Mr. Evan Weisblatt

Mr. Evan Weisblatt (he/him/his) is a passionate music educator who loves all things soul, R & B, and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Evan is the Director of Choral Activities and one of the general music teachers at Murray Avenue School (6th-8th grades). Evan directs four ensembles comprising of ~280 singers: 6th Grade Chorus, 7th & 8th Grade Chorus, ManChoir, and LionVoice a Cappella (auditioned, advanced pop a cappella group). Evan’s ensembles have won numerous awards and consistently receive superior ratings at adjudicated festivals. His choirs have performed at famous venues across the region, including: Citizens Bank Park, The Wells Fargo Center, and The Liacouras Center. Additionally, LionVoice was recently featured on the radio and voted as a finalist in the B101 Christmas Choir Competition. LionVoice has also released several studio recordings on all major music streaming platforms. Evan’s main goal is to instill in his students a passion for using music as a vehicle for artistic expression; he often tells his students: “don’t just sing notes, but, instead, make music. Be authentic and use your voice to express something.” 

Aside from his career as a choral educator, Evan loves himself some a cappella. Evan served for four years as the music director of Temple University’s CARA award-winning and ICCA-finalist, OwlCappella. Evan is an avid arranger and has created dozens of a cappella arrangements. While Evan’s main mode of expression is pop, soul, and R&B, he is also a classically trained singer with three degrees in music: B.M. summa cum laude in Music Education and Vocal Performance from Temple University and a M.M. in Music Education from the University of the Arts; he received the Excellence in the M.M. Music Education Award for his work at University of the Arts. Evan recently published his thesis titled, Fitting Square Pegs into Round Holes: The Vocal and Social Implications of Various Groupings of Seventh & Eighth Grade Boys in Chorus. Evan has also won awards for his work in musical theater and was the keynote speaker at both his high school and college graduations! 

When he’s not teaching, you can find Evan amassing a collection of microphones and live sound equipment, running sound for concerts and events, cooking food for his wife, traveling the world with his wife and family, watching The Office and I Think You Should Leave, and snuggling his 80-pound Boxer/Lab mix, Buddy. Evan lives in Philadelphia with his wife, dog, and two cats.