About me
Miguel Chicas is a choir director in the Irvine Unified School District, teaching middle school choral music at Beacon Park K-8 School. He is also an Elementary Music Teacher delivering vocal instruction to 4-6th grade students at Beacon Park K-8 School, Cypress Village Elementary, and Eastshore Elementary. In addition, Miguel supports the Arts Department as an Educational Technology Mentor. Through this position, he has the opportunity to explore digital music and enjoys finding creative ways to include technology in the music classroom. In 2022, Miguel received the California Choral Directors Association Early Career Choral Director of the year. Additionally, the 2020 IUSD Elementary Teacher of Promise Award. Currently, he performs as a guest conductor and tenor soloist throughout Orange and Los Angeles County where he has worked with the Donald Bren Elementary Honor Choir, Grammy Award Nominee, Josh Groban in his Stages tour, Stages: Summer tour, and An Intimate Evening with Josh Groban. Recently, he has performed in The Who's Peter Townsend's rock opera, Quadrophenia, starring Alfie Boe, Billy Idol, and Peter Townsend.
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