Choir to the south, southwest, and mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. Highlights of the ensemble's 2001-02 season included six performances with the New York Philharmonic, concerts with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony, and Philadelphia Orchestra, and tours to the south, mid-Atlantic, New England, the midwest, and Canada. The Choir has appeared many times on television and can also be recognized on many tele- vision commercial soundtracks, including the Clio-winning "True Colors" campaign for Kodak. The American Boychoir can be heard on many recordings, most recently "American Songfest" and "Lullaby—Music For The Quiet Times." For more information, please visit the Choir's website at www.americanboychoir.org. The American Boychoir made its BSO debut (as the Columbus Boychoir) at Tanglewood in the United States premiere of Benjamin Brit- ten's War Requiem under Erich Leinsdorf's direction in July 1963. Other BSO appearances have included Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker and Pique Dame (recorded for Deutsche Gram- mophon and RCA Red Seal, respectively), Mahler's Symphony No. 3 (including their most recent BSO appearances, in February 2001), the final part of Berlioz's Damnation of Faust on the special 1993 concert celebrating Seiji Ozawa's 20th-anniversary season with the BSO, further performances of the War Requiem, and Britten's Spring Symphony. Now in his second year as the Litton-Lodal Music Director of The American Boychoir, Vincent Metallo had a very successful debut season. He worked with the Choir in prepara- tion for numerous concerts, including Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with John Eliot Gardin- er and the New York Philharmonic, Mahler's Third Symphony with Mariss Jansons and the New York Philharmonic, and Britten's War Requiem with both the Chicago Symphony under Mstislav Rostropovich, and the Cincinnati Symphony under James Conlon at Carnegie Hall. Mr. Metallo also prepared the Choir for composer James MacMillan's Quickening in its United States premiere with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Recorded events included A&E's "Break- fast with the Arts," "Carols for Christmas with The American Boychoir" for Public Radio International (PRI), and the United States Government's program "Voice of America." Last season Mr. Metallo traveled to ten states and Washington, D.C., with the Choir on three tours; he also worked on one of the Choir's most recently released recordings, "American Song- fest." In addition, he prepared the Choir for several September 11th memorial perform- ances, including a Brahms German Requiem with Kurt Masur and the New York Philhar- monic televised on PBS's "Live from Lincoln Center" and New Jersey Network's "Remem- brances and Reflections" at Liberty State Park.

The American Boychoir Vincent Metallo, Music Director

Treble I Tucker Wheatley James Kin Frasher Bolton Tim Wiles Marshall Kock Ben Burdett Martin Shedd Benjamin Cole Treble II Will Stanley Peter Day Michael Bernabe Traver Tischio Caleb Eboch Martin Flynt Morgan Kist Tom Gavula Alto David Maliakel Trey Geier Christopher Lee Trevor McLaughlin Cedar Georgevich Christopher Lynch Robby Mills Andrew Hill Daniel Owings Ryan Newton Logan Hill Daniel Silva Bashawn Queen Michael Holm Matt Vereen Paul Ryder Ian James Jon Tetelman Tom Johnson

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