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About Cantus
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Biographies
Allison Linton
Vocalist
Allison Linton is an accomplished voice teacher and performer, living and working in Eagle, Idaho. By the age of 7, she landed a role in her first full-length production of the show, Within These Walls. Now as a seasoned vocalist, her versatility as a performer has allowed her career to encompass a wide range of performance genres from opera to musical theatre, and from concert works to contemporary singing styles. Mrs. Linton has been training vocalists across the United States and abroad for over 20 years and is in high demand as a cross-over artist, teaching various vocal techniques including: Classical and Musical Theatre Legit styles, as well as Contemporary Commercial Music (CCM) styles of mix and belt.
Mrs. Linton began her collegiate training at Brigham Young University in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy (Opera), later switching her concentration to Musical Theatre. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (BFA) from Brigham Young University’s prestigious Music Dance Theatre Program, where she studied with world class performance and voice teachers, performed in onstage productions, and danced with the university’s Tap Dance Team.
Following her collegiate studies, Mrs. Linton moved to Chicago, IL where she landed her first formal voice teaching position. It was there that she discovered her talent and love for teaching vocal technique. Subsequently, Mrs. Linton’s students have consistently won and placed in Idaho IMEA State Competitions, IMEA District competitions, Treasure Valley NATS Student Auditions, and Illinois ISMTA State competitions. Her voice students are regularly accepted, and offered vocal scholarships, to esteemed university programs across the country in the areas of Vocal Performance (Opera), Musical Theatre, and Commercial Music.
Mrs. Linton has a diverse studio and her students have performed on American Idol, The X Factor, off-Broadway shows, national tours, and in bands touring the United States and Asia. Other students are enjoying busy performance careers as pop/country artists, choir directors, voice teachers, singer/songwriters, record label producers, theatre music directors, and more. Mrs. Linton is a member of the National Association of Teachers of singing and is currently the Vice President of the Treasure Valley NATS Chapter. She has been married to Bret Linton since 1996 and they have 4 fantastic children.
Krista Carroll
Mrs. Carroll’s passion for music was driven from a young age. She made her first singing debut at the age of 5 as a soloist in front of an audience of hundreds and loved every minute of it. This set the stage …
Brandi Cook
Brandi Cook has a bachelor’s degree in Choral Music Education from Utah State University. Following college she was hired at Kuna High School, near Boise Idaho, where she built a program and taught for 10 years …
Erika McCauley
Erika McCauley is founder and artistic director of Cantus Youth Choirs, a nonprofit community choir program for Idaho’s Treasure Valley youth. She is a talented individual with an unrivaled passion for working with young people …
Keith McCauley
Keith McCauley earned a BA in Marketing Communications with minors in Music Performance and Japanese from Brigham Young University in 2004. He works with Concordia, VoiceOver, and Fortis, and has been arranging …
Annie Roberts
Annie Roberts it excited to be a director with Cantus Youth Choirs where she served the first three seasons on the board of directors and helped launch VoiceOver with Keith McCauley. She began singing …
Cara Stewart
Born with a passion for all things music, Cara Stewart has spent her life enthusiastically participating in the performing arts. She began studying piano, dance and voice at a young age and was fortunate to have …