BCS Tours Australia and New Zealand
August 2007
The Boston City Singers was selected to represent Boston in a Boston/Melbourne (Australia) sister-city goodwill tour. During their three weeks "down-under," 38 members of the BCS Concert Chorus traveled to Auckland, New Zealand, and then to the Australian cities and towns of Sydney, Canberra, Bendigo, Rutherglen, and Melbourne. They collaborated with a wide range of clinicians and choirs, performing concerts at public venues as well as hospitals and clinics. In between performances, there was much sightseeing. The trip culminated in a collaborative concert with Young Voices of Melbourne at BMW Edge Theatre, in Boston's sister city of Melbourne.

"Over the Hills" Spring Concert
June 2007
On June 2nd, the Boston City Singers Concert Chorus presented its annual spring concert at the Parish of All Saints. The overflowing audience gave a standing ovation for performances of music from Japan, Russia, Norway, New Zealand, South Africa, and the British Isles, as well as American gospel and folk music.

Collaborative Concert with Saengerfest Men's Chorus
May 2007
On May 20th, Boston City Singers sang at Brookline's Church of Our Saviour in concert with the Saengerfest Men's Chorus, directed by Michael T. Driscoll. This joyful intergenerational performance ended with the combined Choruses singing "Georgia on My Mind" and "Tshoshaloza" from South Africa.

South African Choral Music Workshop with Mollie Stone, April 2007
On April 4th Mollie Stone, Associate Conductor of the Chicago Chilren's Choir, conducted a South African Choral Music Workshop with Boston City Singers at The Parish of All Saints, 209 Ashmont St., Dorchester, MA. This was open to the public at no charge.

Mollie Stone, Associate Conductor of the Chicago Children's Choir, has presented numerous workshops on Black South African choral music. She presented to the Boston City Singers Concert Chorus South African songs with instruction in vocal tone, pronunciation and movement, and she provided an understanding of the music's historical and social context. To learn more about Mollie Stone, please visit her website at www.molliestone.org.

Boston City Singers Holiday Concert, December 2006
On December 16th, every pew in The Parish of All Saints, Dorchester was filled for Boston City Singers' annual holiday concert. Singers from the Dorchester and Jamaica Plain Advanced Training Choruses, the Concert Chorus, and our new chamber singers group performed a wide selection of works from around the world: Both Advanced Training Choruses sang a variety of folk songs from Scotland and England, and traditional Jewish and Christian holiday melodies. The Jamaica Plain group opened their set with a lovely performance of Purcell's "Come Ye O Sons of Art."

Collaborative Concert with St. Mary's Diocesan Girls Choir, December 2006
On December 8th the Church of Our Savior in Brookline, Massachusetts rang with the harmonies and drums of South African songs, as the BCS Concert Chorus performed with a talented group of girls from St. Mary's Diocesan Girls' School in Pretoria, South Africa. At the second concert in our "Global Voices" series, the singers played drums and other instruments from their country, and delighted the audience with songs from Zulu and other African traditions, pop culture, and classical music.

St. Mary's DSG Choir, established in 1879, provides music for the School's Chapel services. Directed by Ralf Schmitt and Michael Barrett (both former members of the Drakensberg Boys Choir), the 42 girls of St. Mary's shared the music of South Africa with schools, choirs and public audiences during their first US tour. Visit www.stmarys.kzn.school.za/home.htm for more information about this school and its choir..

Collaborative Concert with Cantores Minores from Helsinki, Finland, Boston, MA, October 2006
The BCS Concert Chorus joined Cantores Minores, Finland's Young Boys and Men's Choir, in concert at the Arlington Street Church in Boston on October 22nd. This was the first of several BCS "Global Voices" international collaborations scheduled for the 2006-07 Concert Season. See our Welcome page for more information on "Global Voices."

The Cantores Minores, founded in December 1952, is a choir of 120 boys and young men from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area in Finland. The Cantores Minores represents the rare type of Protestant boys' choirs holding the great German choirs, such as Bach's Thomanerchor in Leipzig and Schütz's Kreuzchor in Dresden, as its models. This type of choir was the one for which Johann Sebastian Bach wrote all his great choral works and these masterpieces still constitute the core of the repertoire of Cantores Minores, with the choir performing yearly at least two great works of Johann Sebastian Bach. www.cantoresminores.net.

Israel – Lebanon Relief Event, Boston, MA, August 2006
On August 7th Boston City Singers, along with The American Repertory Theater, The Boston Camerata, The Boston Philharmonic, Dünya Turkish Music Ensemble, Emmanuel Music, From the Top, Sharq Arab-American Ensemble, Voices of Black Persuasion and many other artists, including Anne Azéma, Jeremy Geidt, Mehmet Sanlikol, Craig Smith, and Benjamin Zander, presented a free concert at Emmanuel Church on Newbury Street to benefit civilian victims of the conflict between Israel and Lebanon.

"This event [was] non-sectarian, non-partisan and non-political," says Boston Camerata director Joel Cohen, one of the event’s organizers. "...it is clear that all of the participants, like so many of us in the public at large,...want to do something to help those who suffer from [this recent violence]."

"Sing a Mile High" Choral Festival, Denver, CO, July 2006
The BCS Concert Chorus was selected by Young Voices of Colorado, with eight other leading choruses, to participate in their 2006 "Sing a Mile High" in Denver, CO, from June 29th to July 3rd, www.youngvoices.org. Under the direction of Rollo Dilworth, renowned musical educator and choral conductor, and Dr. Catherine Sailer, Director of Choral Studies at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music, more than 300 singers, representing nine choirs from all across the country, and the Young Voices of Colorado Concert Choir, Jena Dickey, Founder/Director, participated in the four-day event on the University of Denver Campus. Read Festival Profile & BCS's Tour Journal

Arts & Business Council
Top of the Arts Awards, June 2006
On June 14, 2006, Boston City Singers performed at the A&BC/Boston Top of the Arts Awards. The Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston promotes the mutuality of Arts and business partnerships, strengthening both sectors through advocay and programs that serve the full diversity of individuals, organizations and communities. Their goal is to develop a thriving and vibrant cultural and business environment for Greater Boston.

"Teddy Ebersol's Red Sox Fields," 2006 Dedication
Boston City Singers was more than honored to have been invited to perform at the June dedication of three youth baseball fields in memory of Teddy Ebersol, the son of NBC sports chairman Dick Ebersol. The 14-year-old from Litchfield, Connecticut, died in a plane crash in Colorado in 2004. Dick Ebersol said he was overwhelmed by the thought of visiting the fields named for his son and seeing kids enjoying themselves. The Red Sox paid for the bulk of the project and the Ebersol family will donate a half million dollars to maintain the new diamonds.

"New Journeys"
Boston City Singers Spring Concert, May 20, 2006
On May 20th Boston City Singers Concert Chorus presented their ambitious 2006 Spring Concert to a full house at The Parish All Saints in Dorchester. The evening included works from the Pacific Rim, Japan, North America, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, and Africa, as well as Pablo Casals' Nigra Sum. Also featured were the World Premier of BCS' commissioned Vietnamese Impressions, by Canadian composer Margaret King and supported by an Alfred Nash Patterson Grant from Choral Arts New England, and another BCS 2006 commissioned work, Pangur Ban, a 9th century Irish poem with music composed by David Hamilton of New Zealand. A third co-commissioned work initially premiered at Jordan Hall in 2005 titled I Will Ride - Paul Revere, written and composed by Australian Paul Jarman, completed the selection of original works commissioned by BCS.

Federation for Children with Special Needs Gala, 2006
On April 28th Boston City Singers performed at the 2006 Spring Gala and Silent Auction for the Federation for Children with Special Needs held at the Seaport Hotel, Boston, MA. The Federation is a center for parents and parent organizations to work together on behalf of children with special needs and their families. Organized in 1975 as a coalition of parent groups representing children with a variety of disabilities, the Federation operates a Parent Center in Massachusetts which offers a variety of services to parents, parent groups, and others who are concerned with children with special needs. www.fcsn.org

"The entire chorus' amazing talent and delivery of songs brought an uplifting and exciting tone to the evening!...We continue to receive rave reviews...We are honored by your commitment to the Federation's mission..."
--Richard Robinson & Brooke Heraty, FCSN

Barney's New York Opening, March 9, 2006
With a hail of trumpets and a chorus of angelic voices, Barneys New York opened its doors in chi-chi Copley Place on Thursday, March 9th. "I’ve got Barney’s, I’ve got Barneys, I’ve got Barneys, who could ask for anything more?" crooned the Boston City Singers as Hub fashionistos filed into the dual-level, 45,000-square-foot shopping mecca carved out of an old cineplex. read more
--Jill Radskin, BostonHerald.com, Friday, March 10th, 2006, photo: Allen E. Dines