The National Boys Choir is a boys choir founded in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 in 2002 with financial support from the Scottish Arts Council

Scottish Arts Council

The Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...

 Lottery Fund. The inaugural course was held in April 2002 for boys with unchanged voices culminating in a concert in Stirling

Stirling

Stirling is a city and former ancient burgh in Scotland, and is at the heart of the wider Stirling council area. The city is clustered around a large fortress and medieval old-town beside the River Forth...

. In 2003 a Changed Voice section was added and the choirs, along with guest boys choirs from Manchester

Manchester

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 and Hungary

Hungary

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, took part in an International Boys Voice Conference hosted by NYCoS in Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

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Organization

The patron of the boys choir is Scottish actor Billy Boyd

Billy Boyd

Billy Boyd is a Scottish actor and musician most widely known for playing the character Peregrin "Pippin" Took in the film adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and Barret Bonden in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World....

. The National Boys Choir currently comprises three sections:

• The Junior Corps which provides a training ground for NBC and takes part in the end of course concert.
• NBC Changed Voice Section which provides an enjoyable singing opportunity for boys whose voices are currently changing. The section has a vocal coach with specialist knowledge of boys’ voices and the repertoire is chosen to accommodate the various stages of change.
• The National Boys Choir numbers about 70 members and gives a concert at the end of the residential course. In 2004 the choir was invited to take part in a performance of Britten’s War Requiem at the Edinburgh International Festival
  Edinburgh International Festival
  The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August. By invitation from the Festival Director, the International Festival brings top class performers of music , theatre, opera...
  
  and BBC’s Proms in the Park in Glasgow.