ABSTRACT
This chapter is about boys who sing the classical, mostly sacred, choral repertoire. It is often to such boys that conductors, promoters of opera and classical concerts or television producers will turn for one-off roles because they know that they will find the developed sense of musicianship that they are looking for. Work is a very important consideration in the construction of masculinity and their status as workers or professional musicians is very important to the choristers. During the 1980s author taught in a choir school and he have subsequently been a chorister parent her duties included running the rugby XV and a good proportion of my best players were regularly choristers. Some choristers do like to be 'normal teenagers' at leisure whilst maintaining a professional interest in classical singing, whilst others go the whole distance. It would be counterproductive for choristers to sing mainly in 'head voice' outside their normal cathedral environment.
