Cincinnati Boychoir

Founded in 1965, the Cincinnati Boychoir celebrates its 40th anniversary during the 2004-2005 school year, presenting its own six-concert subscription series and giving approximately thirty-five outreach performances for symphonies, television, community organizations, churches, nursing homes, weddings, clubs, and retirement homes.
Recently the tour choir performed in Music Hall with the Vienna Boys Choir, the five-hundred-year-old institution which has extended an invitation to the Cincinnati Boychoir to continue to send two of its members to audition for membership in the Vienna Boys Choir. Cincinnati's Ryan Slone and Donald Smith were the second and third Americans to be accepted into the school and have since graduated. The current members from Cincinnati are Andrew Markowich and Benjamin Kleykamp.
Recent professional performances of the Cincinnati Boychoir have included Carmina Burana with the Honolulu Symphony Orchestra in Hawaii; Mendelssohn's Elijah, Britten's War Requiem, Mahler's Eighth Symphony, and Orff's Carmina Burana with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus; an appearance in the Crystal Cathedral, aired internationally on the Hour of Power; an appearance in Carnegie Hall in New York City in the Field Studies International Honors Children's Choir; an auditioned concert for the American Choral Directors Association National Convention in Chicago; the opening ceremonies of the Music Educators National Conference national convention; and numerous other appearances with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus.
Television appearances have included "The Hour of Power," WKRC-TV, channel 12, aired internationally; coverage of the partnership with the Vienna Boys Choir, on all local channels, CBS This Morning, and CNN worldwide; European tour coverage for WCPO Channel 9, holiday spots for WXIX Channel 19, WCET-TV's Christmas specials; "CBS This Morning;" "Myron Floren Presents Stars of the Lawrence Welk Show," produced by WCET-TV and aired on PBS stations nationwide; Thanksgiving and Christmas specials on WLWT-TV, channel 5; "The Ira Joe Fisher Show," on channel 12; Cincinnati's Bicentennial "Saengerfest" on channel 48; and numerous productions for cable and public television. The choir has been featured recently on many local radio stations, including WGUC, Cincinnati's classical music station.
Boychoir soloists and ensembles have performed also with the Blue Ash Symphony Orchestra, the Wright State University Orchestra, the Middletown Symphony Orchestra, the Dayton Opera, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, the Miami University Symphony Orchestra and Choruses, the Sorg Opera, WCET-TV, the American Youth Choir in China and Europe, the Moscow Radio Symphony, the Leningrad Philharmonic, the CCM Concert Orchestra, the Miami University Men's Chorus, and the Scandinavian orchestras of Oslo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen. Many boys were selected by taped audition to perform in the American Choral Directors Association's National Honor Choirs in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
Concert tours have been given in many states and countries, including Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic, Canada, Hawaii, Alabama, Texas, New York, Minnesota, Oregon, Washington, California, Florida, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, Tennessee, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

40 Years

On The Beautiful Blue Danube Jubilate Deo Ave Maria Alleluia The Lord Has A Child Escondido Hamabe No Uta Go Where I Send Thee No Rocks a-Cryin' Danny Boy O Perfect Love Panis Angelicus Ave Maria The King Of Love Amazing Grace Deep River Best Of Walt Disneys

40 Years" is the 4th CD by the present incarnation of the 32-strong Boychoir, which has a yearly six-concert subscription series in Cincinnati, plus many outreach performances that include appearances with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Vienna Boys Choir, Honolulu Symphony and many others. 17 songs, all accompanied by organ and piano. Some favorites are Johann Strauss' "On the Beautiful Blue Danube," Johann Roman's "Jubilate Deo," Simon Lindley's "Ave Maria," the lively Argentinian song "Escondido," the lovely "Hamabe No Uta" by Narita and Kitamura, the spiritual "Go Where I Send Thee," the Irish air "Danny Boy," Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria," "The King of Love," a traditional Irish hymn, "Amazing Grace," and a beautiful "Best of Walt Disney" medley. All accompanied of course, but wonderful arrangements and the sweet, clear voices of the boys make each cover seem new.

America Sings

Great Day - Spiritual How Can I Keep From Singing - Quaker Hymn E Hii Lei E - Hawaiian Lullaby Amazing Grace - American Run To Jesus - Spiritual Holy Manna - Moore, Burroughs Come Thou Fount - Robinson, Burroughs When I Can Read My Title Clear - Pisgah, Burroughs Star Trek Next Generation Theme - Roddenberry Deep River - Spiritual My Shepard Will Supply My Need - American Folk My Tent Beside The Oregon I Hear A Voice A-Callin' - Spiritual Variations On America - Ives God Bless America - Berlin I Hear America Singing - Thomas Battle Hymn Of The Republic The Stars And Stripes Forever - Sousa

Founded in 1965, the Cincinnati Boychoir presents its own concert series and performs 40 times a year for symphonies, television, community organizations, churches, weddings, clubs and retirement homes. "America Sings" features 18 songs, some accompanied by piano, flute and organ. Our favorites are the spirituals "Great Day!," "Run to Jesus," "Deep River" and "I Hear a Voice Callin' for Me," "Variations on America" and "I Hear America Singing." Others are Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," "Battle Hymn of the Republic" and Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever." James Dana's "My Tent Beside the Oregon," "When Can I Read My Title Clear" and the American folk tune "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" are also very fine. Another stellar collection by one of our favorite boychoirs!

Music From Seven Continents Vol 2

Mangwani Mpulele (Robert Dcormier) Australia: Haera Ra (R. Kuhbacher) South America: Eu e Voce (Peter Marschik) Escondido (Peter Marschik) Europe: Gloria (Josef Rheinberger) A Canticle of Joy (John Sanders) Antarctica: Antarctica (Carlton Young) Penguins (Carlton Young) Exploring (Carlton Young) Memories (Carlton Young) North America: Ring the Bells (Libby Larsen) O praise Him (William Krape) Aloha 'Oe (Wanda Gereben) Nani na Pua Ko'olau (Nola Nahulu) America, the Beautiful (Michael Braz)

This is part 2 of a well-selected, sweetly-performed collection of 18 tunes from all over the world by the well-traveled and beloved Boychoir, who have toured throughout the US and in Austria, Germany, the Czech Republic and Canada. Some favorites are, the Zulu song "Mangwani Mpulele," from Africa, "Haera Ra" from Australia, "Eu e Voce" from Brazil, John Sanders' "A Canticle of Joy" from Europe, Carlton Young's "Penguins" from Antarctica, "Hitori" from Japan, and from North America, Libby Larsen's "Ring the Bells" and Queen Lili'uokalani's "Nani Na Pua Ko'olau." Light piano accompaniment on all songs. A well-selected and nicely-sung program by the pride of Cincinnati!

Music From Seven Continents Vol 1

Antarctica: Antarctica (Carlton R. Young) Africa: Siyahamba South America: Tinga Layo Voce Gosta Asia: Study Is Good (arr. Francis H. Baxter) A Crying Bird The Toke Suliram (arr. Audrey Snyder) Europe: Tritsch Tratsch Polka (arr. Randall Wolfe) Australia: Kookaburra North America Song of Ohio (arr. Peter Morabito) Beautiful Ohio (arr. By Randall Wolfe) When My Baby Smiles at Me (Bill Monroe) Is Everybody Happy Now? (Maurie Rubens)

Randall Wolfe directs the popular Cincinnati (Ohio) Boychoir, who recently had two members accepted to tour Japan and the US with the prestigious Vienna Boys Choir's Haydnchor. "Seven Continents" is a lively collection of tunes from Africa (the African folksong "Siyahamba"), South America ("Tinga Layo," West Indies folksong), Asia ("A Crying Bird," Taiwanese folksong), Europe (Johann Strauss, Jr.'s "Tritsch Tratsch Polka"), Australia (the well-known folksong "Kookaburra"), and North America (Mary Earl's "Beautiful Ohio" and "When My Baby Smiles at Me"). 14 songs in all, all lightly piano accompanied. A fun, spirited collection from the Cincinnati Boychoir!

Gift Vol 2

Messe in A, Op. 125 (Josef Rheinberger): Gloria A Ceremony of Carols (Benjamin Britten): Processional Wolcum, Yule! There Is No Rose That Yonge Child Balulalow As Dew in Aprille The Little Babe Interlude Spring Carol Deo Gracias Recessional Christmas Carols: Joy the the World (Mason) O Sanctissima (arr. Robert McSpadden) Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (Felix Medelssohn) O Come, All Ye Faithful (J. Reading) Silent Night (Franz Gruber) Holiday Songs with the Resident Choir Riu, Riu, Chiu (arr. Audrey Snider) Children's Song of the Nativity (arr. Sigurd Christiansen) Nino Querido (arr. Dave & Jean Perry) Ding, Dong, Merrily On High (arr. Audrey Snyder) Holiday Favorites: Kling, Glockchen (arr. Daniel Powers) The Little Drummer Boy (Simeone, Davis, and Nerati) Toyland (arr. Leyden) We Need a Little Christmas (Jerry Herman) The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Pola/Wyle/Ades) We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Founded in 1965, the Cincinnati Boychoir is divided into three groups; the Training Choir, Resident Choir, and the elite Touring Choir. Their Christmas CD, "Gift," is exactly that! Beginning with Josef Rheinburger's "Messe in A, Op. 125 and Benjamin Britten's 12-part "Ceremony of Carols," we proceed to 5 Christmas Carols, including "Joy to the World," the Sicilian hymn "O Sanctissima," and "Hark the Herald Angels Sing." Then we have 4 "Holiday Songs with the Resident Choir," "Riu, Riu, Chiu," "Children's Song of the Nativity," "Nino Querido" and "Ding, Dong, Merrily on High; followed by 6 "Holiday Favorites," which include the German tune "Kling, Clockchen," "The Little Drummer Boy," "Toyland" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." All songs are accompanied by piano, harp and other instruments. As Christmas is about one special child, we particularly love beautiful Christmas music sung by a fine, well-directed children's choir like the Cincinnati Boychoir—it's a Gift!

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