Music
Catholic High School Band was established in 1982 under the patronage of Bro. Tobias Wong - the former principal of Catholic High School. The band started off as a marching band with 30 members under Mr. Xavier Anthony as the first band tutor.
Catholic High School Band has performed at the Music Festival held in Spain 2001, but the greatest achievement is achieving the champion spot in the 2000 and 2005 National High School Marching Band Competition - and six years as Selangor State Marching Competition Champion.
The school has an Oriental/Chinese Orchestra,and a Harmonica and Guitar band.
For the 50th Anniversary Jubilee Concert, Madam Tan Lin introduced the Catholic High School Symphony Orchestra, which was formed ad hoc, comprising members from the brass band, Oriental Music Orchestra and other string instrument players selected from the student body. Finally, in 2009, a few students managed to form a partnership with the CHS Band to found the Catholic High School Sinfonietta under the aegis of CHS Band. The CHS Sinfonietta provides a platform for string musicians to play in an orchestra, as well as students to learn string instruments inexpensively. The CHS Sinfonietta first performance was as a String Quintet during the Teachers' Day celebration and their second performance was during the retirement ceremony of Ms. Yong Moi Moi and Mdm. Tan Tiu Hang as a string quartet. On 25 December 2010, the CHS Sinfonietta performed in the renowned One Utama shopping mall as one of its Christmas guest performers.
In 2010, the CHS Choir participated in the World Choir Games held in Shaoxing, China. The choir won a silver award.
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