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Ragazzi Boys Chorus
Founded in 1987, Ragazzi Boys Chorus is one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s premier arts organizations. Ragazzi Boys Chorus is a regional center for music education and performance for boys and young men, ages 7–18. More than 130 singers from 86 schools in 26 Bay Area communities, including San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties, participate in this internationally recognized program. Under the leadership of artistic director and cofounder Joyce Keil, Ragazzi (“guys” in Italian and the term used in Italian opera to designate children’s voices) performs a full range of traditional and contemporary works sung in their original languages for both the treble and changed voice. In addition to its own concert series, Ragazzi performs regularly with Bay Area arts organizations including San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, Opera San José, and West Bay Opera, among others. The group has toured to Canada, Russia, Eastern Europe, Italy, Japan, the British Isles, Spain, and Portugal. Ragazzi has released three compact disc recordings and eagerly anticipates the release of its fourth CD, Magnificat, My Spirit Rejoices, in December 2005.
