DAVIS COUNTY — There are some new “Voices” on the Davis County music scene, and they plan on being heard for a long time to come.

Utah Voices, a new choir combining singers from Davis County and all over the Wasatch Front, is currently gearing up for their first season. Dr. Michael Huff, the director of the choir, is pleased that the group has already gotten off to such a solid beginning.

“When we put the choir together, we were like ‘I hope someone shows up for the first rehearsal,” said Huff. “We had 130 people show up, and we have about 170 on our rolls now. We’re just thrilled.”

The seed for Utah Voices came when Huff, who recently parted ways with the Salt Lake Symphonic Choir, had a group of singers ask him to lead them. Huff then suggested that they first form their own choir, and if they wanted him to still lead it he would.

“I wanted to make sure that the choir isn’t all about me,” he said. “If I got hit by a bus tomorrow, there will still be someplace where people could sing and have a good time.”

The key to this can be found in the group’s board of directors, which serves to balance the artistic direction, and the advisory board, which features notable figures who are willing to guide the choir and help it grow. The board of directors is currently guided by Juliann Peacock.

The group’s advisory board includes several well-known names, including composer and musician Cori Connors, Utah Representative Becky Edwards, and Dr. Jerold Ottley, who led the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from 1974 to 1999.

The first concert planned for Utah Voices’ inaugural season will be a collaborative performance of Handel’s “Messiah” with the Salt Lake Symphony. The concert is scheduled for Dec. 5 at the Libby Gardner Hall at the University of Utah.

“It’s going to be spectacular,” said Hall. More information can be found at www.utahvoices.org. “We’re planning the start of a great future.”