The Mira Costa Grammy® Award Winning Choirs provide students with an extraordinary opportunity to grow as musicians, engage with high-level musical literature, and experience the unique and profound social and emotional benefits of performing as a true ensemble of singers.
The Choirs have been recognised with distinct honours and many wonderful opportunities, including performing at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference in Salt Lake City and the California Choral Directors Association State Conference in San Jose. The choirs have also performed at locations and cathedrals around the world, including Carnegie Hall in New York, San Francisco, London, Paris, Germany, Strasbourg and Amsterdam.
Donations go directly to the program — coaching, equipment and season costs.
Melissa Farr — President
costachoirboosters@gmail.com
Sean O'Leary — Treasurer
costachoirboosters@gmail.com
MBX Foundation
info@mbxfoundation.org
(424) 450-8MBX
Kate Crellin joined MBUSD’s music faculty in August 2021 as Choir Director for both MBMS and Mira Costa. She holds degrees from the University of Cambridge (Masters in Choral Conducting) and the University of Southern California (BA Choral Music, BA Law, History and Culture), and has taught pre-K through 12th-grade music in public and private schools across Los Angeles.
As a composer and arranger, Ms. Crellin received the CCDA/George Heussenstamm Composition Competition prize in 2021 and the Queens’ Cambridge Competition award in 2020. She has performed choral music across the world and is active in the contemporary a cappella scene as a freelance arranger and performer.
