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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. Read their bios here.
Cantus Youth Choirs was started in 2010. Cantus performs an average of 3 concerts per year: a concert in the winter, a concert in the spring and a tour concert. Several of our tour concerts have been benefit concerts geared toward raising money for families in need.
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. Read testimonials and accolades from Cantus member families.
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
Earlier this morning, Patch Crowe, guest artist and lead for Cantus Youth Choirs’ Something To Believe In music video project, recorded his part at Funk Studios in Salt Lake City. …
Cantus Youth Choirs is proud to announce Patch Crowe as our guest artist for our semester 1 of Season 12 music video recording project. He grew up in Brisbane, Australia, …
Join us for the worldwide outdoor premiere of Season 11’s 5 music videos: Courage to Change by VoiceOver, Burn the Ships by Fortis, Rise by Contessa, Rescue by Bella Visi, …
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cantus Youth Choirs canceled the Season 10 Finale Concert at NNU’s Brandt Center. In lieu of a live performance, Cantus will present four music videos …
Due to COVID-19, this event has been cancelled. Cantus Youth Choirs is proud to present returning guest artist, Amy Whitcomb, as our featured guest artist at the Season 10 Finale …
12/09/21