Dec 15

In October 2013, the Barton Hills Choir performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival on both Fridays of the festival, taking the Zilker Stage with a program featuring music by Muse, Daft Punk, the Flaming Lips, Wilco, the Beatles, Queen, the Beach Boys and Creedence Clearwater Revival.

These four videos preserve that special performance for the school community, featuring the Choir’s fifth- and sixth-grade singers accompanied by their professional backing musicians.

Set 1 — Daft Punk, Muse, the Flaming Lips and Wilco

  1. Give Life Back to Music — Daft Punk
  2. Take a Bow — Muse
  3. Race for the Prize — The Flaming Lips
  4. Kamera — Wilco

Set 2 — Muse, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Queen

  1. Invincible — Muse
  2. Have You Ever Seen the Rain — Creedence Clearwater Revival
  3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love — Queen

Set 3 — The Beach Boys, the Beatles and Muse

  1. God Only Knows — The Beach Boys
  2. Nowhere Man — The Beatles
  3. Starlight — Muse

Set 4 — The Beatles, Wilco, the Flaming Lips and Muse

  1. Help! — The Beatles
  2. I Got You — Wilco
  3. A Spoonful Weighs a Ton — The Flaming Lips
  4. Knights of Cydonia — Muse

Musicians and Performers

  • Gavin Tabone — Choir Director and Keyboards
  • Jake Perlman — Drums
  • Jason Brint — Bass
  • Don Cento — Guitar
  • Barton Hills Choir fifth- and sixth-grade students — Vocals

Video Production Credits

Videography: Chan Geltemeyer and Kathy Carr
Production and editing: Gavin Tabone
Audio mixing and mastering: Jake Perlman

These recordings document the Barton Hills Choir’s 2013 ACL Festival repertoire as performed in the music classroom at Barton Hills Elementary School.

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