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Chanticleer was founded in 1978 by tenor Louis Botto who sang with the group until 1989, and served as Artistic Director until his death in 1997. As a graduate student of Musicology , Botto found that much of the medieval and Renaissance music he was studying was not being performed, and, because of this, he formed the group to perform this music with an all male ensemble, as it was traditionally sung during the Renaissance period. Originally, the group contained ten singers, but has varied anywhere from eight to twelve. Currently, Chanticleer contains twelve men including two Basses , one Baritone , three Tenor s, and six Countertenor s (three Alto s and three Sopranos ). In 2000, Joseph Jennings (Music Director) and Chanticleer won a Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance for their work ''Colors of Love — Works of Thomas , Stucky , Tavener and Rands ''. In May 2007, Chanticleer will release "''And On Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass''" (Warner Classics) a new mass written by five contemporary composers. The Mass was premiered in performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and will be followed by six performances throughout the Bay Area. The New York Times has more on the repertoire here: {Link without Title} CURRENT SINGERS (list taken from {Link without Title} )
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