Performance History and Venues
Joseph P. Fitzmartin, Music Director
Steven M. Fisher, Associate Music Director
KSB was founded in 2001 and currently consists of 150 members between the ages of 8 and 18 from diverse backgrounds.
Performance History 2009 – 2011
(updated August 18, 2011)
2011 |
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| July 7 – July 28 | Concert Tour of South Africa Concerts in Kimberley, Galashawe, Drakensberg, Piet Retief, Kruger National Park, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Soweto, Cape Town, and Khayelitsha |
| Friday, June 17 | Commonwealth Youthchoirs Gala Concert, Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
| Sunday, June 12 | Graduate Choir Concert |
| Wednesday, May 25 | Fifth Annual Keystone State Boychoir Festival |
| Sunday, May 22 | KSB Holiday Concert, Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts |
| Tuesday, May 10 | Performance at the Marian Anderson Award Gala Concert at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
| Sunday, May 1 | Concert at Brittany Pointe Estates, Lansdale, Pennsylvania |
| Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10 |
Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts performance of “A Convergence of Moonlight” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art with the Pennsylvania Girlchoir |
| Sunday, April 3 | Concert at First Lutheran Church, Carlisle, PA |
| Saturday, April 2 | Random Act of Culture Event, Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia |
| Monday, March 21 | Performance at Cathedral Village, Philadelphia |
| Sunday, March 6 | Treble Concert with the Pennsylvania Girlchoir and the Find Your Instrument! (FYI!) Singers, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill |
| Wednesday, February 23 | Guest Appearance at the Orpheus Club Concert, Verizon Hall, Philadelphia |
| Sunday, February 13 | Concert at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia |
| Saturday, February 6 | Concert at Spring House Estates, Ambler, PA |
| Sunday, January 9 | St. Monica’s Church Concert Series, Berwyn, PA |
2010 |
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| Saturday, December 31 | First Night Performances in Ocean City, New Jersey |
| Friday, December 24 | Wachovia Holiday Party Performance |
| Sunday, December 19 | Joint Concert with Pennsylvania Girlchoir at Church of the Holy Trinity, Philadelphia |
| Sunday, December 12 | Two KSB Holiday Concerts |
| Sunday, December 5 | Oratory of St. Francis Concert Series |
| Sunday, November 14 | Joint Concert with the Princeton Girlchoir, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ |
| Friday, November 5 | Performance at Gwynedd-Mercy College |
| Monday, November 1 | Performance – Wesley Retirement Home at Stapeley |
| Sunday, October 24 | German Society Concert |
| Sunday, October 10 | Concert at Abington Presbyterian Church |
| Sunday, September 26 | Concert at First Presbyterian Church in Germantown |
| Sunday, July 4 | Celebration of Freedom at Independence Hall |
| Sunday, June 20 | Dads & Grads Concert, Germantown Friends Meeting House |
| Sunday, June 6 | Commonwealth Youthchoirs Gala Concert, Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
| Wednesday, May 19 | Keystone State Boychoir Festival |
| Sunday, May 16 | KSB Spring Concerts |
| Sunday, May 16 | KSB Spring Concerts |
| Sunday, May 2 | Concert Brittany Pointe Estates |
| Saturday, April 24 | Concert at Congregation Beth Or |
| Sunday, April 11 | Command Performance for the New President of Chile, Mayflower Hotel, Washington, DC |
| Friday, April 9 | Concert for Lancaster Community Concert Series, Lancaster, PA |
| Thursday, March 25 | Joint Concert with All-Catholic Chorus at the Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, Philadelphia, PA |
| Tuesday, March 23 | “A Song For Chile” Benefit Concert at the Kimmel Center |
| Sunday, March 7 | Joint Concert with the Pennsylvania Girlchoir and Find Your Instrument! Singers, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill |
| Wednesday, February 17 | Performance at Reception Given By Chilean Ambassador to the United States, Washington, DC |
| Thursday, February 11 | Performance at the American Choral Directors Association Eastern Division Conference |
2009 |
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| December 17, 2009 – January 3, 2010 | Concert Tour of Chile and Antarctica Concerts in Santiago, Punta Arenas, Antarctica, Frutillar, Valparaiso, and Valdivia |
| Sunday, December 13 | KSB Holiday Concerts |
| Sunday, December 6 | Oratory Performance |
| Monday, November 30 | Concert for the Antarctic Treaty System Conference, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC |
| Saturday, November 21 | Williamsport Concert Series, Williamsport, PA |
| Sunday, October 25 | German Society Concert |
| Sunday, October 18 | Normandy Farms Concert |
| Sunday, September 27 | Concert at First Presbyterian Church in Germantown |
| Tuesday, June 16 | Commonwealth Youthchoirs Gala Concert, Perelman Theater at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts |
| Sunday, May 31 | Graduate Choir Concert |
| Wednesday, May 20 | “We Are The Boys” Keystone State Boychoir Festival |
| Saturday, May 16 | Maryland State Boychoir Festival Concert |
| Sunday, May 10 | KSB Spring Concerts |
| Sunday, April 26 | Concert at Brittany Pointe Estates |
| Saturday, March 14 | Lansdale Concert Series, Lansdale, PA |
| Sunday, January 25 | Concert at St. Monica’s Church, Berwyn PA |
| Sunday, January 18 | Martin Luther King Day Service, Gwynedd-Mercy Academy |
| Friday, January 9 | Shabat Service at Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel |
| Sunday, January 4 | “Amahl and the Night Visitors” Opera, with Germantown Oratorio Choir |
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Festivals:
- 2nd Annual Keystone State Boychoir Festival, “We are the Boys”, May 2008
- “We are The Boys and We Sing”, Keystone State Boychoir Festival, May 2007
- KSB festival featuring the Maryland State Boychoir, Newark Boys Chorus at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, 2005
Concert Tours and Performance Highlights:
Europe (2008)
- Monaco, Paris, Heidelberg, Speyer, Stuttgart, Bad Fuessing, Salzburg, Vienna, Sofia, Nesebar, Plovdiv
Australia (2007)
- hosted by Australian Youth Choir
- Melbourne, ASME Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Bathurst, Bundaberg
Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia (2006)
- Hanoi Opera House with the Vietnam Children’s Choir
- Benefit concerts for the Karen tribe and the tsunami victims in Thailand
- ISME World Conference and Philharmonik Hall, Petronas Towers in Malaysia
Japan (2005)
- Commemorating 60 years of peace between the US and Japan
- Osaka, Kyoto, Mt. Koya, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Tokyo
- 4th of July performance at the home of Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer
- Joint concert with the Hiroshima Boys Choir
Pacific Northwest Tour (2004)
- Calgary, Banff & Vancouver, Canada; Anchorage, Denali, Seward
- Benefit concert to help keep music in the schools in Seward, Alaska
Wild West Tour (2003)
- Phoenix, Grand Canyon, Las Vegas
- Performance for Las Vegas Mayor Oscar B. Goodman
Brazil (2002)
- Iguacu Falls, Rio de Janeiro, Ouro Preto, Manaus
- Sold out performance at the Manaus Opera House
South Africa (2001)
- Cape Town, Knysna, Kimberley, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Soweto
- Performance in the Hector Peterson Museum, Soweto
Commissions:
The world premiere of CY’s first commissioned piece: Shehecheyanu: Prayer of Gratitude and Psalm 15: Haleluyah!, by Andrew Bleckner
Repertoire:
KSB sings a diverse repertoire from the classical to the contemporary, with music from around the world and specializing in Americana: folk, spirituals, gospel, jazz and Broadway. The Boychoir’s success for an ensemble so young can be attributed to its truly joyful music-making. The boys’ angelic sound is enhanced by an enthralling stage presence. KSB’s music directors believe that if choral music is to continue to thrive as an art form and attract new audiences, it must not only be heard, but seen and felt.
Keystone State Boychoir is a member-choir of Commonwealth Youthchoirs, Inc.