trained in five individual choirs. Education starts at the age of six, each member receiving intensive solo vocal training in addition to weekly group rehearsals. The ensemble is composed of several choirs, divided according to age and musical level. Choir I, with the best and most experienced boys, is the concert choir. Choir II also performs in occasional public concerts. In it, the boys are prepared for concert maturity and for Choir I. Aptitude tests begin in the first grade at many schools in Munich and the surrounding area. The choir is not affiliated with a boarding school. The children are individually supported in choir and solo lessons, thus awakening their enthusiasm and passion for music. A total of ten choir directors and vocal pedagogues supervise the children. The training principle in the choir is that every single child is able to sing solo. For example, the choir is able to perform oratorios by Bach with a small cast. Repertoire The repertoire covers vocal music from the medieval to the modern, folk music, madrigals and motets, church music from the baroque to the classical, solo roles and opera for children's choirs. Members of the choir have played the "Three boys" in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) in numerous productions. Some of the choir's most popular recordings include Bach cantatas (notably the Teldec set with Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt conducting) Bach's B minor mass (Robert King, cond./ Andrew Parrott, cond.) Bach's St John passion and Christmas Oratorio (Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Unitel/Deutsche Grammophon DVD) Bach's St Matthew passion (Gustav Leonhardt, cond.) Haydn's 'Creation' and masses (with Bruno Weil and the Canadian Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra) Sacred works by Heinrich Schütz and Orlando di Lasso (Capriccio) Three boys in Mozart's "Magic flute" in recordings with Claudio Abbado, Bernard Haitink, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ivan Fischer, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Arnold Östman, Wolfgang Sawallisch, among others. Discography Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626 (Chorus) with Bruno Weil (conductor) and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; 2000 (Sony Classical) References External links Unofficial blog. (Spanish). Concerts Archive Music in Munich German choirs Choirs of children Boys' and men's choirs Musical groups established in 1956 1956 establishments in West Germany