Alumni
People are our greatest asset! Since our first graduating class in 2003, over 200 members have graduated from our Tour Choir program. A number of these remarkable young men and women have been with us for 10-12 years!
Our alumni are on their way to make meaningful change in their communities and around the world. We love to stay in touch with them and share their successes!
GRADUATES OF DISTINCTION
Posse Scholars
Helena Strauss, Bucknell University, Class of 2023
Flora Lepeska-True, Bryn Mawr, Class of 2021
Carlos Piedad, Union College, Class of 2020
Yasser El Hamoumi, Union College, Class of 2015
Gemma, Bucknell University, Class of 2013
WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW
Actors, Architects, Coders, Developers, Doctors, Editors, Educators, Healthcare Professionals, Marketing Professionals, Musicians, Music Therapists, Photographers, Program Managers and Coordinators, and Social Workers
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A GLOBAL EDUCATION
Touring with Boston City Singers has awoken the travel bug in the majority of our Tour Choir graduates. To feed their need to experience life beyond the United States, some have earned undergraduate and graduate degrees abroad. Others have interned or volunteered at schools and nonprofit organizations. Others have an insatiable need to travel. One alumni earned the distinction of visiting 25 countries by the time she turned 25!
Places where our alumni have traveled and studied after graduating from Boston City Singers include Australia, Bali, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ecuador, Fiji, Ghana, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania, the United Kingdom, Vietnam.
ALUMNI ONGOING LOVE
- Visit a rehearsal! (email Melissa at melissagraham@bostoncitysingers.org)
- Intern with us! (email Jane at jmoney@bostoncitysingers.org)
- Interested in joining the Board of Directors? (email Melissa at melissagraham@bostoncitysingers.org)
- Donate to the Scholarship Fund!
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Isabelle
Class of 2021
“In the total darkness of the church, our hands linked, the energy of our voices melded, the emotion of the song reverberated throughout our ring of singers. That moment is what it means to be connected to other people, and it’s what it means to be triumphant.
Struggling through a new piece of music each week brought satisfactory frustration. Nailing a note and figuring out a time scheme was immensely satisfying, and as the whole choir puzzled through it, our love for the piece would grow, our glee over the chance to perform it together was infectious. Our choir is like a body made of light.
The performance, of studying these songs, were accomplishments that I treasured not only because I felt in control of victories in my life, but also because I was working towards an end goal with a group of friends who shared my passion, my comfort in music.
Being a singer was never just a hobby or an extracurricular - I’ve needed it to be healthy, socially, emotionally, and physically.
Here is where our alumni have attended college and university:
| American University |
| Anna Maria College |
| Assumption College |
| Bard College |
| Barnard College |
| Berklee College of Music (3) |
| Boston College (3) |
| Boston University (3) |
| Bridgewater State |
| Bridgewater State University |
| Brown University |
| Bryn Mawr College (2) |
| Bucknell University (2) |
| Catholic University |
| Centre College (2) |
| Colorado College |
| Columbia University |
| Dennison University |
| Dickinson College |
| Drexel University (2) |
| Emmanuel College |
| Framingham State University (2) |
| Franklin & Marshall College |
| Georgia State University |
| Gettysburg College |
| Hampshire College |
| Harvard University (6) |
| Johns Hopkins University |
| Johnson & Wales University (2) |
| Julliard School of Music |
| Lesley University |
| Loyola University |
| Macalester College |
| Marymount Manhattan College (2) |
| Mass College of Liberal Arts |
| New York University |
| Northeastern University |
| Northeastern University |
| Northern Arizona University |
| Oberlin College |
| Oxford University |
| Pace University |
| Philadelphia University (2) |
| Purdue University |
| Quincy College |
| Renseler Institute of Technology |
| Rhode Island College |
| Rhode Island School of Design |
| Saint Michael’s College |
| Salem State University |
| Smith College (3) |
| Southern New Hampshire University |
| Stanford University |
| State University of NY Purchase |
| Stonehill College |
| UMass Amherst (2) |
| UMass Boston (2) |
| UMass Dartmouth (3) |
| UMass Lowell (3) |
| UMass Medical School |
| Union College (3) |
| University of Chicago |
| University of Hartford (2) |
| University of Maine |
| University of Michigan (2) |
| University of New Hampshire |
| University of North Carolina Chapel Hill |
| University of Pittsburgh |
| University of Rhode Island |
| University of Toronto |
| US Air Force Academy |
| US Navy |
| Vanderbilt University (2) |
| Vassar College (NY) |
| Wellesley College (2) |
| Wesleyan University |
| Wesleyan University (2) |
| West Point |
| Western New England University |
| Westfield State University |
| Wheaton College |
| Wheelock College |