George
Bragg
January
24, 2001
Choirboy
Choirmaster
Teacher
Boychoir
founder
Dean
of American Boychoir
George Bragg has
been lighting candles for more than sixty-five years. He lit the first candle in
1936 as a choirboy in Coleman Cooper's new Apollo Boys' Choir in Alabama. In
1946, as a college freshman, he began lighting more candles with the founding
of the Denton Civic Boy Choir and still more when the choir moved to Forth
Worth to became the Texas Boys' Choir. After his retirement from The Texas
Boys' Choir, Maestro Bragg continued lighting candles by assisting in the
training and development of various American boychoirs such as the Arkansas
Boy Choir, the California Boys' Choir, the Singing Sons of Pennsylvania and
Florida's Singing Sons Boychoir to name a few. His entire life has been spent
teaching, nurturing and encouraging boys, and others, in the "pursuit of
excellence." As he enters his 76th year, Maestro Bragg still remains an
active force in the boychoir world. He maintains the National Archive of
Boychoir in Forth Worth, Texas; he provides active support, both material and
moral, to the "Boychoir - Past, Present and Future" and "The
World of Treble Voices" websites; and he continues to encourage all with
whom he comes in contact to "pursue excellence." Happy Birthday
friend.
...the
Webmaster