San Francisco Boys Chorus

San Francisco Boys Chorus
Background information
OriginSan Francisco, California, USA
GenresChoral, classical, opera
OccupationsChoir
Instruments230 voices
Years active1948-present
Members
  • Eric Choate (artistic director)
  • Ian Robertson (artistic​ director emeritus)
  • Ildi Salgado (intermediate​ chorus director)
  • Jennifer Cooper (director of​ music education,​ preparatory chorus director,​ apprentice chorus director)
  • Michael Rielly (junior chorus​ director)
  • Todd Jolly (bellringers​ director)
Past membersFounders
Madi Bacon
Gaetano Merola
Websitewww.sfbc.org

The San Francisco Boys Chorus (SFBC) is a choir for boys consisting of 230 members based in San Francisco with additional campuses in Oakland, San Mateo, and San Rafael.[1] It is known officially as "San Francisco's Singing Ambassadors to the World".[2]

The group was founded in 1948 by Madi Bacon and Gaetano Merola to provide singers for the San Francisco Opera. It has been directed by Ian Robertson since 1996,[1] prior to which it was directed by Laura Kakis Serper from 1993. Past directors also include Edwin Flath, William Ballard and Louis Magor with support from training group directors Juell Gainey (Juelle Hinman) Judy Breneman (Dodge), Sarah Keene, Donald Osborne...

  1. ^ a b "San Francisco Boys Chorus". Archived from the original on 2007-08-06. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
  2. ^ Cheryl North (2004-06-28). "Boys learn teamwork and musicianship in choruses". The Oakland Tribune. Retrieved 2007-08-11. [dead link‍]