Chugiak High School Choirs

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05/10/2026

2026 State Solo and Ensemble
1ST Place TIE with our Mustang Treble Ensemble and West High’s SATB ensemble!

05/10/2026

1st Place Musical Theatre Solo
2026 ASAA State Solo and Ensemble

05/10/2026

ASAA State Solo and Ensemble
Large Group Classical
1ST Place
3 Way TIE with our Men’s Group and an SATB Ensemble from West High Anchorage (Go Eagles!)

05/10/2026

Run To You -1st Place🥇
2026 ASAA State Solo and Ensemble
Contemporary Acapella Champions!

03/25/2026

Treble choirs around the world perform stunning lyrical repertoire—Most repertoire written for women’s choirs leans heavily into the female persona. Beauty. Sweet and Pretty. Calm. Controlled. They’re trained to listen deeper than they sing—shaping a unified, rich vowel with the voices beside them. No nasal tone, no forced brightness—just warmth, blend, and intention, and unification. Even in small moments of tension or dissonance, the sound stays grounded, never harsh—because the goal is always to bring meaning to the heartfelt text.

These ladies have performed so much of this traditional repertoire, always receiving extremely high accolades from adjudicators and audience members. In hopes of pushing their musicianship a bit more, I gave them something completely out of their comfort zone. Something completely raw, rhythmic, chaotic, all traditional choral vowels disregarded, blending not even an aspect of the performance. 3 minutes of Chaos ending with the loudest Nasal ad lib shouting?
Fun fact; Many of these ladies on a typical day in school might not even reach anything higher than a voice level 2 and that is probably in choir when we are working on Forte sections with the choir.

Ergen Deda. A Bulgarian satire piece. A piece that would have never been performed on a stage because it is completely out of character for women when I was growing up. This piece pushed the women to surpass their highest score of a 95.5 to a 97 earning them the Choral Sweepstakes trophy with the Men’s Choir. I couldn’t more proud of their complete ownership of something 💯 out of their comfort level. For trusting not only me, but the women standing beside them and showing a complete uncharacteristic side of themselves.

Trio: Chloe Garrido, Morgan Rydberg, and Tália Tovar

Back to back to back to back CHAMPS! 🌟 GOLD RATING (x3) Mixed, Men’s & Treble 🥇 1st Place – ALL 3! 🏆 Adjudicator Award (...
03/21/2026

Back to back to back to back CHAMPS!

🌟 GOLD RATING (x3) Mixed, Men’s & Treble
🥇 1st Place – ALL 3!
🏆 Adjudicator Award (95+) ALL 3!
🏆 Choral Sweepstakes (Men’s and Women’s)
🏆 Festival Sweepstakes (CHS Band &Choir!)
🏆Maestro Award- Will Russell

While I could not be any prouder, the truth comes down to the fact that these trophies will sit on a shelf to be admired later on down the road by the students that follow their footsteps.

The plaques will proudly hang next to the others at the entrance of the room setting the tone for whoever sets foot inside our doors.

These students inherited a foundation of excellence, and they made the choice to build on it.

They didn’t want to just meet expectations—they wanted to raise the bar. And they did, by outscoring every ensemble who competed before them. Not because they had to, but because they chose to.

This type of team work, individual work ethic, and intrinsic motivation will show up in their lives long after they leave the choir room and those qualities are the real trophies.

Congratulations Mustangs!

I’ve rewritten this post more times than I can count, because there is just so much to say. But for now:In August, the M...
01/11/2026

I’ve rewritten this post more times than I can count, because there is just so much to say. But for now:

In August, the Mustang Choirs received an invitation to perform at the Alaska Music Educators Conference—just five days after winter break. I was ecstatic…and .5 seconds later, that feeling was instantly replaced with dread.

Our traditional concerts average 400-800 attendees (Christmas) filled with parents, students, alumni, and community members. Competitions and festivals? 2-3 adjudicators. But this? An auditorium full of music educators….otherwise known as adjudicators. And in a room like that talent alone is not enough.

Yes, some of these students are talented, but our performance on Friday was the culmination of 60 individuals that made the daily choice to show up again and again. As an individual, and as a team. Pushing their limits and never settling for anything less than their future potential.

During the performance, you could see it on their faces throughout the set—the moments when the choirs change not only their day, but the days of all the audience members. Or, in their words: “HOLY COW, WE ARE COOKING.”

They performed with everything they had—fully present, fully committed, and proud of the work they had put in individually, in their sections, and as a team. What none of us expected was to finish our final piece and be met with every educator in the room on their feet in a standing ovation.

No encore was planned. They simply stood there, caught in the moment, as the applause carried on. The pride, joy, and validation they felt will be etched into their memories—a reminder that talent may open the door, but it is unseen and uncelebrated work that is the foundation for success.

And that’s something they’ll carry far beyond the Mustang Choir room.


⭐️More pics and Videos to come!⭐️

10/13/2025

The Mustang Swing Choir had the privilege to perform the latest version of our National Anthem alongside our Mustang Colorguard in front of some of Alaska’s finest educational leaders last Friday. Congratulations to you all on another fantastic performance🇺🇸🎶 👏🏻!

Congratulations to our Mustang Choir Members selected for the 2025 All-State Choirs! Gold Stars placed next to a name ar...
10/12/2025

Congratulations to our Mustang Choir Members selected for the 2025 All-State Choirs! Gold Stars placed next to a name are First Chair Candidates! 🎶🎉

Chugiak Mustangs are bringing home some Hardware because Bands and Choirs SWEPT the competition! Huge congratulations to...
04/28/2025

Chugiak Mustangs are bringing home some Hardware because Bands and Choirs SWEPT the competition! Huge congratulations to these amazing musicians!

Gold-Concert Choir 🥇
Gold-Men’s choir 🥇
Gold -Women’s choir 🥇
Gold -Swing choir 🥇
Gold-Concert Band 🥇

Adjudicator Award: (scoring higher than a 95)

Concert Choir 🏆
Women’s Choir🏆
Concert Band 🏆

Outstanding Award: (highest scoring overall categories)
Choral: Women’s choir 🏆
Band: Concert Band 🏆

Choral Sweepstakes: (Combined 2 choral ensemble scores Choral)
Concert & Women’s Choirs🏆

Festival Sweepstakes: combined top 3 scores of band and choirs from the same school closest to 300)
Mustang Band and Choirs!🏆

Festival of Gold invites: Concert Choir, Concert Band ,Women’s choir, Treble Choir, Swing Choir, Men’s Choir.

5 Carnegie Hall invites are given at this event and Chugiak claimed 4 out of the 5 spots!
Concert Band, Concert Choir, Men’s choir & Women’s concert choir 🗽

GO MUSTANGS!

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