Join the San Francisco Boys Chorus for an afternoon concert of choral music including works by Handel, Vivaldi, Faure, Copland and more!
Founded in 1948, the internationally acclaimed, Grammy award winning San Francisco Boys Chorus is a distinguished educational and performance organization which has been led since 1998 by Artistic Director Ian Robertson. One of just a handful of programs in the United States specifically designed to educate and showcase boy trebles, the SFBC is proud to train some of the finest young musicians in the country.
For four decades, San Francisco mayors have recognized the Boys Chorus as official “Singing Ambassadors of San Francisco,” and frequently invite the Boys to perform for events at City Hall. In 2009, the San Francisco Boys Chorus performed at Barack Obama’s 2009 Presidential Inauguration in Washington, DC. The chorus has performed the national anthem and other songs for the San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Oakland Raiders, San Francisco Marathon, and the Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary celebration. Each December, the San Francisco Boys Chorus sings at the Macy’s Great Tree Lighting Ceremony in Union Square, and for many years, KQED-TV has broadcast SFBC’s own holiday concert in California television markets.
San Francisco Boys Chorus tours extensively across the United States as well as abroad. They have sung in leading concert halls and cathedrals on four continents, with highlights including St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle, England, Carnegie Hall, Chartres and Notre Dame Cathedrals in France, Shanghai Concert Hall in China, Hong Kong Cathedral, the Glinka Capella in St. Petersburg, the Danish National Cathedral in Copenhagen, the Church of the Madeleine in Paris, St Margaret’s Westminster, England, Costa Rica National Cathedral, St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney, Australia, Washington National Cathedral, St Thomas Church and St. Bartholomew’s Church in New York City, Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Matthias Church in Budapest, and Tokyo City Hall.