Our Vision
San Francisco Boys Chorus is a universally recognized arts leader, promoting excellence in performance and arts education.
Our Mission
The San Francisco Boys Chorus exists to discover, develop and encourage boys with changed and unchanged voices through its music programs. Its heritage of over 75 years of training young performers for the opera and other major musical institutions has established the highest standards of excellence with which boys are trained for today and prepared for tomorrow. We believe that the lives of all people are enriched and strengthened by a love of music, and that music is an avenue for cross-cultural understanding.
We Believe . . .
Music education and performance experience are integral to a comprehensive education.
The chorus experience helps develop strong character and builds community leaders through self-discipline, confidence, commitment, teamwork, and respect for others, boys succeed in a concrete, kinesthetic, non-competitive environment, the performing arts should reflect the community in which we live.
We believe that the lives of all people are enriched and strengthened by a love of music. The quality of life in our communities is enhanced when there is a wide variety of opportunities for participation in musical activities and other artistic pursuits. Beyond its deep commitment to quality music education, the Chorus experience builds a boy’s character as well as his talent. All of our programs reflect an instructional approach designed to nurture self-esteem, leadership, independence, discipline, and responsibility, as well as a life-long love of music.
