Highlanders (CHORAL I) OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS no audition or prior musical experience is necessary. You don’t need to know how to sing and anyone can join. These choirs are a mixture of novice students and experienced singers.
Concert Choir (CHORAL II) is open to all students in 10th-12th grades who have completed Highlanders. It is an intermediate mixed choir. Students who have completed Highlanders do not need to do a placement assessment to join Concert Choir. New choir students who wish to join will need to complete a placement assessment. We will continue to develop vocal technique, sight singing and musicianship as well as sing SATB music.
Treble Clef (CHORAL II) is by placement assessment only. It is an advanced level choir of all treble singers. It is open to 9-12th grade sopranos and altos. Students must be able to sight sing music, have good vocal technique and aural skills. This choir competes in choral competitions and participates in festivals.
Chamber Singers (ADV CHORAL) is by placement assessment only. Students must have a strong musical background to be in the class. It is open to the top 32 9-12th grade choir students. This choir participates in choral invitationals and many, many gigs and performances through the year.
The Singing Scots is the entire choral program. Every performance we do a few songs that every singer in each choir learns and performs together - as The Singing Scots. This is arguably the most important ensemble in the program since it highlights the fantastic work we can all do together.
Mrs. Tep has been the choir director at Carlmont High School since 2003. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Vocal Performance, and earned her Teaching Credential in Music from Cal State Hayward. She is currently the California Choral Directors Association (CCDA) Director of Development after serving as CCDA Treasurer, Coastal Honor Choir Chair, Show Choir Rep, All State Honor Choir Chair, and Summer Conference Chair. She is a former Sequoia Unified School District Teacher of the Year and was CCDA Choral Director of the Year in 2020. She married her high school sweetheart who is a scientist, has a pokemon obsessed 3rd grader, and has four fishtanks and a pond.
She loves otters and hates raisins, but won’t hold it against you if you like raisins…no one is perfect.