SFBC Timeline
A Virtual Deck the Hall

SFBC ON KQED-TV
SFBC at Fleet Week

SFBC/KPIX 70th Anniversary Video
Holiday Concert on KQED-TV

A Ceremony of Carols

East Bay Holiday Concert


Ghirardelli Square Tree Lighting

Deck the Hall

Musica Marin

Fleet Week 2019

Internationl Tour, Germany
Wednesday July 3 | Stiftskirche, Römhild
Thursday July 4 | Georgenkirche, Eisenach
Friday July 5 | Thomaskirche, Leipzig
Sunday July 7 | Kirchensaal, Herrnhut
Tuesday July 9 | Gedächtniskirche, Berlin
Wednesday July 10 | Dom St Peter und Paul, Brandenburg an den Havel
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SF Opera Carmen

Spring Into Summer
Holy Names Children's Choral Festival

Gala and Auction

SFBC sings National Anthem

Speaker Pelosi Party

Goodwill Donate-A-Thon

East Bay Winter Concert

Sunset Arts Concert

Baroque around the Christmas Tree

Macy's Tree Lighting

San Francisco Opera
Sing a Celebration - 70 Years of Song!

Picfest Choral Festival

Composer and conductor Bob Chilcott returned to picfest for the sixth time for another amazing journey of music-making. The Youth Choral Festival is open to boychoirs, girlchoirs, mixed treble choirs, young women’s choirs, young men’s choirs and mixed SATB choirs through age 18.
Holy Names University Children's Choral Festival

Golden Gate Men's Chorus Joint Concert
70th Anniversary Gala

KQEDTV 9

East Bay Winter Concert

Sunset Music and Arts

Handel to Hollywood

Tree of Hope

Deck the Hall

Macy's Tree Great Lighting

Holiday Performance

Downtown San Rafael

Making Strides

Turandot

Sufism Reoriented

Summer of Song

2017 National Tour
St. Paul’s Towers, Oakland

Getting Together

Children's Choral Festival

Choral Concert

Opera Aria

Opera Aria Performance
City Church San Francisco
Bar Mitzvah Private Performance
Annual Gala and Auction
An elegant evening and fun silent and live auction, enjoy local wine with 3 course dinner and wonderful music in the 5-Star atmosphere of the St. Regis San Francisco. Benefits the SFBC music education and training program.
A Holiday Celebration

KQED-TV Broadcast
Swing a Christmas Carol!
Deck the Hall
Macys Great Tree Lighting
Hungarian Anniversary Celebration
The Intermediate Chorus performed for the 60th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Corporate Event
SFBC Saturdays!
Laguna Honda Hospital
Spirit of Marin
Korean Day Cultural Festival
Tony Bennett Statue Unveiled!
Korean War Memorial Opening Ceremony
Sing a Mile High Festival

Carmen - S. F. Opera
Sonos
The Songs of Summer
SF Opera Arts Education Reception
Musica Marin

Ascend Gala Performance

Children's Choral Festival

SF Opera ARIA Festival

Opera ARIA!

SFBC Saturdays!

Spring Choral Concert

Annual Gala and Auction

Opera San Jose
SF Mayoral Inauguration

KQED-TV Broadcast

Train Rock Concert

SFBC opened for Train rock concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Then joined the band for John Lennon and Rolling Stones numbers.
Tree of Hope 2015

San Francisco Opera 2015

Oakland As Anthem
Concert Tour to Australia
July 11 to 20, 2015
East Meets West
Let America Sing
Broadwayworld.com hails alumnus Reed Campbell

Nancy Pelosi Party

SFBC on KQED-TV
A Winter's Concert

A Choral Celebration

Home Alone

Deck the Hall

A Feast of Song

Macy's Tree Lighting

San Francisco Opera

SFBC Sings the Anthem

SFBC sings with Musica Marin

SFBC guests with Midsummer Mozart Festival

Mozart Madness

Mozart Madness

Childrens Choral Festival

SFBC sings at Musica Marin

Gala & Auction

Sine Nomine Concert

Friendship Across the Ocean 2014

Oakland Cathedral Winter Concert 2013
SFBC on KQED-TV

Stanford Live

Sing for the Holidays - CD Release
December 2013

A Not So Silent Night
Philippines Disaster Benefit Concert

65th Anniversary Concert Tour to Costa Rica
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Oakland Cathedral Spring Concert

65th Anniversary Concert

SFBC on KQED-TV

The San Francisco Boys Chorus and Men's Chorale with full orchestra appeared on PBS stations throughout Northern California in a performance of music which brought a message of joy and peace at holiday time. Featuring celebratory choruses of J. S. Bach as well as popular holiday music. The program was recorded in beautiful Calvary Church in San Francisco.
San Francisco City Hall Presidential Inauguration Send-Off Concert
Barack Obama Presidential Inauguration
Spring Concert
Oakland Athletics
65th Anniversary Gala

Navidad Nuestra - Winter Concert 2012

SFBC sings LIVE! 2012 - CD Release

Oakland Cathedral Winter Concert

Tosca

Oakland A's National Anthem

A Song and Dance for All - Spring Concert 2012

The Magic Flute
San Francisco Opera Medal
SFBC Graduate Chorale with Paul Simon
Golden Gate Bridge 75th Anniversary
SFBC and the Copenhagen Royal Chapel Choir
Fable and Faith with Robert Moses Kin Dance Company
Reprising the hugely successsful 2011 production of Fable and Faith, the San Francisco Boys Chorus and Robert Moses' Kin once again share the stage.
Sing for America Inaugural Concert

Training Chorus Spring Concert - Springtime Melodies

Carmina Burana with the San Francisco City Chorus

SFBC sings at Tony Bennett celebration

Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School Choir from London - joint concert

Nancy Pelosi’s New Year’s Party

Ed Lee's Inauguration as San Francisco Mayor

KQED-TV broadcast of SFBC Holiday Concert

Winter Concert - Swing Noël!

Winter Concert - Swing Noël!

Celebrating the holiday season with the Grammy award-winning San Francisco Boys Chorus at St. Dominic's Church in San Francisco. Led by Artistic Director Ian Robertson, the Concert Chorus, SFBC’s premiere performing ensemble, the Graduate Chorale, and a chamber orchestra present selections from Charpentier’s swinging baroque Messe de Minuit pour Noël as well as other up-beat holiday favorites.
Deck the Hall

SF Giants Game National Anthem

San Francisco Opera's productions of TURANDOT and CARMEN
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"...the best ever ensemble of children’s voices – all under the preparation of Chorus Director Ian Robertson"
"And a special Hats-Off to young Gabriel Laude as “the Guide” to Micaëla in Act III. A member of the elite Concert Group of the SF Boys Chorus, Gabriel’s impeccable French was formidable." San Francisco Sentinel
KQED-TV broadcast of Sea to Shining Sea DVD
July 2, 2011

Recorded in Washington DC during the days surrounding the 2009 Presidential Inauguration, this program captures the San Francisco Boys Chorus in unique historic settings.
SFBC appearance in the first episode of America Sings
World Premiere Series hosted by Drew Lachey. Groups from colleges, universities and the military, from barbershop to doo wop to gospel choirs were featured.
Spring Concert - To Russia with Song

SFBC's Spring Concert including a preview of the songs being performed on its upcoming tour to St Petersburg, Russia and Copenhagen. Featuring excerpts from the towering musical monument that is Mozart's Requiem, as well as characteristic American folksongs, deeply-hued spirituals and exuberant Broadway hits.
Russian Federation Consulate Event

A send off concert and reception for the SFBC Tour to St Petersburg took place at the Russian Federation Consulate in San Francisco. Many supporters and friends came to hear the boys sing selections from their touring repertoire and to offer good wishes and bon voyage.
International Tour 2011
![]() Copenhagen Cathedral, home of the
Royal Danish Chapel Choir
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![]() St Mary's Lutheran Church,
St. Petersburg, Russia
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![]() Catherine the Great Theatre,
The Hermitage, St Petersburg
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![]() Glinka Cappella Concert Hall,
St Petersburg
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Oakland A's National Anthem

2011 Gala & Auction
San Francisco Boys Chorus “Celebrate the Children” at the 2011 Gala Auction Evening at the elegant Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco. A silent auction, a sumptuous repast and entertainment by the Concert Chorus and special guest artists made for an unforgettable evening.
Fable and Faith - Robert Moses Kin Dance Company Collaboration
Photo: RJ Muna
SFBC collaboration with Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company's Fable and Faith production.
Reviews:
- "...the exemplary San Francisco Boys Chorus conducted by Ian Robertson."
- "...serene renderings of Shakespeare songs..."
- "...they serenaded dancer Crystaldawn Bell, an avian presence, with a haunting "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child."
Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Chronicle
- "...the benign influence of the 40-voice San Francisco Boys Chorus."
- "...Ian Robertson’s fine boys chorus."
Paul Hertelendy, artssf.com
Gavin Newsom's Inauguration as Lieutenant Governor of California

Zheng Cao and the SFBC on ABC Good Morning America
SFBC on KQED-TV

Winter Concert, Bach to Broadway

Deck the Hall - San Francisco Symphony

Bach to Broadway Oakland


Werther

From Sea to Shining Sea

Faure Requiem CD released
Vivaldi Gloria and Magnificat CD released

San Francisco Symphony

American Boychoir Joint Concert

Haiti Earthquake Relief Concert

The San Francisco Boys Chorus concert for Haiti Earthquake victims in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Oakland and the Cathedral of Christ the Light raised more than $27,000, with almost 2000 people in attendance at the acoustically acclaimed cathedral. The concert, under the direction of Ian Robertson, also featured acclaimed mezzo-sopranos Frederica von Stade and Zheng Cao, members of the San Francisco Opera Chorus, International Orange Chorale, Cathedral organist Rudy De Vos and accompanists Ernest Fredric Knell and Charles Calhoun.
Cathedral of Christ the Light Residency

The partnership begins January 4 and allows boy singers from East Bay communities to rehearse and perform at the Cathedral. “We are delighted with the move to the Cathedral,” said Ian Robertson, the Chorus' Artistic Director. “This is an important step that will help us better serve the East Bay community and provide the opportunity of music education to an even larger number of boys.”
The San Francisco Boys Chorus also will continue to hold training programs in San Francisco and Marin County but will add performances at the Cathedral several times a year. Performance schedules will be announced soon, adding to a growing list of musical and cultural events at the Cathedral Center. Full news and event schedules can be found at www.ctlcathedral.org.
Rudy de Vos, Cathedral Music Director, said “We enter this partnership excited about the teaching component that the Boys Chorus brings to the Cathedral Center. Education within the community is a foundational ministry for the Cathedral Center."
“As well, the recent Chanticleer concert at the Cathedral illustrated beyond a doubt that the Cathedral’s choral acoustics are world-class. We look forward to the Boys Chorus performances.”
The Cathedral of Christ the Light is located in downtown Oakland on Lake Merritt at Grand Avenue and Harrison Street. It is the newest Cathedral in the world, designed by Craig Hartman and his Skidmore, Owings & Merrill team and dedicated in September 2008 during a month-long series of Catholic liturgies and community events.
Our partnership with The Cathedral of Christ the Light
January 2010
The San Francisco Boys Chorus was names Chorus-in-Residence at the Cathedral in downtown Oakland.
The partnership began in January 2010 and allows boy singers from East Bay communities to rehearse and perform at the Cathedral. “We are delighted with the move to the Cathedral,” said Ian Robertson, Chorus Artistic Director. “This is an important step that helps us better serve the East Bay community and provide the opportunity of music education to an even larger number of boys.”
Rudy de Vos, Director of Music at the Cathedral, says “This partnership is about the teaching component that the Boys Chorus brings to the Cathedral Center. Education within the community is a foundational ministry for the Cathedral Center."

SF City Hall Tree Lighting

Holiday CD Released
"It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year!"

Suor Angelica and Otello performances at the San Francisco Opera

Holiday Concert on KQED-TV
December 2009
Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival

President's Cup

Inauguration of President Barack Obama
Winter Concert 2008

Macy's Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

San Francisco City Hall Tree of Hope

Deck the Hall

San Francisco Opera productions of Boris Godunov and La Boheme
October-December 2008

60th Anniversary Year (2008)
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