Middle & Upper School Chorus Jerry and Deborah Ulrich, appointed to Lovett in 2011, administer a comprehensive choral program for Grades 6–12. ASCAP award-winning arranger/composer Jerry Ulrich has composed commissioned works for professional choirs and orchestras, including the Grammyaward winning Orchestra of St. Luke’s, colleges and universities throughout the United States, and churches and schools in both the U.S. and abroad. In addition to his position at The Lovett School, Dr. Ulrich is currently associate professor of music and director of choral activities at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Ulrich came to Atlanta from LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts (the Fame school) in New York City, where his choirs were featured in all major NYC concert venues and on national and international television and radio. Dr. Ulrich’s prior university teaching experience includes positions in Ohio and New York. During 1990–91 he was Visiting Fulbright Professor of Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. His early training included four years singing with legendary conductor Robert Shaw in the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus. Additional academic study included a Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University and the doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Deborah Ulrich has served as a Middle School choral director for 15 years. Her Middle School choral teaching experience includes public schools on Long Island and in Cobb County. She comes to The Lovett School from Marietta Middle School. Her choirs have consistently received Superior ratings at GMEA in both performance and sight-reading. She is a recipient of the Georgia Star Teacher Award (2011). She has served in organist and organist/choirmaster positions in Texas, Ohio, New York, and Georgia. She is currently organist at St. John United Methodist Church on Mt. Paran Road in Atlanta. She has also served as adjunct organ instructor and university organist at Ashland University (in Ohio), and adjunct faculty member at the Long Island University. Deborah received the bachelor of music degree in organ performance from Wesleyan College, and the master of sacred music degree from Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, with further organ study at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She is a consecrated diaconal minister in the United Methodist Church, and has served in various leadership positions at the conference, state, regional, and national levels. She and Jerry are the parents of three adult children. 34 • Lovett
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