’t…
Keep reading

Booster Club Info

Store

Advisor

Kate Crellin

President

Melissa Farr (President)

Melissa Elmasian (Treasurer)

Contact

Booster Email

Important Info

Kate Crellin joined MBUSD’s music faculty in August of 2021 as the Choir Director for both MBMS and Mira Costa. In addition to her enthusiasm for teaching and love of singing, Ms. Crellin brings a wealth of experience as a vocalist, composer, educator, researcher, conductor and arranger. Ms. Crellin holds degrees from the University of Cambridge (Masters in Choral Conducting) and the University of Southern California (BA Choral Music & BA Law, History and Culture). As an educator, Ms. Crellin has taught pre-K through 12th-grade music in both public and private schools across Los Angeles. As a composer and arranger, Ms. Crellin recently received the CCDA/George Heussenstamm Composition Competition prize (2021) and Queens’ Cambridge Competition award (2020). Ms. Crellin is passionate about singing and teaching both classical and contemporary music. She has performed choral music across the world, including singing with the Rolling Stones in Indio, CA and touring across eight countries with various ensembles. Additionally, Ms. Crellin is active in the contemporary a cappella scene as a freelance arranger, performer in collegiate and pro groups, and staff of A Cappella Academy. For fun, she loves to travel, spend time with her friends, and walk her recently adopted dog, Maisie. Find out more at Ms. Crellin’s personal website: katecrellin.com

miracostachoirs.org

Back to top