🎶Jag Choir Notes🎶 September 2026

What an exciting beginning to the school year! The first few weeks have flown by, and our choir room is already buzzing with music, energy, laughter, and unforgettable moments.

August was all about laying a strong foundation—learning our music, setting clear expectations, building lasting relationships, and welcoming new faces. Now that we're in September, it's time to find our unique sound and hit our rhythm!

This month, our talented singers are gearing up for our very first concert of the year. Our show choirs are passionately bringing their competition shows to life, students are stepping into amazing leadership roles, and Mr. Gagon is continuing his enriching student-teaching journey with us. So much is happening in the Boulder Creek Choir Program, and we embrace every minute of it!

As you explore this month's newsletter, you'll get a peek into our hard work, what's on the horizon, and the incredible individuals who make our program exceptional.

A heartfelt thank you to our students, families, Choir Council, and Booster organization for your unwavering support. We've only just begun this journey, and there's already so much to celebrate together.

Here's to September and all the beautiful music ahead! ❤️🖤🎶

As the concert season draws near, it's crucial that your student is fully prepared. This includes having the appropriate undergarments, footwear, and other accessories necessary for their performances.

We have a unique partnership with NatCo Dancewear. We encourage students to visit Nathalie Velazquez's store, located not too far from Boulder Creek, where Nathalie and the company will personally fit each student with her character shoe inventory to each student. She has stocked her shelves so students can walk out the door with merchandise for the concert season.

https://www.natcodancewear.com/bchschoirs

Help is needed and necessary in order to produce our amazing student performances.

We are currently looking for help with the following areas:

✅Sound and Lighting Designers/Operators

✅Backstage Room Parents - Must Be Fingerprinted & Volunteer Trained

✅Costuming - Sewing, stitching, organizing, cleaning

✅Front Lobby/Box Office

🎶If you are able to help, please reach out to our booster president at bcchoirbooster@gmail.com or sign-up to volunteer at this link: https://www.bcjagchoir.com/volunteer🎶

🎉 THANK YOU, CHOIR FAMILIES!

We want to extend a heartfelt THANK YOU to each and every one of you who supported our Givebutter Fundraiser! Your incredible generosity is making a significant difference by helping us create amazing opportunities for our Boulder Creek Choir students.

So, where are these funds headed?

🎵 We're excited to purchase new riser legs to elevate our performance equipment!

🎭 We're bringing our shows to life with dynamic competition set pieces!

✨ We're enhancing the production quality of our concerts with improved staging, technical elements, and stunning visual design!

🚛 Plus, we're planning for a choir trailer to seamlessly transport our sets, costumes, props, and equipment during competition season!

Every dollar you contributed helps us dream bigger and enrich the experiences we create for our talented students. We're deeply grateful for a choir community that continually supports and inspires our young musicians. Thank you for believing in Boulder Creek Choir! ❤️🖤🎶

CONGRATS TO OUR TOP EARNERS:

Top 3 winners are
🥇🏆Brooke from Heart & Soul
🏆Kaylin from Bella Voce.
🏆Zoey from Bella Voce.
The three winners will be given a gift card.

All-State Show Choir Auditions

Auditions for Show Choir will take place at Valley Vista HS located in Surprise on September 19th. Click link below for Audition times.

**Students will need to provide transportation to and from Valley Vista HS.

If you know any interested Middle School Aged students in Show Choir.

Our first rehearsal and parent meeting will took place on Monday, August 31st in the Boulder Creek HS Choir room from 4-6 PM

We would love to have middle school aged (6-8th grade) students join us!

For more information please contact carisa.frisby@dvusd.org

or visit: Bcjagchoir.com/boulderbrillantes

The West Valley Chorale has conducted a Young Singers Competition for the past five years. We are excited to announce our Sixth Annual Young Singers Competition, which will be held in October. A total of $2000 in scholarships will be awarded.

As a premier mixed chorale in the West Valley, The West Valley Chorale loves honoring our talented high school Juniors and Seniors.

This is an opportunity for your best singers to shine. Please encourage them to participate. You can click on the link below for more information.

FROM UPSCALE: The Upscale Singers are getting ready for our epic 22nd season just as you are starting the new school year. As we begin practice for our holiday concerts, we also turn our attention to our annual Cheryl Siebs Memorial Vocal Scholarship Auditions where we welcome Junior and Senior High singers to compete for vocal scholarships with a coach of their choice. We give nine scholarships totaling $3,500 plus several $150 Honorable Mentions each year.

Meet Mr. David Gagon!

If you’ve been around the choir room lately, you’ve probably noticed another director in front of our choirs! We are thrilled to have Mr. David Gagon joining the Boulder Creek Choir family this fall as our student teacher from Northern Arizona University!

Mr. Gagon is spending the first 10 weeks of the school year working alongside our singers—rehearsing, teaching, conducting, and experiencing all of the wonderfully organized chaos that comes with being a choir director! 😄

Even more exciting: Mr. Gagon will be conducting at our first choir concert! We can’t wait for our families to see the work he and our students have been doing together.

🎤 10 Questions with Mr. Gagon

We thought our Jag Choir families should get to know him a little better!

1. What made you want to become a choir teacher?
I actually tried avoiding it for a long time! When I went to Red Mountain High School in Mesa, my choir teacher made me audition for NAU's music school during JazzMad. I did it as a joke, but when I applied for colleges the only one that accepted me was NAU. The stars aligned, and now I couldn't be more happy where I'm at. I'm really passionate about language, linguistics, and the rehearsal process.

2. What is your favorite piece you’ve ever performed?

My favorite piece is a collection of choir songs with string orchestra called "Lost Bird" by Christopher Tin. I sang "Lost Birds" with NAU's Shrine of the Ages this last May. It was kind of like my senior song. You need to listen to the whole piece, but my favorite is "There Will Come Soft Rains."

3. What is your dream choir piece to conduct someday?

I'm a nerd about symphonic choir pieces with orchestra (I played bass and violin growing up). My dream piece would be "Earth Symphony" by Jake Runestad. Listen to the fourth movement if you want to listen to a killer alto section.

4. What is your go-to karaoke song? 🎤
"Don't You Remember" by Adele

5. What is your favorite musical? 🎭
I love the revival of "Once on This Island," the production for it is so cool!

6. Coffee, energy drink, soda, or water? ☕️
Coffee all the way! My family and I even drink a little cup of coffee before we go to bed.

7. What song instantly puts you in a good mood?
"Not Strong Enough" by boygenius

8. If you weren't becoming a music teacher, what would you be doing?
I would be a high school Spanish teacher for a while, but I'd eventually become a college professor teaching a foreign language, linguistics research, phonetics, and second language acquisition.

9. What has surprised you most about Boulder Creek Choir so far?
Honestly, it's been the students! These students are so musically literate, independent, and strong leaders within their community. I'd be so lucky if I was able to establish the culture that Boulder Creek has in my future choir program.

10. Finish this sentence: “A great choir is…”
...a safe space where students can challenge themselves individually while working towards a common goal as a group.

We are incredibly grateful to have Mr. Gagon learning, teaching, and making music alongside us this semester. Make sure you say hello when you see him—and be ready to cheer extra loudly when he directs the choirs at our first concert! 🎶❤️🖤

• Labor Day (3 day Weekend).
• Days we get to sleep in.
• 1k like on our BC JAG CHOIR REEL - Leilani.
• Risers Set-Up - Council 26/27.
• Maggie and Ava can do backwards dabs.
• Nathan helped make our toothless in the choir room.
• Heart & Soul set Fire!!
• Bubba Next Week. So Hype💜
• Bianca got an 85% on her Econ Test.

Email: Kirk.douglas@dvusd.org
Website: bcjagchoir.com
Location: 40404 N. Gavilan Peak Pkwy
Phone: 602-740-3483
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