UTM Choir

UTM Choir is the official choir team of , (In Malay: ), located in Skudai, . Established in 1999 by Mr. Dwiono Hermantoro, the conductor of the team since establishment until now.

The team is the national champion of Intervarsity Choir Competition for year 2002, 2003 and 2004 before the competition is being called off. The competition revived in year 2007 and the team emerged as 1st runner-up, settled behind (UKM).

UTM Choir was one of the two representatives from in Choir Olympics 2004 (as known as World Choir Games since year 2006), held in , . The other team was Fingerprints Chamber Choir, also from Johor. They are ranked 967 in the Musica Mundi World Ranking List for the top 1,000 choirs.

The team is well-known of their multi-racial image because the singers are consisted of all races in Malaysia such as Malay, Chinese, Indian, aborigines from and , and also foreigners. Some of the famous pieces they use to perform during numerous official ceremony inside and outside of the university are Dirgahayu UTM, Sejahtera Malaysia, Jangkrik Genggong (an Indonesian native song), A Time For Us (theme song from "" musical), Yue Liang Dai Biao Wo The Xin (a Chinese classic, populared by Teresa Teng) and the others.

Since the team formation in 1999, it has been led by a number of great student leaders. First was Tan Li Ai (1999-2000) then followed by Lum Wan Liang (2001), Michelle Koh (2002), Chua Kok Hong (2003), Niki Gwee (2004 & 2006), Omnopon Jiham (2005), Mohd Iqram (2007) and Lau Boon Chun (2008).The number of members is now exceeding 80 people and it is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years.

The team is currently focusing on the preparation to Choir Musical Festival which is going to be held in , on November, 2008.