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Recent Examples of choristersFounded in 1987, Ragazzi Boys Chorus provides musical education and performance opportunities for boys and young men ages 5-18, serving more than 230 choristers from over 100 schools in more than 30 Bay Area communities.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
7 June 2026 While many people have been introduced to English choral services through the angelic voices of the choristers in flowing robes and Elizabethan ruffs who sing at royal weddings and carol services, choirs perform every day in much more humble settings.—ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026 More than 600 choristers will perform at the Baker-Baum Concert Hall in La Jolla Music Society’s Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center.—
Beth Wood,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026 In the Shadow of the Stars put the divas in the background to focus on the lives of 11 men and women choristers at the San Francisco opera house.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025 Already Guerrero seems to be able to convey of-the-moment phrasings and character directions with a few emphatic motions—a roller-coaster swoop here, a waggle of the fingers there—and get an immediate response from the choristers.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
Featuring music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, The Sound of Music is based on the real-life story of the von Trapp family singers.
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Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
23 June 2026
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Davis’ legacy is tied to one of the most popular singers of the past half-century.