San Francisco Boys Chorus

San Francisco Boys Chorus

Infobox musical artist
Name = San Francisco Boys Chorus


Img_size = 130
Background = classical_ensemble
Origin = flagicon|USA San Francisco, California, USA
Instrument = 230 voices
Genre = Choral, classical, opera
Occupation = Choir
Years_active = 1948-"present"
Associated_acts = San Francisco Opera
San Francisco Symphony
URL = [http://www.sfbc.org www.sfbc.org]
Current_members = Artistic Director
Ian Robertson
Chorus Directors
Margaret Clark
Katherine McKee
Past_members = Founder
Madi Bacon
Gaetano MerolaThe San Francisco Boys Chorus (SFBC) is a choir for boys consisting of 230 members based in San Francisco with additional campuses in Oakland and San Rafael.cite web | url=http://www.sfbc.org/aboutus.htm | title=San Francisco Boys Chorus | accessdate =2007-08-11] It is known officially as "San Francisco's Singing Ambassadors to the World". [cite news | author=Cheryl North | title=Boys learn teamwork and musicianship in choruses | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20040618/ai_n14577941 | work=The Oakland Tribune | date=2004-06-28 | accessdate=2007-08-11]

The group was founded in 1948 by Madi Bacon and Gaetano Merola to provide singers for the San Francisco Opera. As of 2006 it has been directed by Ian Robertson from 1996, prior to which it was directed by Laura Kakis Serper from 1993. [cite web | url=http://www.kairoschoir.org | title=Kairos Youth Choir: The Kairos Faculty | accessdate =2006-08-02]

Boys from the SFBC regularly perform in productions of the San Francisco Opera and San Francisco Symphony.

Among others, the group has performed for Colin Powell, Tipper Gore, Pope John Paul II, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Mikhail Gorbachev.In 1997 the group performed at the wedding of Andre Agassi and Brooke Shields in Monterey, California. [cite web | url=http://www.aparchive.com/user/GetOneUp.aspx?id=48806 | title = AP Television News Library: KSBW report archive | accessdate=2007-08-11 | author=KSBW | date=1997-04-20 | publisher=Associated Press]

Alumni of the group include author Daniel Handler, better known under his pen name Lemony Snicket, actor Joshua Jackson, singer Christopheren Nomura, and a cappella director Deke Sharon.

Discography

* Vince Guaraldi – "Vince Guaraldi with the San Francisco Boys Chorus" (1968)
* Neil Young – "Landing on Water" (1986)
* San Francisco Symphony & Chorus / Herbert Blomstedt – Carl Orff: "Carmina Burana" (1991), winner of 1992 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
* "We're On Our Way" (2000)
* "Moving On" (2003)

References

External links

* [http://www.sfbc.org/ San Francisco Boys Chorus official website]


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