About Us
Winter Concert 2023
The mission of the Hoover Choir Program is to create a safe, fun learning environment for students to explore and develop their physical, emotional, and cognitive artistic abilities through involvement in singing and choral musicianship.
In this awards winning program, students are encouraged to pursue creativity through musical endeavors that help them to be well-rounded people. This is achieved through careful course study of higher learning functions that are closely aligned with the CA state standards for Music as well as the current framework for arts education. There are four overarching strands that the students are expected to learn from:
1. CREATING - Refers to generating and conceptualizing artistic ideas and work, organizing and developing artistic ideas and work, and refining those works (Anchor Standards 1, 2, and 3).
2. PERFORMING - How to select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation; develop and refine techniques and work for performance; convey meaning through presentation of artistic work (Anchor Standards 4, 5, and 6).
3. RESPONDING - Give academic language to perception and analyzation of artistic work, interpret intent and meaning, and apply criteria to evaluate artistic work (Anchor Standards 7, 8, and 9).
4. CONNECTING - Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to make art; relating artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding of artistic work (Anchor Standards 11 and 12).
In this awards winning program, students are encouraged to pursue creativity through musical endeavors that help them to be well-rounded people. This is achieved through careful course study of higher learning functions that are closely aligned with the CA state standards for Music as well as the current framework for arts education. There are four overarching strands that the students are expected to learn from:
1. CREATING - Refers to generating and conceptualizing artistic ideas and work, organizing and developing artistic ideas and work, and refining those works (Anchor Standards 1, 2, and 3).
2. PERFORMING - How to select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation; develop and refine techniques and work for performance; convey meaning through presentation of artistic work (Anchor Standards 4, 5, and 6).
3. RESPONDING - Give academic language to perception and analyzation of artistic work, interpret intent and meaning, and apply criteria to evaluate artistic work (Anchor Standards 7, 8, and 9).
4. CONNECTING - Synthesizing and relating knowledge and personal experiences to make art; relating artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding of artistic work (Anchor Standards 11 and 12).
Our Director |
She also had the privilege of studying music education with Dr. Carl Schafer. Upon completion of her Bachelor's degree, Mrs. Estep continued her pursuit of teaching with the opening of her private voice studio. She went on to earn a Secondary Teaching Credential in Music and a Master of Science in Education, also from Cal Baptist.
Mrs. Estep has led the choral programs at Hoover High & Toll Middle School since 2015. |
Who We AreOur History |
The Hoover High School Chamber Choir is a partially auditioned choir, composed of students from grades 9-12. Repertoire is varied and chosen with care to reflect the high standards of the program, but also to challenge and support the vocal needs of the students. We sing in two, three, and four part harmonies, with genres that span from classical western music, to contemporary pop hits, and everything in between. This range of music challenges the students in new ways and creates interest and exposure to a variety of artistic styles, thus developing the students’ perceptions of art and culture.
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