This study examines the participation of junior high school boys in choral music. Informants were eleven males, three females, and the teacher of a twenty-seven member grade 8/9 class at a suburban school. Data collection techniques included interview, observation, participant observation, and the examination of material culture. Data analysis involved the preparation of field notes and interview transcripts, document analysis, and study of the field note/interview text. Triangulation was achieved through the cross-referencing of informant statements and researcher observations. Four major themes emerged: motivation to join and remain in the choir; acquisition of musical skills, knowledge, and attitudes; repertoire preferences; and perception of the choral experience. Factors motivating boys' membership in choir were love of singing, teacher influence, and peer influence. Boy choristers were musically skilled, knowledgeable and articulate. They had clear though varied repertoire preferences. Perceived benefits from choir membership are discussed according to musical, non-musical, social, and teacher aspects.hilip sits in the front row of the choir, hugging his 'Linus-blanket' jacket around his knees. He watches the dance rehearsal intently and then comes alive when directed, along with his classmates, to sing and perform the actions for the rock music medley. On another occasion, Robert, Bruce, and Ron, the inseparable trio, stand close together in the second row as they sing their part, totally absorbed in the music. Their faces betray a concentration not often seen in junior high school music classrooms. A third example finds eighth grader Matt sporting an oversized blazer, his 'costume' for the up-coming concert, as he 'grooves' to the music. Three ninth grade boys look on with smiling faces. It's an instance of fraternal friendship between students of different ages.The reader will identify the foregoing examples as emanating from a music classroom-a junior high school choral classroom to be exact. Although the class is fairly equally-divided between girls and boys, it is the boys who provide the focus for this study. Such an investigation is timely, as recruiting and retaining males in choral ensembles is becoming an increasing challenge for teachers (Adler