"Whistle Down the Wind", Citi Performing Arts Center, Boston
February 2008
"As an outreach coordinator with the Boston City Singers, [Meg] O'Brien watched delightedly from the wings as a dozen of her charges - the vast majority from Boston - got a chance to sing alongside a national touring company at the Citi Center for the Performing Arts in Boston from Jan. 29 to Feb. 3. The boys and girls were part of the children's ensemble of the musical "Whistle Down the Wind." "Whistle," which is based on the 1961 movie of the same name and the 1959 novel by Mary Hayley Bell, tells the story of three siblings as they approach their first Christmas since the death of their mother. The show's music was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Jim Steinman...." - Boston Globe
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"Winter Lights ", BCS Winter Concerts
December 2007
The Kodály Singing Class and JP Children's Chorus directed by Tom Morris, together with the Dorchester Training Chorus, directed by Chris Eastburn, performed their holiday concert on Saturday, December 1st, at 11am at First Church in Jamaica Plain, MA. The Tuesday and Wednesday Concert Choruses under the direction of Jane Money, Christopher Eastburn and Kathy Blixt, performed their holiday concert on Saturday December 8th, at 7pm at the Gregory E. Bulger Performing Arts Center, Boston College High School, Dorchester, MA

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.