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About Us |
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The Boy Singers of Maine provides an opportunity for boys who enjoy singing to come together, in an atmosphere that supports the whole boy, to study music and perform an exciting repertoire that comes from a wide range of cultures and traditions.
The Boy Singers of Maine is a non-profit educational organization incorporated
in December 1979 and managed by a volunteer Board of Directors. Our choirs rehearse twice a week at St.Mary'sChurch in Falmouth and perform in three self-produced concerts each season. |
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The
Concert Choir - Ages 8 to 14
The Concert Choir is the principal performing treble choir that makes numerous
public appearances each year within and outside Maine. Boys rehearse twice a
week and receive an outstanding musical education in preparation for their performances. |
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The
Lower Octave - Through age 18
The Lower Octave is a young men's choir comprising boys through age 18 whose
voices are changing or have changed. Like the Concert Choir, Lower Octave performs
on numerous occasions in a variety of venues. This choir offers talented young
men the opportunity to sing a challenging, sophisticated and varied choral repertoire. |
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The
Lyric Choir - Through age 10
The Lyric Choir is the starting place for most young
singers. Boys up to age 10 hone their musical skills
in this performing ensemble. Once foundational
skills are mastered, boys move on to join the
Concert Choir. |
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Over the past 30 years, the choirs
of the Boy Singers of Maine have performed throughout
Maine, New England and other states, Canada, England, France and the former Yugoslavia. They performed at the
White House for the National Festival for Peace, at inaugural
festivities at the Maine State Inaugural Ball and at the New
England Governors' Conference. They have performed for Senators
William Cohen and George Mitchell and for three Maine Governors. |
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Important
for the boys' musical growth is the opportunity to collaborate
with many renowned orchestras, directors, choral groups
and individual performers. They were honored to perform
Britten's War Requiem with the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra.
In a less classical vein, they accompanied Judy Collins
at the State Theater Christmas Concert. As guest artists
with the Portland Symphony, the boys performed Mahler's
Third Symphony and numerous times in the Magic
of Christmas, singing both by themselves as well as accompanying
Maine 's own young star vocalist, Laura Darrell. |
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Barenaked
Ladies Dec. 2005 |
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The
boys have appeared in Maine State Ballet's
The Nutcracker and with the Choral Art Society
in Orff's Carmina Burana. The boys also collaborated with
the Portland Youth Symphony to debut The Lighthouse, composed
by Michael Braz, a former music director of the Boy
Singers of Maine. In December 2005, the Concert Choir performed
in the opening set with the Barenaked Ladies in
their holiday concert at the Cumberland County Civic Center. |
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The boys have
demonstrated their
talent and broadened their musical education and experience on tour.
They performed in London, Ontario, at the International Boy Choir Festival
under the direction of Dr. James Litton, then director of the
American Boy Choir. In 1998, they performed at AmericaFest, a choir festival
for men and boys held at St. John's University in Minnesota. In April of 2000, the Concert Choir traveled to Toronto to
participate in the Toronto International Choir Festival under
the direction of internationally renowned children's conductor,
Jean Ashworth Bartle. In early 2006, the Boy Singers of Maine was invited
to perform at Carnegie Hall. |
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