Biography

Newark Boys Chorus
Effective period / Period of releases: 1974
The Newark Boys Chorus is a boys' choir based in Newark, New Jersey. The choir was founded as the New Jersey Symphony Boys Choir in 1966. In 1969, the choir led to the establishment of the Newark Boys Chorus School. The group tours regularly in the United States and abroad.The Newark Boys Chorus School, founded in 1969, is a private school fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools providing academic and musical education for young urban men from the greater Newark area."[2] The school's accreditation status was extended for ten years in Fall 2018.
In the 1970s the group commissioned works by Gian Carlo Menotti and Peter Mennin which premiered at Alice Tully Hall and recorded the Blue Öyster Cult song, "The Golden Age of Leather", on their album Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres. In October 2007, the Chorus sang in the first public performance at the new Prudential Center. The chorus accompanied the musician Sting in singing a lullaby in his 2009 appearance at Cathedral Of St. John The Divine. In December 2011, the group appeared on Fox News with its repertoire of holiday classics.