Choir Awards/Special Opportunities:
2017 - Soundwaves Choir members perform on KUSI Good Morning San Diego
2017 - OHS Choirs received the “Esprit De Corps” Award at Music in the Parks, given to the school with the best team spirit
2017 - Best 5 San Diego Choirs chosen to sing at Foreigner Concert
2019 - Concert and Soundwaves Choirs chosen to perform with grammy nominated Mariachi Band “Mariachi Sol De Mexico”
2019 - Concert and Soundwaves Choirs performed Handel’s “Halleluia Chorus” with the Miracosta Symphony Orchestra
OHS Soundwaves Show Choir Awards:
2023
2nd place of 5 - Burbank Blast
SWEEP! First place, Best Music, and Best Show, with a special award going to Mylene Flores for best performer from our group. - Hart Encore
SWEEP! Grand Champions of the Small Mixed division, Best Show Design, Best Choreography, and the most coveted award of the competition, the Bill McIvor Spirit Award, given to the choir with the best commitment on the stage (the group that gives it their all!) - Eastern Show Choir Festival in Boston
SWEEP! First place, Best Musicianship, Best Showmanship, and Ted Aldape snagged the best soloist award for our division! Mylene Flores was again named best performer for our group - John Burroughs Showcase
We hosted our own competition at Oceanside High School! It was a two-day event, and show choir groups from all over the west coast came to compete! Subsequently, we were chosen in a national vote as the "best show choir competition" in the NATION! Soundwaves was also awarded "best traveler" because of our amazing effort to get to Boston! - Sound-Off at Oceanside High
2022
2021 - Virtual Year
2020
First time competing in INTERMEDIATE division: 3rd out of 10 groups!
2019
SWEEP: 1st Place, Best Musicianship and Best Showmanship Awards - Los Alamitos Xtravaganza
1st Place and Superior Rating - Music in the Parks Festival
1st Place and Best Showmanship - John Burroughs Showcase
2018
1st Place and Musicianship Award - Burbank Blast
1st Place and Showmanship Award - Los Alamitos Xtravaganza
1st Place - Vista Festival at the Moonlight
1st Place and Superior Rating / Overall Best Choir in All Divisions / Best Vocal Soloist Overall Choirs, Kate Rocha - Music in the Parks Festival
2017
SWEEP: 1st Place, Best Musicianship and Best Showmanship Awards - Los Alamitos Xtravaganza
1st Place and Superior Rating / Overall Best Choir in All Divisions / Best Vocal Soloist Overall Choirs, Enosa Enosa- Music in the Parks Festival
1st Place and Best Showmanship - John Burroughs Showcase
2nd Place - Vista Festival at the Moonlight
2016
2nd Place and Excellent Rating / Best Vocal Soloist Overall Choirs, LaDeidra Schneck - Music in the Parks Festival
2015
1st Place and Superior Rating - Music in the Parks Festival
2014
1st Place and Excellent Rating - Music in the Parks Festival
2013
1st Place and Excellent Rating / Best Vocal Soloist Overall Choirs, Kathryn Tamondong - Music in the Parks Festival
OHS High Seas Show Choir
2020
3rd place at first competition!
2019: Established
OHS Concert Choir
2023
Music in the Parks Festival: 1st place of 3, scoring 97 points out of 100, best overall choir of 17, and the top honor, the Esprit de Core award, given to the school with the best sportsmanship OFF stage.
2019
Straight Superiors in Performance and Sight-reading - SCVA Choral Festival
2nd Place and Superior Rating - Music in the Parks Festival
2018
1st Place and Superior Rating - Music in the Parks Festival
Excellent Rating with Superior in Sight-Reading - SVCA Choral Festival
2017
1st Place and Superior Rating - Music in the Parks Festival
Superior Rating with Excellent in Sight-Reading - SVCA Choral Festival
Beginning Choir
2019
Excellent Rating - Music in the Parks Festival
Choir Alumni Watch:
2013 graduate: Kathryn Tamondong, Nyack College graduate - Vocal Music Education
2016 graduate: Joseph Cruz - Director of music at Saint Mary’s Star by the Sea School, Member of the OHS Foundation, Board Member of the OHS VMA
2018 graduate: Kate Rocha - Studying Musical Theater and Performance at AMDA (American Musical and Dramatic Academy)
2019 graduate: Zaire Oros - Studying Theater Stage Craft at MiraCosta College
2019 graduate: Joseph Dipietro - Studying Music Performance at MiraCosta College
2019 graduate: Angelica Dulen- Studying Musical Theater at MiraCosta College