SAN FRANCISCO
Artistic Director, Ian Robertson
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BOYS CHORUS
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PERFORMANCE HISTORY
Jan 17-20 2009, Washington DC Follow the San Francisco Boys Chorus in Washington, D.C.
January 15, San Francisco City Hall Send-Off Concert - Hosted by Mayor Gavin Newsom Thursday, January 15, at 4:30 p.m. in San Francisco City Hall’s Rotunda. Concert featured the patriotic repertoire to be sung by the San Francisco Girls Chorus and the San Francisco Boys Chorus in Washington DC.
60th Anniversary Year (2008)
Boys turn 60 - SF Classical Voice Growing Old on the Wings of Song - SF Examiner San Francisco Boys Chorus turns 60- SF Chronicle
SFBC on TV The San Francisco Boys Chorus and Men's Chorale on PBS stations throughout Northern California this month with full orchestra in a performance of music sure to bring a message of joy and peace at holiday time. Featuring celebratory choruses of JS Bach as well as popular holiday music, the program is set in beautiful Calvary Church in San Francisco. A not-to-be-missed annual event.
December 13, 2008 Winter Concert Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco Featuring Mozart's "Organ Solo Mass" and holiday favorites. December 9, 5:30pm San Francisco City Hall Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony December 7, 8 2008 Deck the Hall performances, San Francisco Symphony November 28 2008 Macy's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony, Union Square, SF October-December 2008 SFBC appears in San Francisco Opera productions of Boris Godunov and La Boheme September 5 2008 SFBC sang for SF Opera BRAVO! Club season opener at City Hall July 8 - 18 2008 60th Anniversary Concert Tour to France Monaco Cathedral, Marseille Cathedral, other venues June 15 2008 60th Anniversary Concert, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco With Special Guest Artists - Jennifer Larmore, Christopheren Nomura and Donald Runnicles
60th Anniversary Concert at the War Memorial Opera House featured the boys and men with full orchestra performing Léo Delibes rarely heard Messe Breve and Franz Schubert's youthful Mass in C major.
The program also featured two world premieres commissioned by the SFBC from alumni composers. Award-winning composer Eric Marty's C. Elegans marries a genome text to an ultra modern musical language while Jeremy Faust's Parvus sum, on a text by writer/actor Philip Littell, engages the ear with its wit, originality and childlike charm.
World renowned mezzo-soprano Jennifer Larmore joined guest alumnus baritone Christopheren Nomura to add the finishing touches to a memorable evening of song and celebration.
March 1 2008 60th Anniversary Gala Intercontinental Mark Hopkins, SF Featuring the SFBC boys and baritone Christopheren Nomura Feb 19, 2008 SFBC sings National Anthem at SAP Tennis Open at HP Pavilion
February 13 2008 San Francisco Yacht Club performance January 8 2008 SFBC sang at an Inauguration Ceremony for SF Mayor, Gavin Newsom. SF City Hall
December 23 and 24 2007 KQED-TV broadcast of the San Francisco Boys Chorus in concert. In the special 30-minute program recorded in 2006, the Chorus performed selections from Marc Antoine Charpentier's Te Deum and other holiday favorites, under the direction of Maestro Ian Robertson. December 15 2007 Winter Concert 2007 “Sing in the New Year” in the beautiful Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco. Featuring four joyous choruses from some of J.S. Bach's most popular Cantatas. Accompanied by an orchestra of three trumpets, three oboes and strings, these choruses show Bach at his most celebratory with their high Baroque settings of biblical texts. Of course, no concert in December would have been complete without seasonal fare also offered with full orchestral accompaniment including "O Holy Night" and "I Saw Three Ships" and audience participation carols. December 8 2007 Tamalpais Retirement Community concert December 5 2007 Tree lighting ceremony at San Francisco's City Hall
November 23, 2007 Concert and Intermediate Choristers sang at Macy’s Tree Lighting Ceremony in Union Square November 11, 2007 Choristers from the Marin training program sing Mass at St. Paul ’s Episcopal Church in San Rafael October 13 - November 3, 2007 Chorister soloists appear in San Francisco Opera’s production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Magic Flute
"Christopher Borglum, Zachary Marius Pedersen and John Ribeiro-Broomhead were charming as the Three Boys." - Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
"...the Three Boys...made fine contributions." - Georgia Rowe, Contra Costa Times
"The three boys who accompanied Tamino and saved Pamina sang in tight, well-tuned ensemble." - Anna Carol Dudley, San Francisco Classical Voice
October 13, 2007 Concert and Intermediate choristers appear at Yerba Buena Park for the City of San Francisco’s Department of Children, Youth and Family Festival September 17, 2007 Concert and Intermediate choristers sing The National Anthem at Oakland A’s game September 18 October 15, 2007 - Choristers appear in San Francisco Opera’s production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser July 20, 21, 22 2007 CARMINA BURANA performances at the
Grand Teton Music Festival conducted by Donald Runnicles
July 19 2007 SPOTLIGHT CONCERT - Grand Teton Music
Festival,
June 10 2007 SPRING CONCERT - Rhymes and Rounds featuring Janáček's Children's Rhymes May 19 2007 Training Choruses performed at Tamalpais Retirement Community, Marin County May 13 2007 Marin Campus Choruses sang at
April 13, 14, 15 and 16 2007 10th ANNUAL CABARET Blockbuster, legendary event benefiting the San Francisco Boys Chorus. March 3 2007 Annual Gala at the Mark Hopkins Hotel, SF "Prelude to the 60th Anniversary" benefiting the SFBC scholarship and Music Education Programs. A wonderful evening of music and fine food. Featuring Artists from the San Francisco Opera Center along with the SFBC Concert and Men's Choruses.
February 14 2007 SF Ballet recording of The Nutcracker, Skywalker Studios. December 2006 TV Broadcasts of "A Holiday Concert" in 2006 with SFBC and Orchestra December 17 2006 The Sonoma Classical Music Society presented the SFBC in a program of holiday and classical music at the Sonoma Valley Community Center - "The music was superb, and the children had the audience enthralled..." December 16, 2006 SFBC WINTER CONCERT - Te Deum - A Baroque Winter featured Marc-Antoine Charpentier's glorious 1692 setting of the Te Deum with full orchestra, including the "royal" additions of trumpets and drums. The work's brilliance and powerful dramatic impact suggest that it must have been written in celebration of some special occasion, such as the recent French victory at Steinkerque on August 1692. The SFBC Concert and Men's Chorales join forces for this splendid performance The concert also featured all chorus levels and SFBC Bellringers performing many holiday favorites.
November 21 to December 9, 2006 - SFBC Concert Chorus performances in San Francisco Opera's production of Bizet's Carmen. November 12 2006 SFBC Marin Campus boys performed at morning service at St Paul's Church, San Rafael November 7 2006 Training Chorus mini-performance at Marin Campus November 2 2006 Training Chorus mini-performance at East Bay Campus November 1 2006 Training Chorus mini-performance at SF Campus October 18 2006 SFBC Concert Chorus performance at the San Francisco Yacht Club. Private event. October 15 2006 SFBC Concert Chorus at Grace Cathedral as part of Youth Choir Festival: Voices of America's Future. October 14 2006 SFBC Intermediate Chorus sang in Yerba Buena Gardens as part of the San Francisco Family Festival
October 13 2006 SFBC Concert and Intermediate Choruses sang the national anthem at Moscone Center, SF. Attending were ex Mayor of San Francisco, Willie L Brown and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. September 23, 2006 World Boy Scout Event, Palace of the Legion of Honor, SF in the presence of His Majesty, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden August 27, 2006 ANA Cable Car Chase,SF July 29 2006 Alumni Luncheon Event - San Francisco Yacht Club, Belvedere July 21, 22 2006 Gustav Mahler's 3rd Symphony at the Grand Teton Music Festival with the SF Festival Chorale July 20, 2006 Spotlight Concert at the Grand Teton Music Festival July 2006 SFBC soprano John Ribiera-Broomhead sang the boy solo in two performances of The Lord of the Rings Symphony with the San Francisco Symphony June 21, 22 2006 Liszt's Dante Symphony with the San Francisco Symphony June 11 2006 SPRING CONCERT The San Francisco Boys Chorus, Ian Robertson Artistic Director, presented Songs of Springtime at Mission Dolores Basilica, SF. In Part I, Maestro Robertson led the Concert Chorus, Men's Chorus and SFBC Orchestra in a performance of the rarely-heard Messe des Pêcheurs de Villerville, co-composed by Gabriel Fauré and André Messager, as well as Fauré's settings of Ave Maria, Maria mater gratiae and Benedictus. Also performing were be the SFBC Bellringers.
April 28, 29, 30 2006 9th Annual Cabaret Fundraiser
April 25, 2006 National Anthem at the SF Giants
April 1, 2006 Holy Names University Children's Choral Festival (Apprentice Chorus) March 30-Apr 2, 2006 Tour to Anaheim Music Festival (Intermediate Chorus)
March 26, 2006 Concert St John's Church, Ross March 19, 2006 Concert Orinda Community Church
December 20th and 25th, 2005 KQED-TV Broadcast of "A Holiday Concert" December 10th 2005, Calvary Presbyterian Church, San Francisco WINTER CONCERT- “A Festival of Song”
Audience-favorite Annual Winter Concert featuring the young men’s voices of the Bay Area’s premiere choral training program for boys. The program began with performances by the Concert Chorus, Men’s and Graduate Chorales and Orchestra singing the engaging, rarely heard Missa Brevis in F by Joseph Haydn. This delightful mass-setting was both one of the composers earliest and latest works: he originally wrote it in 1749 for soloists, choir and strings, and returned to it at the end of his life in 1805 to add wind parts. The SFBC’s ongoing performing and recording projects featuring the music of Gabriel Faure continued with presentations of his Cantique de Jean Racine and his settings of the French carols Noel d'Enfants and Il est ne, le divin enfant. Featured also were Swedish and Hebrew songs. True to the SFBC tradition, boys of all ages from our Training Choruses will performed throughout the second half of the program in selections for the Holiday Season November 25, 2005 Carol singing at Macy's Union Square Tree Lighting ceremony November 2005 SFBC boys sing and understudy solo roles in performances ofThe Magic Flute for Kids at the San Francisco Opera Monday, September 19th 2005
Nobel Laureates Presentation Event, SF Exploratorium
Columnist Leah Garchik wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle: "it seemed to me the miracle of the evening was how still the members of the San Francisco Boys Choir -- onstage to entertain with a folk song from each country as well as San Francisco -- remained through the speeches. This celebration was a very well-behaved event "
CONCERT TOUR TO ASIA The Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Boys Chorus Concert Chorus and Graduate Chorale recently completed their exciting and highly successful tour of Asia. It began with a midday concert at St John's Cathedral, Hong Kong, a beautiful, historic church located in the shade of the city's legendary skyscrapers. The church is not air-conditioned and the boys rose splendidly to the challenge of singing in the very high temperature and humidity.
June 5th 2005 SPRING CONCERT "Come, ye Sons of Art" The Annual Spring Concert at the beautiful Mission Dolores Basilica in San Francisco featured Henry Purcell's Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary 1694, Come, ye sons of art with full chorus, orchestra and soloists. The concert also presented music sung by all our groups of choral settings in many languages, including Czech, French, Russian German and Japanese.
Starting in 1689 and reflecting England's love of their Queen Mary, Purcell had written a birthday ode for her each year. Come Ye Sons of Art, is one of the most beautiful examples of Purcell's art at its most mature. Performed on April 30, 1694, it was the greatest, and sadly, the last of the series. The following year Purcell composed funeral music for the Queen, and soon after Purcell himself died at the age of only 36. March 19 2005 ANNUAL GALA FUNDRAISER A splendid evening of fine entertainment by the SFBC Concert and Men's Choruses featuring classical and modern popular repertoire. Also featuring special guest stars, Intermezzo, a quartet of fine solo singers performing repertoire from opera, operetta and musicals. Plus all the fun of an annual gala with superb dinner, drinks and a silent auction. Marines Memorial Ballroom, San Francisco. January 23 2005 TSUNAMI DISASTER RELIEF CONCERT RAISED $12,300 for OXFAM AMERICA and UNICEF featured the San Francisco Boys Chorus and renowned mezzo-soprano, Frederica von Stade. Jones Memorial United Methodist Church, Post Street, San Francisco December 17 through December 31 2004 The SFBC Concert and Intermediate Choruses performed the children's music (Dance of the Snowflakes) at all performances of the San Francisco Ballet's new, exciting production of THE NUTCRACKER by Tchaikovsky War Memorial Opera House December 23, 2004 San Francisco Boys Chorus on KQED TV-Channel 9 performing Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, Op. 48. Recorded at Grace Cathedral in June 2004 December 16, 2004 Holiday Concert in Episcopal Church of Our Saviour in Mill Valley, Marin December 11, 2004 HOLIDAY CONCERT Featured joyful choruses from Canatas by JS Bach with orchestra and many holiday musical treats. All 5 levels of the San Francisco Boys Chorus in performance. December 5 2004 Napa Valley Symphony and the San Francisco Boys Chorus in a concert featuring music from Bach Canatas and many special Holidayfavorites. Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Angwin, on the Pacific Union College campus. October 13, 16, 19, 22, 27, 30, November 4, 7, 2004 TOSCA Performances San Francisco Opera Youth Voices of America Grace Cathedral, San Francisco August 29, 2004 WERE YOU FASTER THAN A SPEEDING CABLE CAR? THE ANA CABLE CAR CHASE!! Benefited SFBC June 20, 2004 SPRING CONCERT Reviewed in San Francisco Classical Voice FAURE REQUIEM (original chamber orchestra version) with acclaimed baritone and SFBC alum CHRISTÓPHEREN NOMURA and Nikki Einfeld, soprano. Grace Cathedral, San Francisco
On Sunday, June 20, 2004 in San Francisco ’s Grace Cathedral, the San Francisco Boys Chorus under its Director, Ian Robertson, performed Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in the original version first performed by the boys and men of the Church of the Madeleine in Paris where Fauré (1845-1924) was organist and choirmaster. The performance featured the original chamber orchestration consisting of violas, cellos, harp, horns and organ. The inspiration to mount this performance of the original version stemmed from the recommendation of the current organist at La Madeleine after the San Francisco Boys Chorus gave a sold-out performance at the historic church as part of their 2003 European Tour. The concert also featured performances by the Training Choruses of the SFBC. June 12, 2004 Lecture and Recital in L'Alliance Francaise, SF In advance of the performance of the original chamber orchestra version of Gabriel Faure's Requiem (San Francisco Boys Chorus, Grace Cathedral, June 20 at 3pm), L'Alliance Française de San Francisco, in collaboration with the San Francisco Opera Center and the San Francisco Boys Chorus, presented a lecture on the Requiem and a performance of the Pie Jesu and songs by Faure by Opera Center Adler Fellows Nikki Einfeld (soprano), Katherine Rohrer (mezzo-soprano) with Maestro Ian Robertson as lecturer and Charles Calhoun as accompanist.
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OPEN REHEARSAL OF FAURE REQUIEM March 15th 2004 SFBC sings at SF Grammy Event honoring Chanticleer and others at the Westin St Francis Hotel March 13th and 14th 2004 SFBC sings JS Bach's St Matthew Passion with SAN FRANCISCO BACH CHOIR Calvary Presbyterian Church, SF March 6th, 2004 ANNUAL GALA Marines Memorial Ballroom, San Francisco February 7th, 2004 SFBC Intermediate Chorus sings as part of CONTRA COSTA BOYS' CHORUS FESTIVAL December 21st, 2003 MEADOWOOD RESORT NAPA VALLEY HOLIDAY EVENT featuring music for the Holidays with the San Francisco Boys Chorus December 13th, 2003 'TIS THE SEASON!
November 23rd 2003 OLD FIRST CONCERTS, San Francisco SFBC performs Italian Baroque and Renaissance masterpieces and American popular musi August 31 2003
ANA CABLE CAR CHASE & 5K AMBLE -- 20th Anniversary July 13 - 24 2003 CONCERT TOUR OF EUROPE featuring performances at Ferentino, St Peter's Basilica (Rome), Church of La Madeleine (Paris), Chartres Cathedral, Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris) and St Margaret's Lothbury (London). June 2003 LA DAMNATION DE FAUST at the San Francisco Opera (7 performances)
"and the...San Francisco Boys Chorus added a nicely seraphic touch to the final
scene." June 15. 2003 "VOCI DELLA PRIMAVERA" - SPRING CONCERT IN GRACE CATHEDRAL,SF In the glorious space of Grace Cathedral, the San Francisco Boys Chorus presented its annual Spring Concert featuring performances by the Preparatory, Apprentice, Intermediate and Concert Choruses of repertoire which included popular and classic songs for treble voices. The Concert and Graduate Choruses with orchestra presented Vivaldi's Baroque masterpiece, Magnificat, and "a capella" music from the Italian Renaissance by Palestrina, Victoria and di Lasso, repertoire which was featured in its performances in Rome, Paris, Chartres and London. April 24-27 2003 INTERMEDIATE CHORUS TOUR TO VANCOUVER, CANADA April 10, 2003 NATIONAL ANTHEM AT SF GIANTS GAME April 4 and 6, 2003 CARMINA BURANA with the SAN FRANCISCO CHORAL SOCIETY Calvary Church, SF and First Congregational Church, Berkeley March 20, 2003 ASIAN ART MUSEUM, RE-OPENING CEREMONY March 8, 2003 ANNUAL GALA - MARINES MEMORIAL BUILDING January 11, 14, 16 and 18 HANSEL AND GRETEL at the San Francisco Opera December 21, 2002 NAPA OPERA HOUSE CONCERTS featuring Bach's Christmas Oratorio excerpts, Holiday music and the SFBC Bellringers December 14, 2002 "RAISE YOUR VOICES" ANNUAL HOLIDAY CONCERT CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, SAN FRANCISCO featuring excerpts from Bach's Christmas Oratorio excerpts with orchestra, Holiday music and the SFBC Bellringers November 17 - Dec 3, 2002 HANSEL AND GRETEL at the San Francisco Opera September 11, 2002 SAN FRANCISCO MAYOR'S DAY OF REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY August 31, 2002 SAIL SAN FRANCISCO Tall ships race down West coast, SF celebrations included SFBC premiere of newly-commissioned piece by composer Jason Martineau June 16, 2002
SPRING CONCERT at GRACE CATHEDRAL, SAN FRANCISCO Vivaldi's GLORIA with the SFBC Orchestra and Graduate Chorale. June 8-30, 2002 CARMEN at the San Francisco Opera(7 performances) April 12, 2002 SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS GAME, National Anthem March 17, 2002 PERFORMANCE at St Finn Barr Church, San Francisco March 2, 2002 ANNUAL GALA, Marines Memorial Ballroom, San Francisco February 28, 2002 School Outreach Program, Concerts at 5 SF schools in one day. February 8, 2002 Donor Reward dinner and Concert, Getty Mansion January 12-20, 2002 TOSCA with the San Francisco Opera (4 performances) January 17, 2002 School Outreach Program, Concerts at 5 SF schools in one day December 8, 2001 "MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE" Winter Concert at St Dominic's Church, San Francisco Winter Concert featuring all groups. A concert of holiday music and surprises, including excerpts from A Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten |
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