On July 1, 2003 Boston City Singers began its independent operation as a non-profit youth choral organization. The chorus was originally started in 1993 as a pilot urban outreach program of Youth Pro Musica and has grown to a membership of more than 120 choristers under the direction of Jane Money. BCS is based in Dorchester, MA and primary rehearsal space is located at the Parish of All Saints in Ashmont Square, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA. For directions please visit www.allsaints.net. Boston City Singers' demo CD's are available upon request.
 

Boston City Singers welcomes the opportunity to host and collaborate with other well-known youth choruses. The opportunity to share in their music and their experiences is invaluable to the mission of the chorus. This photo shows them performing at Faneuil Hall on April 21, 2003 in a collaborative concert with Gondwana Voices, Australia's National Children's Choir. Since then BCS has collaborated with South Africa's Drakensberg Boys Choir, Arizona's Tucson Girls' Chorus, Vermont's Essex Children's Choir, PALS Children's Chorus based in Brookline, MA, and the University of Pretoria, South Africa, "TUKS" Camerata.

Public Events

The chorus is often asked to perform at public and civic events. Venues for events such as these include the new Federal Court House, Fenway Park, the John Hancock Hall, the Boston Commons and City Hall in addition to many downtown hotels. Shown here are several members of the Boys Chorus with Boston's Mayor Menino at the Dedication of the new Peabody Square Clock Tower. This season Boston City Singers performed once again at the Henry L. Shattuck Public Service Awards and Discovering Justice and Citizens School's Mock Trials. During the 2003 choral season they presented at Mayor Menino's State of the City address, the Dorchester Historical Society Open House, the Codman Square Great Hall for the Dorchester Open Studios, the Choral Arts New England Awards Ceremony, and the opening of the Savin Hill Little League Season.

Classical Engagements

Chorus members have appeared at Jordan Hall on the National Public Radio program, "From the Top", and at Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart, for both "Christmas is for Children" in 2001 and "Company Nite at the Pops" in 2002. Members have collaborated with the Boston Camerata, most notably on their recording of Shaker music, "Golden Harvest", and have performed with the NEC Youth Philharmonic Orchester at Jordan Hall. In the Winter and Spring Boston City Singers present their home concerts at All Saints Parish in Ashmont Square, Dorchester. These concert dates and times can always be found under Classical Choral events in the Boston Globe Calendar listings.

Private Concerts and Appearances

Hire Boston City Singers for a Corporate, Private or Fundraising Event! An appearance by Boston City Singers will help to underscore an organization's committment to the arts, youth development and cultural diversity. Last Spring the chorus sang at the National Entrepreneurial Business Awards Conference, sponsored by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and just this January they were engaged to sing at a private residence for the Institute for Women's Policy Research's Boston fundraising event, www.iwpr.org. To obtain detailed chorus information, a demo cd or to book an engagement please contact Boston City Singers Chorus Director, Jane Money.

Boston City Singers is deeply committed to supporting and participating in community events. Through participation in these events, members are exposed to the value of their collective involvement in their own local communities. Often this participation involves a choral presentation at significant community activities, such as the dedication of the Peabody Square Monument Clock in Dorchester, but just as often it is simply through engaging, as a group, in an organized community activity. Here Boston City Singers members pose at one of their bake sale tables at the Codman Square House Tour in Dorchester, the proceeds from which go directly to support the Boston City Singers Scholarship fund.

Community Service

Community Service is an important part of the Boston City Singers program. Bringing choral presentations to community rest homes, hospitals and related health care facilities serves to enhance the lives of those who are otherwise unable to experience a Boston City Singers concert in a more traditional fashion. Pictured here are Training chorus members singing at the Boston Home, whose residents are afflicted with multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease and lupus. Similarly, to make their home concerts affordable and accessible to all, the chorus asks only for donations in lieu of charging potentially prohibitive admission fees.