MLK Assembly

Amazing Assembly Tuesday in honor of Martin Luther King. Michelle Jordan was astonishing!

The Beatles are coming, the Beatles are coming!

We had a photo shoot for the poster today. Way too much fun!

Concert Videos

What a great semester we have had. So much wonderful singing with such enthusiastic students.
I hope everyone is enjoying the much needed break! Looking forward to the Choir Staff Musical, February 13 and 14, 2013.
Fall Concert Videos Playlist

Winter Concert Videos Playlist

Chamber Singers Holiday Concert Highlights

Fantastic!

What a great event Sunday was! I thought the choirs sang so well, and the soloists were amazing. Then to top it off with a fantastic meal and a chance to hang out as a group....it was all I had hoped it would be. A special thanks to the Choir Boosters for all the extra help and organization.
Katie Woo's dad, Alex filmed the concert and has posted all the videos on youtube!
There is so much to enjoy and be proud of here, and it's only September 24!

Treble Choir: Hava Nashira

Treble Choir: Let Your Voice Be Heard

Natalie Hong and Emily Wu: Scarborough Fair

Elana Loeb and Haley King: Jester

Chamber Singers: Sing dem Herrn

Chamber Singers: Jubilate Deo

Chamber Singers: Lord I Know I Been Changed

Jenny Dally: Danza Danza Fancula

Dennis Mashevsky: Summertime

Kirsten Baird and Sarah Klen: Thinkin Bout You

Concert Choir: Da Pacem Domine

Concert Choir: Exultate Justi

Kavya Padmanabhan and Tatiana Boyle: Hallelujah

Camille Shrager:  Thinking of You

Allyna Melville, Michelle Zhang, Natalie Byun, Sondrine Bontemps, Tanvi Dharap:

Kaleidoscope Heart

VI. Combined Choirs: Sansa Kroma, Ilaisaane V Lutui, Soloist

Concert this Sunday!

Join us for the first ever Gunn Choir Concert and Family Potluck

This Sunday, September 23, 2012 4:00 PM

4:00 Drop off food at the “Batcave”

(in front of the main office)

4:15 Concert in Spangenberg

5:00 Dinner

 

Find out more about the choir experience at Gunn!

Meet other choir families!

Hear more about our amazing trip to Spain and France!

 Find out how to volunteer to support the Gunn choirs—there are opportunities for everyone!

 

Bring food for 8 according to your last name:

A – L:  entree  M – P:  salad or fruit  R – Z:  dessert 

 

Choir goes GREEN: 

Bring your own plates, napkins, cups and cutlery so we can do our part to care for the planet. 

 

For more information, contact the choir board co-presidents:

Liz Matchett: lizmatchett@yahoo.com

Kristen Lee: Klee@pausd.org

Announcements, 8/23/12

Greetings to all Gunn Choir members and families. We are off to a great start! We have lots of very talented singers, returning and new, and we are all feeling really good about the musical year ahead of us.

A few important announcements as we kick off 2012-13:

I) Choir Tour Sign Ups/ Registration

I hope you got the beautiful brochure in your back to school mailing. If you haven't seen the brochure, you can download it here:

http://www.mediafire.com/?j8woj85idf1ij

I have now posted the actual application form there as well. 

I have been working with the tour company to re-vamp the payment schedule and I think it is now a much improved plan: 

Sept 4, Application form and $300 due to Mr. Liberatore (make checks out to KI Concerts)

Oct  31, $750 payment

Dec 21, $750 payment

Feb 1, $750 payment

March 15,  Final Balance

The trip is $3295. The only charge not included yet is the airline tax and surcharge which the airlines calculate closer to the departure. That will probably be about $400, and you should consider the full cost to be around $3695, and your final March payment around $1,150. If your student will need financial support in order to be able to go, please make an appointment with me before the registration is due so we can figure out how much you can pay and how much the choir can pay, if you are not able to pay the full cost on your own. 

2) Choir Attire Fittings

Our awesome Choir Attire Volunteer EJ Hong (mom of Natalie Hong) needs help with attire measurements next week. Volunteers are needed at the following times:

Tuesday 8/28 from 8-10:33 a.m. (3 volunteers)

Wednesday 8/29 9:15-10:33 a.m. (5 volunteers)

Thursday 10:48-1 pm (optional if more measurements need to be taken)

Please sign up HERE and bring a tape measure if you can help. Thanks to our Volunteer Coordinator Lynn Drake (mom of Kinsey Drake) for organizing this.

3) Choir Boosters Need YOU!

I hope you will all consider making a donation and becoming an official member of the Gunn Choir Boosters. 

The booster membership form can be downloaded here as well: http://www.mediafire.com/?j8woj85idf1ij

Your donation will get in you into all all three concerts (Fall, WInter Spring) and can get you as many as 2 or 4 complimentary tickets depending upon your donation. Check out the possible levels of donation and consider joining us as we create this great program for our kids. 

4) Gunn Choir Website

If you have not visited our fantastic website yet, please check it out. Barb Mackraz and the Boosters keep it very up to date

and it's super useful when you are trying to figure out what's happening.  www.gunnchoir.org

5) Choir Family Kickoff Potluck

is Sunday, September 23 from 4-6. It should be a lot of fun, and a great way to hear all about the choir and to meet lots of other choir parents. We hope you'll mark your calendar and join us!

Back to School night is Thursday, August 30th. I hope to see you all there!

Best,

Bill Liberatore

gunnchoir@aol.com

Welcome to 2012-13!!

Welcome to the 2012-13 Gunn High School Choir! As I start my 26th year of teaching, I am more appreciative than ever of this wonderful opportunity we all have to come together in song. There is nothing like the experience of being in a choir and using our music to make a difference in the lives of  other people, both in our choir and in the greater Palo Alto community.

There are two important things to share as we get started. One is the Back to School Choir packet, which describes all the performances and gives you lots of important information about the choir.
The other is the 2013 Choir Tour Brochure which outlines the amazing trip to Spain and France that we have planned for 2013. You can download both of those documents here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?j8woj85idf1ij I will also be mailing a hard copy of those two items to your home.

If you are new to the choir program, I thought I would share some examples of the many types of performances you have to look forward to. Enjoy this little video sampler, and I look forward to seeing you all next Thursday!

Best,
Bill Liberatore

Gunn Choir Fall Concert

Highlights from the 2011 Fall Concert

Babethandaza from Fall 2010

Supermassive Blackhole, Choir Men, Fall 2009

Gunn Choir Winter Concert

Home for Hannukah (an original composition written for "December Moon")

Schubert Mass in G/ Gloria

Gunn Choir/Staff Musical

Duke of Earl

Tootie Frutti, with fabulous choreography by Gay Richard!

Our original 2012 musical, OUT! 

Choir Tour

Ave Maria in Rome, 2011

Chamber Singers in Rome, 2011, Ubi Caritas

City Called Heaven in the Spanish Synagogue, Prague, 2009

Other types of performances

Treble Choir at CMEA, Spring 2012 "Johnny Said No"

The Gunn Choir recording their KFOX, School of Rock award winning songs.