About Music Showcase's Hosts

BURROUGHS MUSIC SHOWCASE is a production of the John Burroughs High School Vocal Music Association (VMA). Under the direction of Mr. Brendan Jennings, over 200 students comprise the VMA in four curricular choirs, three extra­curricular ensembles and two technical theater classes. The advanced-mixed choir, Powerhouse, is one of the most recognized show choirs in the country, having appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Dancing With the Stars, The CBS Evening News and NBC’s The Voice. They were featured in the 2010 British documentary Gleeful — The Real Show Choirs of America and performed in Cathay Pacific's annual Chinese New Year’s Night Parade in Hong Kong on February 3, 2011. In August 2011, 15 members traveled to Beijing, China as part of the Beijing Municipal Foreign Affair’s Office Global Grand Gathering of Boys and Girls, broadcast on China Central Television. Powerhouse has won numerous championships across the country and is the only group in the nation to have won the FAME Show Choir Cup three times.