"The San Francisco Boys Chorus...had their big moments, too, providing the musical backbone to the holiday celebration in the Latin Quarter scene"

La Boheme at San Francisco Opera - SF Examiner

"The San Francisco Boys Chorus has proven time and time again why they are a Grammy award-winning ensemble"

San Francisco Classical Voice

 

"...the San Francisco Boys Chorus proving itself once again one of our city’s great treasures."

Opera Today

 

"...Ian Robertson's fine boys chorus"

artsf.com

 

"Performed splendidly by the San Francisco Boys Chorus, under the baton of Ian Robertson..."

San Francisco Classical Voice

 

"Exemplary"

San Francisco Chronicle

 

"...the superb San Francisco Boys Chorus"

San Francisco Classical Voice

 

"...impeccable intonation...rendered with sweetness and tonal polish..informed with dynamism in clean, precise attacks..."

San Francisco Classical Voice

 

"The choir...sounded terrific. A porcelain purity of sound is their hallmark, impeccably in tune... it cast this treasured ensemble in a very favorable light."

San Francisco Classical Voice

 

"...the benign influence of the 40-voice San Francisco Boys Chorus, singing a capella."

artssf.con

 

"The chorus and children’s chorus were both fantastic..."

Operaville -  Carmen @ SF Opera

 

"Ian Robertson’s Opera Chorus and the...children’s chorus sang superbly"

San Francisco Chronicle -  Carmen @ SF Opera

 

"...chorus director Ian Robertson’s laudatory work included contributions from members of the...San Francisco Boys Chorus."

San Francisco Examiner -  La Boheme @ SF Opera

 

"...a lithe and lively performance...particularly impressive was the crisp delineation of the consonants of the Latin text, the varied dynamics and the tonal balance between the higher and lower registers of the boys. The trebles and altos sang with memorable clarity while the tenors and basses offered a warmly resonant foundation for the upper lines." 

Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia

 

"...secure flexibility and eloquent lyricism."

Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia

 

 

 

 

 

 

East Bay Holiday Concert

December 14 | 4 PM
St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Berkeley
SFBC Winter Concert Berkeley St Johns 2019 Chris Oglesby Guest Artist SFBC Winter Concert Berkeley
The GRAMMY Award-winning San Francisco Boys Chorus will fill your hearts with holiday cheer. The Chorus returns to this intimate church with its excellent acoustics--joined this year by a guest artist, Christopher Oglesby, a rising opera star and an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera. The centerpiece of the program will be Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols. What better way to celebrate the holidays than with your favorite songs of the season sung by the Chorus’ acclaimed musicians!

 

A Ceremony of Carols

Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 7:00 PM
St. Ignatius Church, SF 
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The San Francisco Boys Chorus' Winter Concert will fill your hearts with holiday cheer, replete with favorite carols. The centerpiece will be Benjamin Britten's tuneful masterpiece for treble chorus and harp, A Ceremony of Carols. This work, with its pealing bells and allusions to trumpets, together with its lullabies and quiet moments, summons the stillness of winter and heralds new beginnings.
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