Photos from THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS are now available! Audio and video coming soon.
Cantus sang backup for Gentri at Boise’s Egyptian Theatre on November 29-30
Listen to some of our featured singles released on worldwide streaming platforms like Apple Music, Shazam, Spotify, Amazon, and more. Also, check out our music videos, sheet music store, and videos from our live performances.
Cantus Youth Choirs is a non-profit community choral program for youth of Idaho’s Treasure Valley. Each week, hundreds of youth gather from Boise, Eagle, Meridian, Middleton, Star, and Kuna to make music. With multiple traditional and contemporary ensembles that frequently interact and perform together, singers ages 8 to 18 enjoy making music with friends young and old.
All ensembles meet weekly on Tuesday nights. We call this “Cantuesday.” Weekly rehearsals are a combination of fun and hard work. Semester one begins in September and goes through December, ending with our Winter Concert. Semester two starts in January and goes through April, ending with our Finale Concert. We rehearse at Tree City Church on Eagle Road.
Cantus Youth Choirs is a non-profit community youth choir that runs concurrently with a typical school year (September through May). Tuition is based on grade and term of enrollment and ranges from $125 to $450. You can register for a semester to try it out and see if you like it. Or you can save a little bit and register for a full year. You can pay up front or by installment plan.
We take all singers, grades 3 through 12. If you’re in 3-7th grade, we don’t need you to audition. All 8-12th graders submit an audition so we know which voice part to assign them (soprano, alto, tenor, bass). There are 4 traditional ensembles and 4 contemporary ensembles. There are additional fees to be in a contemporary ensemble.
Cantus has a number of big and small traditional and contemporary ensembles. These ensembles are directed by compassionate educators, who are experienced performers and musicians.
Cantus Youth Choirs offers a unique set of opportunities for youth: leadership, performance, personal development, travel, and solo performing opportunities. This has resulted in continued growth for Cantus enrollment and its youth members.
Meri KayParent The choice of music has been very inspiring! The instruction the youth have received has been wonderful and they have really learned to sing!! It has been “The best musical experience of my life!” according to my son. Read more
MarissaParent We loved Mrs. McCauley’s high expectations of the singers. She set clear and high standards for behavior and work ethic and the kids rose to meet and exceed them. My daughter has loved being in choir because of her. Read more
RyleeYouth singer I love the discipline that Mrs. McCauley has and how well-behaved the choir is. I love all the games that helped me make more friends. I definitely like the sound that the choirs make and what we were able to accomplish. Read more
You can join per semester or you can join for the entire year. Semester one runs from September through December, and semester two runs from January through April. Learn more about our payment plans, tuition fees, outfit fees, financial aid, and optional tour.
Cantus Youth Choirs is proud to present Patrick Franks as our guest organist for THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS, our Season 13 Winter Concert. Patrick Franks began his music career at …
Cantus Youth Choirs is proud to present Elizabeth Pike Murdock and Rick Murdock as guest vocalists at the Season 13 Winter Concert, THE HEART OF CHRISTMAS. Tickets are now on …
Cantus Youth Choirs presented THE HUMAN HEART on April 30, 2022 at NNU’s Brandt Center. After a few weeks of mixing, mastering, and sequencing audio and video we are proud …
Cantus Youth Choirs is proud to announce local artist, Allison Linton as our featured guest artist at THE HUMAN HEART Season 12 Finale Concert on Saturday, April 30, 2022. Allison …
Luxe Reel Theatre to make their grand entrance on the red carpet for the SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN premiere. Guests were dressed and bedecked in sequins, furs, sparkles, and sleek …
