Boy Choir Magazine

The choirboy’s comprehension of his impact on the world is nearly indiscernible from within his relatively limited view, scope of interest and understanding. Until the past few decades, planetary exposure to his creative power and the exquisite splendor of his choir was nearly nonexistent. Yet, ironically, the choirboy’s impact, and that of his fellow boy choir members, has been so profound throughout the ages that the choirboys and their choirs have weathered the succession of nations, and even direct attacks. This astonishing capacity to survive, and now flourish in the 21st Century, is a testament not just to their resilience, but also to their ultimate, prime directive of being: Beauty.

In the end, beauty and the purity, innocence and sacredness of the boy choir art form have always trumped the lesser power of those who would try to destroy their influence, including Napoleon, Cromwell and Adolph Hitler. History has shown that the humble, incorruptible, child-like simplicity of the choirs of singing boys has repeatedly overcome the transitory power of tyrants and aggressive destruction.

Until the advent of the global World Wide Web, the influence of the boy choir was established and maintained in localized pockets in the general vicinity of the choir, with the exceptions of a few very well known choirs such as the Vienna Boys Choir. Since the advent of the Internet and the expanded availability of global information, nearly every citizen of our world now has access to the full spectrum of boy choirs across the globe. It is now possible to locate information on any choir that has created an electronic presence and actually hear their performance clips, purchase music they have available and know their schedule with but a few clicks of a mouse at any terminal.

Further, as awareness of the angelic voices of the boy choirs and their rapturous inspiration spreads rapidly on the web, the pure, distinctive sound is being integrated with increasing frequency into accompaniment of popular music figures and motion picture soundtracks - a practice that (gloriously for all who cherish the art form) continues to increase.

The individual choirboy cannot comprehend the full range of his influence on his family, his choir, his community and, ultimately, his world. But just as the astonishing impact has been historically preserved, even when totally isolated, today’s virtually unrestricted influence enhances even more the boy choir’s capacity to change the hearts of all people in every nation across our world.