Meet Our Choir Director!!
Meet the new director of Choirs and Orchestras at Desert Vista! Joe Boatwright is a pianist, cellist, and baritone, and an Arizona native with a strong passion for ensemble music-making. Mr. Boatwright graduated from Gilbert High School after performing with the Arizona All-State Choir, All-State Orchestra, All-State Vocal Jazz, the Youth Symphony of the Southwest, and several high school theatre productions. He continued his interdisciplinary approach to music at the University of North Texas as a Choral Music Education Major, while continuing his studies on cello. He also accompanied multiple ensembles on cello and piano, as well as performing as a baritone soloist with Third Street Vocal Jazz and the UNT Baroque Orchestra and Vox Aquilae. He conducted the Up Front undergraduate conductors chorus on several occasions.
Mr. Boatwright is thrilled to join the Desert Vista family and make music during this exciting year of change and growth!
Mr. Boatwright is thrilled to join the Desert Vista family and make music during this exciting year of change and growth!
You can reach him via email at [email protected] or find him running back and forth between the choir and orchestra rooms, green tea in hand.
