Fine Arts
Their Band, Drama, and Visual Art departments have won awards for excellence in performance. Most recently, Brethren Christian was named a recipient of one of five annual achievement awards in the 12th Annual Orange County Arts Awards program by Arts Orange County, the official Orange County, California arts council receiving the Spark of Imagination statuette.
The Brethren Christian Wind Symphony, under the direction of Len Montgomery, went on a tour to New York. Competing against schools from all around the country, BCHS won gold. The high school wind symphony has been named Best Large Band in the Biola University Invitational Christian High School Band Festival for numerous consecutive years, most recently on April 15, 2011. The 8 o'clock jazz band won 1st place in the small school division at the Reno Jazz Festival in April 2007, 1st place in the advanced division of the Fullerton College Jazz Festival in 2010, and first place in the intermediate division of the Fullerton College Jazz Festival on April 2, 2011. The 8 o'clock jazz band was selected from among nearly thirty Orange County, California high schools to be the featured band at the 2011 Music and Arts Commendations for Youth (MACY) Awards program but declined due to other commitments. The band was named Best Student Jazz Band at the 41st Annual MACY Awards.
On July 4, 2011, the Jazz Combo, a select group of students representing the 8 o'clock Jazz Band, participated in the 107th Annual Huntington Beach, California 4 July parade. The band was selected to receive the John Philip Sousa Award trophy, given to the group who demonstrates best use of music on a float.
Brethren Christian has been recognized as a leader in drama. Winner of the prestigious Music and Arts Commendations for Youth (MACY) Childress Award in 2010, their musical production of Fiddler on the Roof also received 22 individual commendations. The school also participates in "The Cappies," the Critics and Awards Program for High School Students as well as the ComedySportz High School League.
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