BCC Winter Concert!

On December 13th, eight of BCC's choirs gathered at historic Faneuil Hall to present a Winter Concert. They were joined by The Back Bay Ringers and had a wonderful audience of all ages. It was a long day for the intermediate and advanced choirs as they performed a 11:00 and 2:00 concert, but the singers handled it wonderfully. December 13th also marked BCC founder Hubie Jones' birthday! BCC was very glad to see him at the concert and sang him a spirited rendition of the birthday song.

Happy Birthday Hubie!

Premier Choir volunteers at Pine Street Inn!

On Saturday, December 6th, a collection of singers from the Premier Choir gathered at Pine Street Inn, New England's leading resource for homeless men and women, to help wrap holiday gifts for Pine Streets residents. "We recognize how much the Boston community supports us as a choir, so I think its important that we give back to our community and volunteer when we can" said Casey Accardi, a PC singer.

Singers enjoyed getting into the holiday spirit and bonding with each other as well as giving an impromptu student-lead performance of "Carol of the Bells" and "Keep Your Lamps" for fellow gift wrappers.


Later in the day, PC singers gathered at BCC central for a singer-planned workshop with Samaritans. They found the experience to be very beneficial and helped them to grow more in touch with themselves and with the choir community.

Concert Choir and YME performance at the MFA!

On Wednesday December 3rd, BCC's Concert Choir and Young Men's Ensemble performed at the Museum of Fine Arts as a part of the "MFA for the Holidays" performance series.

Museum-goers enjoyed free-admission to the museum as well as the joy of hearing BCC sing some classic holiday tunes as well as some of their regular repertiore.

BCC gathered in the lower level of the museum and did a quick warm-up and practice and then lined up to perform. After singing "Tzosholoza" from the escalator, CC and YME circled the upper rotunda of the museum and sang a few songs from that location.

Singers noted that the acoustics were amazing and were thrilled by how big their sound became in the space, especially on the song, "Circles of Motion". They then moved into Old European Master Paintings room and completed their set of songs. The audience, comprised of listeners of all ages, was very enthusiastic and engaged in the singing, and post-performance, many were interested to know when they could next see BCC perform! Overall, it was a great day for CC and YME.

BCC Fall Concert!

Guest Writer: Lydia Guterman, Concert Choir

We had the first all-choir concert of the year. It was spectacular! This year it was at Tremont Temple, and many new singers were introduced to performing on stage for the first time. Things were very crazy and hectic when all the singer arrived as expected, but if I must say, all choirs were absolutely wonderful! We kicked off the performance with Concert Choir singing, "Rain," "Fall," "Mocking of Youth," and "Circles of Motion." Two of these songs have been sung by the Premier choir in previous seasons, so it shows that Concert Choir is progressing along nicely. Next up we had the intermediate level choirs: Dorchester House II and Lyric. They sang a lovely set, one of my favorites being Bob Chilcott's "Like a Singing Bird". After their stunning performance we moved on to the training Choirs singing "Friendship Song" arranged by Doreen Rao, it was beautifully sung. Dorchester House I and Villa Victoria came next with their lovely voices. Finishing off we had Young Men's Ensemble and Premier Choir, BCC's most advanced choirs, singing gorgeous songs. Premier sang "Double Trouble" by John Williams, which tickled the souls of the Harry Potter fans in the audience. We closed with Premier Choir and Young Men's Ensemble singing "Keep Your Lamps" a moving spiritual. All nine choirs have really progressed a lot, especially in the last two years. Seeing and performing in this concert, and hearing about the great reviews from the concerts already put on this season, I have strong confidence that this 2008-09 season is going to be a great season for The Boston Children's Chorus!

Intermediate Choir Performance at Fox Hill Village!

On Saturday, October 18th, the Lyric and Dorchester House II choirs combined forces to perform at Fox Hill Village, a beautiful continuing care retirement facility in Westwood. After a day of retreat, the group of 40+ singers gave the audience quite a show, performing as an ensemble for the first time! This marked the first BCC performance, and first official stage performance for many singers in the group, which they found to be very enjoyable and rewarding. Not only did they sing a full set of freshly learned music, but they also demonstrated their solfege skills for the audience; Mr. Tk led them in a series of solfege patterns, which the audience was thrilled by. By the end of the performance, the singers were exhausted yet pleased with their performance and psyched for the season to continue.