A
boys' choir is a
choir primarily made up of
choirboys who have yet to begin
puberty or are in the early to middle stages of
puberty and so retain their more highly pitched childhood
voice type. Members of a boys' choir are technically known as
trebles and often termed
boy sopranos," although occasionally some boys sing in the
alto range. Some boys' choirs of churches or cathedrals are further supported by older male voices singing
tenor and
bass; these singers are sometimes former choirboys.