2015

  • 2014-2015 celebrates the 20th Season of Mississippi Boychoir

2014

  • MS Boychoir awarded $15,000 MAC grant (July 2014)
  • Boys attend Queen City Festival (QCF) in Cincinnati, OH (June 2014)
  • MS Boychoir awarded second $10,000 grant from Community Foundation of Greater Jackson (year 2 of 3-year, $30,000 grant) (June 2014)
  • Spring Concert (May 10, 2014) in Jackson Free Press Events online, featuring Boychoir alumni and Metro Male Chorus
  • Lelon Thompson discusses MS Boychoir on Mississippi Arts Hour (5/4/14), led by Dr. Tom Pearson (MS Public Broadcasting - Radio)
  • "Spring Tour" - St. Andrew's Middle School, Highland Elementary School, Casey Elementary School, Highland Home Retirement Center (March 21, 2014) 
  • Winter concert fundraisers with Metro Male Chorus:  2/28/14 in Vicksburg and 3/1/14 in Jackson
  • Winter Concert Choir Camp & Winter Training Choir Camp (January 2014)

2013


2012


2011

  • “Extravoixganza!” performance during Millsaps College’s Vocal Arts Week (Jackson, MS)
  • Carmina Burana with the Mississippi Chorus (Ridgeland H.S. Auditorium)
  • International Boys’ and Men’s Festival (Arizona)
  • Concert at Mistletoe Marketplace (Jackson, MS)
  • Breakfast With Santa concert at the Mississippi Children’s Museum (Jackson, MS)
  • MS Boychoir on Mississippi Arts Hour (9/18/11) (MS Public Broadcasting - Radio)
  • Where The Boys Are (article in VIP Magazine)
  • Minit 2 Winit 2011 program
  • Minit 2 Winit 2011 Newspaper                                                                      


2010

  • 15th Anniversary Celebration Dinner Concert, Galloway United Methodist Church (Jackson, MS)
  • Crescent City Choral Festival (New Orleans, LA)
  • Colorado Springs Children’s Choir Festival (Colorado Springs, CA)
  • Celebrating the American Spirit concert with the Mississippi Chorus and the Mississippi Girlchoir (Jackson, MS)
  • Candlelight at the Old Capitol Museum (Jackson, MS)
  • Tribute to Arts 2010


2009

  • Concert at Heritage House (Castlewoods Retirement Home) (Brandon, MS)
  • Golden Gate International Choral Festival (Piedmont, CA)
  • A Charlie Brown Christmas with John Milham Jazz Trio, Murphy High School (Mobile, AL); encore performance at Laurel Little Theater (Laurel, MS)
  • Choral Evensong 2009
  • Christmas Tradition 2009


2008

  • Baltimore Boychoir Festival (Baltimore, MD)
  • Somerset International Youth Choral Festival (Sherbourne, England)
  • An MBC-commissioned work – Eudora’s Fable:  The Shoe Bird – nominated for a Grammy; Samuel Jones, composer
  • Old Jackson Christmas by Candlelight Celebration, Manship House Museum (Jackson, MS)
  • Demonstration choir for a workshop on handling boys’ voices, in collaboration with Dr. Julian Ackerly (American Choral Director’s Association) (Mississippi College & Jackson State University)


2007

  • Baltimore Boychoir Festival (Baltimore, MD)
  • Christmas Concert with guest soloist Kimberly Morgan (Miss Mississippi 2007)
  • Boys to Men in Song, with guest singers from the Birmingham Boys Choir and the USM Choral Department

 
2006

  • Baltimore Boychoir Festival (Baltimore, MD)

 
2005

  • (AmericaFest) World Festival of Singing for Men and Boys, St. John’s University (Collegeville, MN) (international festival)

 
2004

  • (AmericaFest) World Festival of Singing for Men and Boys (Prague and Hradek, Czech Republic) (international)
  • English Composer/Conductor/Master Teacher Robert Chilcott visits Jackson to teach master classes at 3 area colleges; the week finishes with concerts featuring college singers accompanied by MBC boys


2003

  • Performance of the national anthem at Atlanta Braves baseball game (Atlanta, GA)
  • International Children’s Choir Festival (Canterbury and London, England)
  • Four (4) MBC boys selected to sing in the Honor Boychoir at the American Choral Director’s Association’s Convention
  • Three (3) MBC boys attended the national convention’s Men and Boys Honor Choir (New York, NY)
  • Master Teacher Concert 2003


2002


2001

  • World of Children’s Choirs 2001, included a performance on a radio program broadcast via the Internet (Vancouver, BC, Canada) (international)


2000

  • AmericaFest 2000, St. John’s University (Collegeville, MN) (international festival)


1999

  • Mississippi Boychoir featured on stage at Disneyworld (Orlando, FL)
  • Three (3) boys participated in the International Children’s Choir Festival (Beijing, China)
  • Boys attended the National Boychoir Honor Choir (Chicago, IL)


1998

  • Pops Concert accompanied by the Mississippi State University Symphony Orchestra
  • International Children’s Choir Festival, sponsored by the International Society for Children’s Choral & Performing Arts (Arizona)
  • Performance of the national anthem at Atlanta Braves baseball game (Atlanta, GA)
  • AmericaFest 1998, St. John’s University (Collegeville, MN) (international festival)


1997

  • National Children’s Choir Festival, Carnegie Hall (New York, NY)
  • International Children’s Choir Festival, sponsored by the International Society for Children’s Choral & Performing Arts (Arizona)
  • Mini-workshop with the American Boychoir
  • Several weddings in north Mississippi


1996

  • AmericaFest 1996, St. John’s University (Collegeville, MN) (international festival)
  • Performance for the Mississippi Senate in the Mississippi State Capitol
  • Sang the national anthem at the opening ceremony of Jackson Generals baseball game


1995

  • Aug. 18, 1995 – Founding of the Mississippi Boychoir by Margaret Ewing Thomas; 30 boys (selected from 210 boys who auditioned for the choir) gathered for the first Choral Camp (Lake Tiak O’Khata)
  • Concerts in Aberdeen, Starkville, Louisville, Columbus, West Point
  • Concert at the Old Capitol Museum
  • Weddings in north Mississippi