About Choir

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    The UTMS General Concert Choir is available to all students in grades 6th, 7th and 8th.  
    The General Choir and Chamber Choir students are exposed to traditional choral genres from classical, jazz, musical theater, rock, rap, country, secular and sacred scores.
     
    Choral elements include harmony, blending, balancing and blocking, as well as contemporary elements like pitch percussion, beatboxing and rapping.
     
    All students must audition to have their vocal part assigned to the General Concert Choir.
     
    Students in the select choir program called, "Chamber Choir" are chosen by audition ONLY and MUST be able to read music. 
     
    Concert performances are presented in the Winter and Spring season. 
     
    Performance and field trip opportunities include:
    • Ocean City Christmas Parade!!!
    • LiteRock 96.9 Holiday Cheer Choir Performance!!! (Chamber Choir Members Only)
    • And an opportunity to attend our annual trip to NYC for a Broadway show!!!!  
    Chamber Choir members are selected by audition only by a volunteer panel of judges!
     
    Students are offered the "Late Bus," for all afternoon rehearsals ending at 4:20pm. If a Parent/Guardian is NOT present at 4:25pm, it is the UTMS school policy that the student MUST be placed on the UTMS "Late Bus." 
     
     
    2023 UTMS Spring Choir & Chamber Choir Schedule:
     
     
    Monday, February 6, 2023- Chamber Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, February 13, 2023, General Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, February 20, 2023, NO Chamber or General Choir, School Closed
     
    Monday, February 27, 2023, Chamber Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, March 6, 2023, General Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, March 13, 2023- Chamber Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, March 20, 2023, General Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, March 27, 2023, Chamber Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, April 3, 2023, General Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:25pm)
     
    Monday, April 10, 2023, NO Chamber or General Choir, Spring Break
     
    Monday, April 17, 2023, Chamber Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, April 24, 2023, General Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:25pm)
     
    Monday, May 1, 2023, General & Chamber Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, May 8, 2023, General and Chamber Choir, Rehearse in the Music Room (3:20-4:20pm)
     
    Monday, May 15, 2023, Chamber & General Choir, Dress Rehearse on the UTMS Stage (3:20-4:25pm)
     
    Wednesday, May 17, 2023 Band & Choir Spring Concert, Report Time for General and Chamber Choir is 5:45pm at the Gymnasium.
    Dismissal at 6:15pm for Band Student to Mr. Engle until 6:45pm. Doors open to the general public at 6:30pm. Donations will be accepted at the door on the night of the performance. All the above dates, times and schedules are subject to change and an email will be sent if there are changes. 
     
    Thank you in advance for your support of our Music Department Choral program. 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Phone: 609-628-3500 x2296

Email:

Degrees and Certifications:

BA Music Education~ Classical Opera & Piano

Mrs. Aristizabal

Hello! It is my pleasure and honor to be warmly welcomed as the Upper Township Middle School General Music Teacher and Choral Director of both the UTMS and UTES. For over 18 years, I have been teaching music education. This is my fifth year in the Upper Township School District. Students are told daily, "You are my dream come true!" "We're all in this together!!!!"