Valencia High School Choir

Christine Tavares-Mocha has been the choral director at Valencia High School in Valencia, CA for the last 20 years. She directs 150 students in six internationally touring choirs, including two vocal jazz ensembles. 

In her outside-of-school time, Christine serves as the Contemporary Music Director and band leader at Valencia United Methodist Church, is a “Young Americans” touring show choir alum, and was a founding member of the group, “Moira Smiley and VOCO.” Educationally, Christine is an MA graduate of Berklee College of Music, Boston, with an emphasis on songwriting. Her original compositions for vocal jazz groups can be found on kerrymarsh.net and have been sung by over 50 colleges, universities, and high schools nationally and internationally. Christine served as the Vocal Jazz/Contemporary A Cappella Representative for the Southern California Vocal Association for 15 years, where she founded, alongside the organization, the SCVA Vocal Jazz / Contemporary A Cappella Honor Choir. With a deep love for jazz standards and jump swing, Christine has sung in multiple big bands and jazz groups. Her album, “Good to Be Yours,” can be heard on Spotify and Apple Music. Most important to her, Christine is honored to teach public high school students. She was interviewed by author Jackie Winspear and recently featured in Womankind Magazine, discussing the power and magic of creating music within the public high school community. Christine’s six loves outside of music are her husband, Scott; sons Jackson and Cole; and her beloved schnauzer and labradoodles, Jack, Ella, and Rosie the Riveter.