Since 1948, the Phoenix Boys Choir has provided top quality music education for boys ages seven-fourteen and lively entertainment for audiences around the world. Led by Georg Stangelberger, the organization's elite Tour Choir are lauded internationally as a result of their intensive Arizona-based training program. Concert tours throughout the United States, England, Spain, France, Germany, Austria, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, China and Japan have brought the choir both audience and critical acclaim as one of the globe's outstanding boy choirs. In February 2000, the Choir won a Grammy for Best Choral Performance for its recording of Penderecki's Credo with the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Helmuth Rilling. In February 2003, the Tour Choir performed for the American Choral Directors Association Convention in New York City as the only American Boychoir selected for this event, performing at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center.