The Atlanta Boy Choir

The Atlanta Boy Choir is a choral group for boys and men in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally founded in 1949 as an extracurricular program of the Atlanta Public Schools, the choir in its present form was incorporated in 1959 by Maestro Fletcher Wolfe and his wife Roberta Kahne Wolfe. The choir performs across North America and Europe. The choir sang for Pope John Paul II at the Vatican City five times. In 2006, the choir returned to Italy where it performed for Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's Basilica. In 1966, the choir first performed at Carnegie Hall. in 1981, the choir was nominated for a Grammy Award for Carmina Burana, then was nominated again and won a Grammy Award in 1986 for its performance and recording of Britten’s [War Requiem] with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The choir has performed on television and radio, and participated in solos and backups on various recordings such as The Power & The Majesty: Essential Choral Classics with conductor Robert Shaw and Classics for All Seasons with various composers/conductors. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)