Schaumburg High School

SHS CHOIRS HOME PAGE

1100 West Schaumburg Road, Schaumburg, IL  60194   847-755-4801  Tmcglynn@d211.org

                                                                      

Tim McGlynn - SHS Choir Director     Bev Tipps - Accompanist      Kevin Miller - Department Chair

Sarah Fallon, Samantha Leonard and Dan Shaw - Interns

Kate Walker - President      Dan Shaw - Vice President     Eric Gustafson - Secretary

Updated 4/30/08

 

The Senior recognition concert is Tuesday, May 2o at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are $2.00 for reserved seats and may be purchased starting May 1.

 

 

     

 

The District 211 Honors Choir sang on Saturday, April 26 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Hoffman Estates.  96 students representing all five District 211 high schools performed the Mozart Requiem with the Schaumburg Youth Orchestra.  The performance was conducted by Marty Sirvatka from Glenbrook South High School and 19 SHS Choir members participated. Congratulations to SHS Choir senior Sarah Fallon for being selected as the soprano soloist.

 

 

   

 

The 7th and 8th Grade Choruses from Robert Frost Junior High and Jane Addams Junior High joined the SHS Choirs in a Choral Festival Concert on Wednesday, April 2.  There were over 275 singers on the program.  For more photos from this concert click on the Multimedia page.

http://www.shs.d211.org/Music/choir/multimedia%201.htm

 

 

       

 

The SHS Music Department presented the 2008 Variety Show, Are You Smarter Than a Saxon, on Friday and Saturday, February 22 and 23.  For more photos scroll down and click on the link to our Multimeda Page.   http://www.shs.d211.org/Music/choir/multimedia%201.htm

 

 

 

Be the first ones on your block to own a SHS Choir Refrigerator Magnet.  While they don't stick well to the fiberglass bodies of tour busses going to Disney World, they will look great in your kitchen or on you car.  These little beauties are only $5.00 each with $2.50 in profit going to the SHS Choir Boosters.  SHS Choir Magnets may be purchased at the variety show or by calling 847-755-4801.  You may also stop by the music office anytime and we'll be happy sell you several!

 

 

     

 

The SHS Concert Choir sang the National Anthem for the Chicago Rush Arena Football home opener on Monday, March 3.  The Rush opened their season on March 3 against San Jose at the Allstate Arena at 8:00 p.m. and the game was carried on ESPN2. 

 

 

     

 

The SHS Choirs presented their mid-winter concert on Thursday, February 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.  Featured on the program was the Concert Choir, Girls Chorus I and II and the Choraliers.  SHS Orchestra Director Ms. Susan Young was a guest performer. 

 

 

   

 

The IMEA/All-State Music Festival was in Peoria on January 31 to February 2.  Four SHS students performed in the festival concerts including SHS Concert Choir member Dan Shaw.

 

 

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Daily Herald article

http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=125200

 

Pioneer Press article

http://www.pioneerlocal.com/schaumburg/lifestyles/currents/863205,sc-book-032708-s1.article

 

 

 

 

 

The SHS Concert Choir arrived in Orlando over the holidays and sang at two Candlelight Processional performances at Epcot Center on December 29.  A trip journal and photos may be viewed by scrolling down and clicking on the Disney Trip link.

 

   

 

 

Scroll down for headlines and click on the link for our DISNEY TRIP JOURNAL.

 

 

 

   

 

Members of the SHS Concert Choir performed at the Elgin Symphony Holiday Showcase at the Sears Centre on December 8.  Scroll down and click on the Multimedia link to see all of the photos from the concert.

 

Holiday Concert 2007 

 

                         

  

featuring the SHS Choirs and Concert Orchestra

The SHS Holiday Choral Concert was Monday, December 17.  Concert Choir, Choraliers, Girls Choruses I and II performed along with the SHS Concert Orchestra.  Scroll down and click on the Muiltimedia link to see all of the photos from the concert.

 

 

   

The SHS Concert Choir presented four holiday programs at Aldrin Elementary and Hale Elelmentary Schools on Friday, December 14.  Scroll down and click on the Multimedia link to see all of the photos from the day.

 

 

The musical for 2008 will be Fiddler on the Roof.  Auditions will be in August when classes begin.

 

 

Click here for more information on the show.

http://www.musictheatreinternational.com/show_home.asp?id=000036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More photos are in the Multimedia file.

 

   

     

 

Links to our site – use the return key to come back to this page

Choir News/Disney Trip journal  http://www.shs.d211.org/Music/choir/News.htm

Multimedia and photo page   http://www.shs.d211.org/Music/choir/multimedia%201.htm

Music Theory /Appreciation   http://www.shs.d211.org/Music/choir/theoryappr.htm

SHS Choir Boosters news    http://www.shs.d211.org/Music/choir/boosters.htm

Mr.  McGlynn’s  homepage    http://www.shs.d211.org/Music/faculty/TSM/tmbio.html

SHS Music Department   http://www.shs.d211.org/Music/music.html

Terry Kirkman and Requiem for the Masses  http://www.shs.d211.org/music/choir/terrykirkman.htm

 

2007-2008 Choir Events Calendar

Thursday, August 23 – Musical auditions for “West Side Story”

Wednesday, September 19 – Concert Choir at SHS Open House

Auditions for Choraliers and Jazz Choir in late September -  TBA

Thursday, October 4 – I.M.E.A. District 7 Festival Auditions at Libertyville High School

Thursday, Friday & Saturday, November 1, 2, 3 – SHS Fall Musical, “West Side Story”

Saturday, November 17 – I.M.E.A. District 7 Festival Concert at Crystal Lake Central High School

Thursday, December 6 – Concert Choir at Elgin Symphony Holiday Showcase rehearsal, Elgin UMC

Saturday, December 8 – Concert Choir at Elgin Symphony Holiday Showcase at Sears Centre

Friday, December 14 - Concert Choir and Choraliers sing at Aldrin and Hale Elementary Schools

Monday, December 17 – SHS Holiday Choral Concert

Thursday, December 20 - Choraliers sing for faculty holiday lunch periods 4 through 7

December 26 to January 2 – Concert Choir at Disney World & Universal Studios, Orlando

Wednesday & Thursday, January 23 and 24 – Variety Show Auditions

January 30 to February 2 – I.M.E.A. All State Festival in Peoria

Thursday, February 7 – S.H.S. Winter Choral Concert

Friday & Saturday,  February 22 and 23 – SHS Variety Show

Saturday, March 1 – IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest

Monday, March 3 - Concert Choir sings at Chicago Rush home opener, Allstate Arena

Tuesday, March 11– Choirs perform at Arts Alive (during 2nd hour)

Thursday, March 13 – Jazz & Joe Coffeehouse (Choraliers)

Wednesday, April 2– District 211/54 Choral Festival with Addams and Frost Junior Highs  

Wednesday, April 16 – Choraliers at Academic Scholars Dinner at 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 26 - District 211 Honors Choir Concert at Holy Family in Hoffman Estates at 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 20 – Senior Recognition Choral Concert

Sunday, June 1 – Concert Choir at 2008 Graduation ceremony at Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates