2026 EDITION
JENNY OAKS BAKER and
CANTUS CHOIR & ORCHESTRA presents
THE REDEEMER
MUSIC ON THE LIFE OF JESUS THE CHRIST
Good Friday, April 3, 2026
THE BRANDT CENTER
Welcome back! The Cantus Choir & Orchestra, performed THE REDEEMER in 2025. We’re back on stage for Good Friday, April 3, 2026! Join us!
Jenny Oaks Baker is returning to the Treasure Valley to perform Kurt Bestor’s sacred Easter oratorio, THE REDEEMER, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. Inviting new and returning musicians to join the adult choir and orchestra to perform with her. Current Cantus Youth Choirs members who are 10th grade and older, may also participate. Directed by Keith McCauley.
Good Friday, April 3, 2026 at 7pm at NNU’s Brandt Center
Join the Choir
We’re taking 80 singers: 25 sopranos, 25 altos, 15 tenors, and 15 basses.
Click through for rehearsal schedule, outfit info, and contract details.
Join the Orchestra
We’re taking 44 players: woodwinds, brass, strings, harp, and percussion.
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About THE REDEEMER
THE REDEEMER is a sacred oratorio about Jesus Christ. It is a two-act concert composed and arranged by Kurt Bestor for solo violin; solo cello; piano; solo soprano, tenor/narrator and bass; full orchestra; and choir.
This work takes familiar and new sacred music from the general Christian canon and sets those songs to significant events in the life of Jesus Christ. Audiences will recognize familiar melodies such as Bach/Gounod’s Ave Maria, which is contextualized with The Annunciation. Audiences will hear Handel’s For Unto Us A Child Is Born (Born this Day), And the Glory of the Lord (The King Returns), and Hallelujah Chorus (The Ascension) from MESSIAH. Come Follow Me; O Divine Redeemer; In Humility, Our Savior; and I Stand All Amazed are other familiar songs virtuosically and tenderly performed in this work.
Jenny Oaks Baker
Violin
Kurt Bestor
Composer/Arranger
Keith McCauley
Conductor
Hannah Baker
Piano
Sarah Baker
Cello
Dallyn Vail Bayles
Tenor/Narrator
Lisa Zimmerman
Soprano
Preston Yates
Bass
Contact
If you have any questions or concerns please call or text Keith McCauley at 208-407-4525 or use the email form below:
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