The Gunn Choirs
Choral Music at Gunn High School is a thriving department. Inspired by a sincere love of music and commitment to excellence, the Gunn High School Concert Choir, Treble Choir and Chamber Singers perform a wide variety of choral literature including Renaissance music, Baroque, Classical, Jazz, Gospel and music from countries around the world.
Since 1991, the choir has received 18 Unanimous Superior ratings from the California Music Educators Association. They have also been awarded First Prize at the National Events Festival at Vancouver B.C, the Heritage Festival in Anaheim, and the Command Performance Festival in San Diego.
Members of the choir have performed in and been recognized for outstanding performances in the All-State and Regional Honor Choirs and various festivals throughout the state.
The choirs traveled to Austria and the Czech Republic in 2009 to sing at the Spanish Synagogue in Prague and a number of historic cathedrals in Prague and Vienna, culminating in a combined choral performance with orchestra in the Votiv Kirche in Vienna conducted by Dr. Hilary Apfelstadt and Dr. Anna Hamre. Other recent trips have featured destinations such as London, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Australia, New York City, a cruise to Mexico, and singing high mass at the Vatican in 2006.
Other recent highlights include participating in the prestigious Stanford Invitational Choral Festival in 2007, winning the KFOX School of Rock Award in 2008, and Unanimous Superior ratings at the CMEA meeting in 2009.
