Due to COVID-19 restrictions all rehearsals and auditions will be held online until further notice. As soon as it is safe again, rehearsals will resume at our 4 rehearsal sites in San Francisco, San Mateo, Oakland and San Rafael.
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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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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.
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.
The Intermediate Chorus performed for the 60th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
SFBC opened for Train rock concert at the Fillmore in San Francisco. Then joined the band for John Lennon and Rolling Stones numbers.
July 11 to 20, 2015
Union Square, San Francisco
SFBC celebrated its debut performances with the Midsummer Mozart Festival. Coming into its 40th Anniversary season, the Festival is still the only music festival in North America dedicated exclusively to Mozart
Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland
2013 Holiday Program!
Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University
December 2013
Sing for the Holidays 2013 
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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.
St Dominic's Catholic Church, SF
War Memorial Opera House, SF
Oakland Coliseum Oakland, CA
Cathedral of Christ the Light, Oakland, CA
Reprising the hugely successsful 2011 production of Fable and Faith, the San Francisco Boys Chorus and Robert Moses' Kin once again share the stage.
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.
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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
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.
World Premiere Series hosted by Drew Lachey. Groups from colleges, universities and the military, from barbershop to doo wop to gospel choirs were featured.
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.
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.
 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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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.
Photo: RJ Muna
SFBC collaboration with Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company's Fable and Faith production.
Reviews:
Allan Ulrich, San Francisco Chronicle
Paul Hertelendy, artssf.com
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.
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."
December 2009
SFBC was proud to participate in the 2009 Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival (PICCFEST) in Oregon.
October-December 2008
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