Awards and Honors
In 2000, the choir was awarded a Grammy for Best Choral Performance for its recording of Krzysztof Penderecki's Credo with the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Hellmuth Rilling.
In 2001, the Phoenix Boys Choir was named "Cultural Ambassadors" to the European Union's Federation of choirs.
In December 2002, they were named an Honorary Phoenix Point of Pride by the Honorable Skip Rimza, then Mayor of Phoenix. They share this honor with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Phoenix Suns.
In 2003, the choir performed for the American Choral Directors Association Convention in New York. They were the only American boys' choir selected for this event. While in New York they performed at Carnegie Hall, at the Lincoln Center, and at Riverside Church.
In 2007 the choir took high honors from the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival in its inaugural year. The festival took place in Vienna, Austria, in the Goldener Saal of the Musikverein. The choir won first place in the Treble category and second in the Mixed category. The second place award was shared with The Christ's College Chapel Choir from New Zealand.
In 2011 the choir sang with the Munich Symphony and Pacific Choral under the leadership of Maestro Ludwig Wicki in the Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring In Concert with Columbia Artist Management.
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