Atlanta Boy Choir
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The Atlanta Boy Choir, based out of Atlanta, Georgia, United States, was founded by Fletcher Wolfe in 1957, and is currently under the leadership of Artistic Director and Conductor, David R. White and Managing Director, Adisa Nickerson. Over the span of five decades, the Atlanta Boy Choir has established a reputation for being one of the world’s finest boy choirs, known for its diversity of members and broad repertoire which includes choral masterworks of such early composers as Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Claudio Monteverdi, the contemporary masterworks of such composers as Benjamin Britten and Krzysztof Penderecki, and original works. The choir has performed across North America and Europe.
According to the Boy Choir & Soloist Directory, the choir has served both Atlanta and the United States as a cultural ambassador throughout Europe, Russia, Canada, and Mexico, appearing before presidents, popes, foreign dignitaries, crowned heads of state, and U.S. soldiers. In 2004, the Atlanta Boy Choir toured Greece as part of the 2004 Cultural Olympiad and performed at the Opening Ceremonies for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Some of the venues where the choir has performed are the White House in Washington, DC, the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, the Duomo di Milano in Milan, the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC, the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, the Musikverein in Vienna, Carnegie Hall in New York City, and the Helsinki Cathedral in Helsinki.
In 1989, the choir won a Grammy Award for its performance of Britten’s War Requiem with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The choir has been featured on television, radio, and participated in solos and backups on various recordings such as The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics (1995) with conductor Robert Shaw and Classics for All Seasons (1994) with various composers/conductors. The choir has also released albums under their own name including Dancing Day (2006), Garden of Beauty (2005) and In Excelsis (2004).
