About FPHS Choirs

ABOUT THE CHOIRS

The Franklin Pierce Choirs pride themselves on the diversity of their repertoire as well as the diversity of our singers. We are an inviting program that accepts students at all levels. If you want to sing, we have a place for you!

 Tenor Bass Choir

The Franklin Pierce Tenor Bass choir is a non-auditioned Tenor Bass Choir open to all skill levels. Whether you have sung in choir before or have never been in a music class, you are welcome.

Treble Choir

The Franklin Pierce Treble Choir is a non-auditioned Soprano Alto Choir open to all skill levels. Whether you have sung in choir before or have never been in a music class, you are welcome.


Concert Choir

The Franklin Pierce Concert Choir is an Advanced-Level auditioned choir comprised of Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass singers. This choir performs a wide variety of repertoire that ranges from Renaissance to modern World Music. 

Here are our 2024-2025 Officers/Section Leaders

Jonathan

Choir President/Bass Section Leader

Jocelyn

Social Chair/Soprano Section Leader

Ciara

Social Chair

Naomi

Secretary

Pip

Manager/Alto Section Leader

Peyton

Manager/Tenor Section Leader

Finn

Alto Section Leader

Goose

Soprano Section Leader

Fiki

Bass Section Leader

Dylan

Tenor Section Leader

Ulises Zavaleta Berdeja, Choir Director

Ulises Zavaleta Berdeja was born in Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico and grew up in Mount Vernon, WA. He discovered a love for choral music having gone through the choral program at MV. After graduating from Mount Vernon High School, Ulises attended Portland State University to pursue a degree in Music Education with a focus on Choral Music. There he earned the distinction of being the first Hinckley Choral Scholar which provided full tuition remission. While at PSU he sang with the International-Award winning Chamber Choir for four years. After graduating with his Bachelor's, Ulises completed an additional year to earn his Masters in Education. During that year he student-taught at Tigard High School with Robert Hawthorne.

Ulises is a current member of Male Ensemble Northwest (M.E.N.) where he enjoys singing with other Music Educators from the Pacific Northwest.