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NEWBURY PARK HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL MUSIC
The Newbury Park Concert Choir is a large, select mixed choir that learns and performs medium to difficult level choral music of varying styles throughout the school year. Performance venues are not only at Newbury Park High School, but also at other sites both locally and throughout the country. The NPHS Panther Chamber Singers meet during the 4th period all year. It is an elite performing choir of 15-35 singers, chosen by audition from the ranks of the Concert Choir. The Chamber Singers perform throughout the year for school and local community events including the Candlelight Ceremony held every December at Disneyland.
Our choirs sing at adjudicated festivals sponsored by the American Choral Director's Association and the Southern California Vocal Association They have traveled to Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Nashville and New York with Heritage Festivals and usually rank in the top tier. They also visit landmark sites and attractions with plenty of fun during the festivals. Both the Chamber Singers and the Concert Choir consistently receive Gold ratings (90% or above) at this festival and Superior "A" ratings at the Southern California Vocal Association Festival every year.
Mr. Sargent “Sarge” has been the Choral Music Director at Newbury Park High School for the past 22 years, where he conducts the Concert Choir and Panther Chamber Singers. He also teaches Beginning and Advanced Guitar.
John holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from California State University, Northridge in Vocal Performance and a Masters Degree from California State University Los Angeles in Choral Conducting. At Littlerock High School in the Antelope Valley, he initiated a choral program from the ground up, with an enrollment of over 120 singers in three choirs, and from 2000-2003, he served as Assistant Conductor of the Antelope Valley Master Chorale at Antelope Valley College. John has also served as a Mentor Teacher on the faculties of California Lutheran University, Cal State Northridge and Pepperdine.
John is also a member of the Uptown Band, performing Jazz Standards and Acoustic Classic Rock Hits at local venues throughout Ventura County.
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