Description

Like all boys their age, these three youngsters enjoy football, computer games and rock music. More unusually, Ben, Patrick and CJ different also enjoy centuries-old choral music by long-dead classical composers. But never mind the cassocks and surplices–The Choirboys might sing like angels, but they look more like a stylish boy band in their designer suits.

The junior version of the Three Tenors was formed following a nationwide search that took talent scouts to nearly 50 cathedrals and churches all over the country. Hundreds of boys were auditioned before Ben Inman, 12, was picked from the Southwell Minster in Nottinghamshire, directed by Paul Hale, and his new bandmates, Patrick Aspbury, 12, and CJ Porter-Thaw, 10, were both discovered singing in the famous choir at Ely Cathedral under the direction of Paul Trepte. Although mostly made up of traditional choral music such as Allegris Miserere and Bachs Ave Maria, their album includes the themes of TV shows Mr Bean and The Vicar Of Dibley, and pop oldies like Eric Claptons Tears In Heaven and He Aint Heavy Hes My Brother, popularized by Neil Diamond and The Hollies.