MAY 9 & 11, 2008

PBA treble Jack Lundquist (David Kerns, alternate) headed north to sing the boy's solo in Berstein's Chichester Psalms with the Sonoma State University Chorus, directed by Jenny Bent. For more information, visit the SCCS website.

MAY 4, 2008

PBA boys sang the National Anthem for the first-place Oakland A's before a game against the Texas Rangers

APRIL 26, 2008

Boy soprano Jack Lunduist sang the solo for Cal's University Chorus performance of Chichester Psalms. Alternate David Kerns was prepared to sing at the drop of a hat!

APRIL 19, 2008

The Pacific Boychoir choir school choristers joined the boys and girls from the choir at St. Paul's Church Burlingame for evensong and a workshop for the San Francisco Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Repertoire sung by the Pacific Boychoir and the St. Paul's Choristers included Geoffrey Burgon Evening Canticles, Joseph Corfe I will magnify thee, O Lord, and the Malcolm Archer Responses. This evening prayer service also included hymns crowned with soaring descants and festive organ voluntaries.

When: Saturday, April 19, 2008
Where: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 415 El Camino Real, Burlingame, 5:00p.m.

APRIL 11, 2008

Following up on the 2006 That Promised Land recording, the Pacific Boychoir presented a concert of American Spirituals in preparation for a second recording. The choir sang spirituals such as Elijah Rock, Steal Away, and De Gospel Train, with arrangements by Moses Hogan, Rollo Dilworth, Damon Dandridge, and others. The concert featured guest tenor Jonathon Hampton.

When: Friday, April 11, 2008
Where: First Congregational Church, Dana aand Durant, Berkeley, 7:30p.m.

MARCH 21, 2008

Choristers from the PBA's choir school peformed Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, in its entirety, with boy soprano and alto soloists and string accompaniment, as part of St. Augustine's Stations of the Cross service on Good Friday, 2008.

MARCH 14-16. 21-23, 2008

Members of the PBA's Cantori and Trouvere groups joined the Livermore Valley Opera for their production of Bizet's Carmen at the new Bankhead Theatre.

MARCH 2 , 2008

The Boychoir's Troubadors, Continuum, and Changed Voices made an encore appearance to perform at First Church of Christ, Scientist in Berkeley. This church is a National Historic Landmark, designed by Bernard Maybeck and built in 1911. The Boychoir performed here in 2005 as part of the fundraising work to restore the landmark. You can find out more about the church and the restoration efforts by visiting the Friends of First Church website.

When: Sunday, March 2, 2008
Where: First Church of Christ, 2619 Dwight Way, Berkeley

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

Celebrate Leap Year Eve as the Boychoir sings the National Anthem for Cal Men's Basketball for the first time. The Bears take on Washington State at 8pm. The game will be televised on FSN (Fox Sports, Bay Area Comcast 40). For more info, visit the Cal Bears website.

JANUARY 17, 2008

What's all the fuss about???

Come see what learning and singing at the East Bay's first school for boys is all about. The students of the Pacific Boychoir Academy invite you to join them for an Open House. Potential school students, friends and family are all welcome. Enjoy a tour of the school, meet current students, families, and staff, hear the boys perform, see tour pictures, and more...

When: Thursday, January 17, 2008
Where: PBA HQ, Oakland
Time: 6:30pm-8pm

DECEMBER 8 & 15, 2007

The Harmonies of the Season concerts have become a highlight of the holiday season in the Bay Area. The Pacific Boychoir singers areinternationally renowned for rich and pure tone, bringing life and magic with them every time they sing. The Boychoir will perform Gustav Holst's Christmas Day for the first time, pieces featuring the boy soloists you've come to expect from the Pacific Boychoir, and Continuum, the Boychoir's polished, entertaining group of elite young tenors and basses.

When: Saturday, December 8, 2007, 7:00pm
Where: St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Belvedere
Tickets: $35 general/$30 student/senior, available at 510-652-4722
includes wine and cheese interlude

When: Saturday, December 15, 2007, 7:00pm
Where: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Oakland
Tickets: $20 general/$15 student/senior, available at 510-652-4722

DECEMBER 16, 2007

A Family Holiday Celebration:
The seven choirs (Minstrels, Intermezzi, Cantori, Trouveres, Troubadors, Changed Voices, and Continuum) of the Pacific Boychoir performed holiday favorites for their families and yours.

When: Sunday, December 16, 2007, 4:00pm
Where: St. Augustine's Catholic Church, Oakland
Tickets: $10 general/$8 student/senior, available at 510-652-4722

DECEMBER 8 & 9, 2007

PBA boys join the San Francisco Bach Choir for the first time, this year celebrating the first year with new director Corey Jamason. The concerts feature works from the late Renaissance and early baroque by Gallus, Praetorius, Schütz,
Sweelinck, Victoria and carols from across the ages, and includes the SFBC Period Ensemble
For more information, visit the SF Bach Choir website

DECEMBER 7 & 9, 2007

PBA boys sing Amahl and the Night Visitors for the first time. This production is produced by St. Augustine's Catholic Church as part of their ongoing centennial celebrations this year. The part of Amahl will be played by PBA soprano David Kerns. Understudy and also playing the part of the Page is PBA soprano Gavin Beretvas.
For more information, download the concert flyer or visit the St. Augustine's website

DECEMBER 6, 2007

The PBA continues the tradition of singing at the Montclair Stroll in Oakland's Montclair District, where the PBA was founded. Come join the fun to hear holidat favorites and stroll through the village where the stores are staying open later than usual.
For more information, check out the stroll flyer or visit the Montclair Village website

OCTOBER 2007

Hot off the press, the new recording from the Pacific Boychoir! In addition to the B-Minor Mass, Bach wrote four other masses, from his time at the Thomasschule in Leipzig. The Pacific Boychoir has recorded two of these masses with boy sopranos and altos and an orchestra of Early Music specialists led by violinist sKati Kyme.
For more information, visit the recordings page.

DECEMBER 2007

This year, the Pacific Boychoir recorded two sets of pieces by New Mexico composer Michael Mauldin. The pieces appear on the newest recording of Mr. Mauldin's Music, Enchantment.
For more information, visit the recordings page.

DECEMBER, 2007

The Pacific Boychoir's spirituals recording, That Promised Land, was awarded a Trebby Award for Full Choir Album—European Style (men and boys with boy altos, as opposed to the English style of using countertenors). The Trebby awards are online awards for recordings by boys choirs, and come from voters around the world. The Pacific Boychoir tied for the award with the Tolzer Knabenchor's recording of music by Franz Schubert. For the complete list of winners, visit the Trebby website.

SEPTEMBER 26-OCTOBER 2, 2007

The Boychoir was be on tour for four concerts to Illinois, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Ohio for the first time. The concerts featured works by Michael Haydn, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn, as well as American folk songs and spirituals.

When: September 26, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Rammelkamp Chapel, Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL
McGaw Fine Arts Series
1101 W. College
Jacksonville, IL 06265

When: September 28, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Thompson Hall, Wilson College Performing Arts Series, PA
1015 Philadelphia Ave.
Chambersburg, PA 17201

When: September 30, 2007, 3:00 p.m.
Where: Middletown Concert Association, CT
Middletown High School

When: October 2, 2007, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Marietta College Concert Series, OH
Esbenshade Series
215 Fifth St.
Marietta, OH 45750

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