Cantus Youth Choirs

CANTUS YOUTH CHOIRS AND GRYPHON PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT PRESENT
SEASON 2014-2015
Gryphon is proud
to support
Cantus Youth Choirs
Winter Concert
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2014 AT 7:30 PM
NNU BRANDT CENTER, SWAYNE AUDITORIUM
Erika McCauley, Artistic Director and Founder
Keith McCauley, Associate Director
Melody Paskett, Associate Director
Michelle Pedersen, Associate Director
Rylee Smullin, Intern
Erin Todd, Intern
Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons,
and you will find that it is to the soul what a water bath is to the body.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
FEATURING
Melissa Heath, Soprano
David Young, Organ
INSTRUMENTALISTS
Hayden Atchley, Holly Casos, Matthew Crane, Aaron Connolly, Marc Herring,
Camille Hutchings, Michelle Hutchings, Alexis Jensen, Nanette Jensen,
Nathan McMurray, Lauren Rawlings, Zach Taylor
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MISTLETOE
CUNCTI SIMUS
Presto
Featuring Benjamin Earl and Xavier Judd
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Chorale
Featuring Warren Bodily, Becca Earl,
Emily Foutz, Sariah Larsen,
Ryan Meck and Kate Starita
ARR MAC HUFF
SENDING YOU A
LITTLE CHRISTMAS
ARR JAY ALTHOUSE
Presto
Featuring Madison Eberhard and
Melissa McDonald
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SNOW GLOBE
MATT WERTZ
Landon Paskett and Micah Starita
Jared Montierth, piano
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SONG FOR A WINTER'S NIGHT
ARR JESUS GOMEZ
Bella Visi
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ONE MORE SLEEP
ARR MAC HUFF
Bella Visi
Featuring Olivia Moss, Reagan Davis,
Linnea Johnson and Christiana Warner
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LONG AGO, FAR AWAY
KIMBERLY KOFOED
Heidi Kofoed, Karli Moss
and Rebecca Walker
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LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
ARR BENJAMIN BRAM & PTX
VoiceOver
Featuring: Landon Paskett,
Krista Kofoed, Paige Simpson, Tanner Maurer,
Damon Walker, and Colette Kofoed
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HALLELUJAH
ARR MARK BRYMER
VoiceOver
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RICARDO SOTO
The Virgin was alone
When the Angel appeared
He was called Gabriel
And was sent from heaven.
With radiant face he declared,
You shall conceive, Mary,
And will bear a son.
You will bear a son
And shall call him Jesus Christ.
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GOD REST YE,
MERRY GENTLEMEN
ARR KEITH CHRISTOPHER
Annelise Gardiner, Paige Simpson and
Brent Wissenbach
Lauren Rawlings, violin
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NIGHT OF SILENCE/
SILENT NIGHT
DAVID KANTOR
Chorale and Concert Choir
Directed by Erin Todd
Featuring Kaylee Brinton, Emmery Leach,
Maddie McKinlay, Lexie Olson,
Ammon Pluim and Rebekah Walker
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I SAW THREE SHIPS
JON SCHMIDT
Jared Montierth, piano
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THE LORD'S PRAYER
A.H. MALOTTE
Concert Choir
Melissa Heath, soprano
David Young, organ
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BABY, IT'S COLD OUTSIDE
FRANK LOESSER
WHAT CHRISTMAS
MEANS TO ME
Emma Larson and Cole McCauley
David Larson, piano
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Presto, Bella Visi and VoiceOver
LINUS AND LUCY
ARR MAC HUFF
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INTERMISSION
_____________________________________
ARR ROGER EMERSON
Concert Choir
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HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY
LITTLE CHRISTMAS
ARR ANITA KERR
Todd Bernhardt, Halle Bigelow,
Hailey Carroll, Shaylin Carroll,
Zachary Carroll, Taylie Clark, BJ Foutz,
Thomas Haven, Jacob Hutchings,
Madeline Paskett, Sara Rawlings, Alyssa Van
Wagenen and Emily Walker
Krista Carroll, piano
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CHILD OF GOD
ARR EMILY CROCKER
Virtuoso Singers
Directed by Rylee Smullin
Featuring Esther Schofield
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PIE JESU
ANDREW LLOYD WEBER, SIR
Adam and Emmelyn Redd
Merciful Jesus,
Father, who takes away the sins of the world
Grant them rest, grant them rest
Lamb of God,
Father, who takes away the sins of the world
Grant them rest, grant them rest
Everlasting, everlasting rest
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MISTLETOE
PHYLLIS ALETA WOLFE
Men of Cantus
Featuring Michael Porizek and
Finnigan McPherson
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LOVE IS CHRISTMAS
SARA BAREILLES
Karsyn Leach, Rylee Smullin and Erin Todd
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Three selections by Dan Forrest
PSALM 8
Women of Cantus
Featuring Michelle Hutchings, violin
MUSIC OF LIVING
Concordia
Featuring Nanette Jensen, piano
Giver of life, Creator of all that is lovely,
Teach me to sing the words of your song;
I want to feel the music of living
And not fear the sad songs,
But from them make new songs
Composed of both laughter and tears.
Teach me to dance to the sounds of your
world and your people,
I want to move in rhythm with your plan;
Help me to try to follow your leading,
To risk even falling,
To rise and keep trying
Because you are leading the dance.
THE FIRST NOEL
Concordia
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DECK THE HALL
ARR MACK WILBERG
Melissa Heath, soprano
David Young, piano
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BRING A TORCH,
JEANETTE ISABELLA
ARR KEITH CHAPMAN
David Young, organ
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O HOLY NIGHT!
ARR MACK WILBERG
Combined choirs of cantus
Melissa Heath, soprano
David Young, organ
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MELISSA HEATH enjoys a varied career of opera, concert and recital
work. Hailed as a "soaring, sparkling soprano" with "vivacious stage presence",
past roles include Amy in Mark Adamo’s
Little Women, Cunegonde in Bernstein’s
Candide, La Ciesca in Gianni Schicchi,
Marianne in Tartuffe, Gretel in Hansel and
Gretel, and First Lady in The Magic Flute.
Ms. Heath has also frequented the concert
stage as the soprano soloist in Orff’s Carmina Burana, Mozart’s Requiem, Brahms’
German Requiem, Handel’s Messiah,
Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, Howells’ Hymnus Paradisi and in the Fauré and Rutter
Requiems. Ms. Heath has been a state finalist and district winner in the Metropolitan Opera’s National Council Auditions.
In 2012 and 2014, she was a regional finalist in the National Association of Teachers
of Singing’s biennial art song competition.
In 2010, Ms. Heath was the soprano
soloist in Ballet West’s production of Carmina Burana, John Rutter’s Mass of the
Children with the Salt Lake Choral Artists
and in Scarlatti’s Christmas Cantata with
the Salt Lake Symphony. In 2011, Ms.
Heath sang the title role in Monteverdi’s
L’incoronazione di Poppea with the University of Utah’s Lyric Opera Ensemble,
and Gilda in Verdi’s Rigoletto with La
Musica Lirica in Novafeltria, Italy. She
also performed Schubert’s Shepherd on
the Rock with clarinetist Robert Walzel
and pianist Jeffrey Price as part of the Sundays@7 concert series at the University of
Utah. 2012 performances include Carmina
Burana with the Alpine Masterworks festival, Villa-Lobos’ Bachianas Brasileiras
with the University of Utah’s Performing
Dance Company, the title role in Carlisle
Floyd’s Susannah with the University of
Utah’s Lyric Opera Ensemble, soprano
soloist in Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9
with the Lyceum Philharmonic and Sterling Singers, and a solo performance with
the Orchestra at Temple Square. In 2013,
Ms. Heath’s performances included Mendelssohn’s Psalm no. 42 with the Alpine
Masterworks festival, a solo performance
with the Salt Lake Symphony, the role of
Nanetta in Verdi’s Falstaff with the University of Utah’s Lyric Opera Ensemble,
and her premiere performance with the
Utah Symphony, under Maestro Thierry
Fischer, in Nielsen’s Symphony no. 3.
Performances in 2014 have included Micaëla in a concert version of Bizet’s Carmen with Concerts at the Presidio in San
Francisco, Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the
Utah Valley Symphony and Wasatch Chorale, Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem with the Temple Square Chorale and
Orchestra, and Handel’s Messiah with the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Utah Symphony.
Ms. Heath, whose singing has been
described as "gorgeous, wonderfully expressive, lyrical and infused with feeling,"
received her Bachelor’s degree in voice
from Brigham Young University, where
she studied with Drs Rebecca Wilberg
and Lila Stuart-Bachelder, and sang for
four years with BYU Singers. She holds
an MM and a DMA in voice from the University of Utah, where she studied with
Dr. Robert Breault. She currently teaches
at Utah Valley University.
DAVID YOUNG first discovered the
power and beauty of the pipe organ as a
teenager. He pursued private organ study
during high school in Boise with Patricia
Nelson and later continued his studies at
the university level.
As a student at Brigham Young University, Mr. Young studied with Dr. Doug-
las Bush, and later graduated from BYU
with a Bachelor's degree in Organ Performance and Pedagogy in 1997. While an
undergraduate student, Mr. Young served
as Organ Scholar at the Cathedral of the
Madeleine (Roman Catholic) in Salt Lake
City, accompanying the choirs and congregation in masses, special feast days,
and in concert.
During his university studies, Mr.
Young also travelled to Europe where he
studied and played over 60 historic pipe
organs, in Germany, Holland, England,
France and Italy. He later received a university stipend to return to Germany and
Holland to study the pipe organs of the Baroque organ builder, Arp Schnitger.
After completing his undergraduate
studies, Mr. Young enrolled in law school
at the University of Idaho, where he graduated with a law degree in 2001. Simultaneously both an attorney and an organist,
Mr. Young has nearly always held an appointment as an organist while also practicing law.
Currently, Mr. Young serves as
Principal Organist at Boise First United
Methodist Church (the "Cathedral of the
Rockies"), a post he has held since 2010.
As organist, Mr. Young accompanies the
traditional worship services on the Cathedral’s 77-rank Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ–Idaho's largest–and including accompaniment for the resident choirs.
He is employed as a Deputy Attorney
General with the Idaho Attorney General's
Office, and also stays active in the local
chapter of the American Guild of Organists. He and his wife, Adria Belnap, live in
Boise with their three children. In February, Mr. Young will perform a solo organ
concert, titled Something Serious, Something Fun, at the Cathedral of the Rockies
as part of its Cathedral Concert Series. The
February 13 organ concert is designed to
appeal to organists and non-organists.
CANTUS YOUTH CHOIRS
RACHEL BERNHARDT, 4
T.J. CLARK, 4
HAYLEE HUTCHINGS, 4
DEVYN HYMER, 4
CONNOR JENSEN, 4
MK JUDD, 4
HALLIE OLSON, 4
GLORIA PINEDA, 4
MAKAYLAN PORIZEK, 4
ALEAH SALYARDS, 4
BRYAN WALKER, 4
LIVY WALTON, 4
CORA ABERCROMBIE, 5
MCGWIRE ALLEN, 5
AUSTIN ALVI, 5
AIDAN ANDERSEN, 5
LILY BINGHAM, 5
HAILEY CARROLL, 5
COLE CLEGG, 5
LAUREN CRNICH, 5
CLAYTON EARL, 5
MADELINE EIDSON, 5
JACQUELYN KOFOED, 5
SAVANNAH LARSEN, 5
EMMERY LEACH, 5
JOSH MCCAULEY, 5
ELLIE MOSS, 5
GRAYSON PASKETT, 5
HYRUM REDD, 5
MCKENZIE SMITH, 5
MEYAH SWIFT, 5
DALLIN WHIPPLE, 5
EVA YOUNG, 5
LACEY BERNHARDT, 6
KIERAN BIBERSTON, 6
ADILYN BLAINE, 6
WARREN BODILY, 6
KAYLEE BRINTON, 6
ABBIE DENNIS, 6
HALLIE DOWDLE, 6
CONNOR FROGLEY, 6
PRESTON FROGLEY, 6
JULIA GARDINER, 6
ETHAN JENSEN, 6
LOREN JENSEN, 6
LUCY JOHNSON, 6
KAYLI JONES, 6
ERIC LARSON, 6
SEVIAH LIMB, 6
BRIANNA MAURER, 6
MADDIE MCKINLAY, 6
FINN MCPHERSON, 6
RYAN MECK, 6
MICHAEL PORIZEK, 6
AUBREY SALYARDS, 6
HUNTER SMITH, 6
ZOE STEEVES, 6
LIVIE VENTURI, 6
BRANDON WALTON, 6
BODEN BARRUS, 7
BRONX BARRUS, 7
ABBY BINGHAM, 7
ABIGAIL BRADFORD, 7
IZABEL CHISHOLM, 7
COLETON CLARK, 7
CAMILLA DUKELOW, 7
REBECCA EARL, 7
MADISON EBERHARD, 7
LUCY ELDREDGE, 7
MYRIAH ELLISON, 7
KANDACE FELLER, 7
EMILY FOUTZ, 7
EMMA GARDINER, 7
SARAH GOLD, 7
ELIZA HAVEN, 7
SOFIA KING, 7
TENNEY KUNKA, 7
SARIAH LARSEN, 7
KADE MCCALLISTER, 7
COLE MCCAULEY, 7
RORI MERCER, 7
JOSHUA MONTIERTH, 7
GABRIEL NEWMAN, 7
LEXIE OLSON, 7
GAVIN PETERSON, 7
CALVIN PINEDA, 7
AMMON PLUIM, 7
ADAM REDD, 7
CARSON SMITH, 7
KATE STARITA, 7
SCOTLIN STEEVES, 7
EMILY STIMPSON, 7
REBEKAH WALKER, 7
ETHAN ALVI, 8
ABIGAIL ATKINSON, 8
HALLE BIGELOW, 8
ZACHARY CARROLL, 8
CAPRI CASOS, 8
HANNAH CLARK, 8
CATHERINE CLIVE, 8
BENJAMIN EARL, 8
JACOB HUTCHINGS, 8
ZACHARY JENSEN, 8
XAVIER JUDD, 8
EMMA LARSON, 8
ROYAL MADISON, 8
COLLIN MCKINLEY, 8
OLIVIA OSGUTHORPE, 8
ASHLYNN PREECE, 8
SAMANTHA PRICE, 8
SARA RAWLINGS, 8
ANNA ROTH, 8
ESTHER SCHOFIELD, 8
ELLIE SIMPSON, 8
ETHAN SIMPSON, 8
JESSICA THOMPSON, 8
ALYSSA VAN WAGENEN, 8
REBECCA WALKER, 8
CADEE WAMBOLT, 8
ELIZABETH WHIPPLE, 8
CORA WILLIAMSON, 8
KRISTEN YORGASON, 8
VICTORIA YOUNG, 8
BRIANNA BERNHARDT, 9
ANNA BRADBURN, 9
SHAYLIN CARROLL, 9
MCKAY CLARK, 9
TAYLIE CLARK, 9
OLIVIA DAY, 9
BRADEN DAYTON, 9
PHOEBE DUNKLEY, 9
BRIANNA ELLISON, 9
BJ FOUTZ, 9
RACHEL HART, 9
THOMAS HAVEN, 9
HEIDI KOFOED, 9
ISAAC LIMB, 9
KYLIE LINTON, 9
MORGAN MAURER, 9
MELISSA MCDONALD, 9
PORTER MCPHERSON, 9
HAILEY MORTENSEN, 9
KARLI MOSS, 9
MADELINE PASKETT, 9
MARISA PEMSLER, 9
ELLEN PINEDA, 9
BRENNEN PORTER, 9
SARAH PRICE, 9
CALEB SALYARDS, 9
HANNAH STARRATT, 9
CAMERON TODD, 9
EMILY WALKER, 9
EMILY WHIPPLE, 9
ALEXIS ALVI, 10
MADELINE ASHTON, 10
DALLIN ATCHLEY, 10
LAUREN BEAN, 10
TODD BERNHARDT, 10
SUSANNAH BRADFORD, 10
ALLISON CALVERLEY, 10
CADEN CHANDLER, 10
NATALIE CUNDICK, 10
REAGAN DAVIS, 10
HOLLY FELLER, 10
HAILEY FROGLEY, 10
WESLEY HALE, 10
AMANDA HARRIS, 10
SUMMER HILTON, 10
LINNEA JOHNSON, 10
EMILY KING, 10
DARBY KNUDSEN, 10
ANNABELLE LARSEN, 10
SETH LARSEN, 10
KARSYN LEACH, 10
JARED MONTIERTH, 10
TYLER MORTENSEN, 10
RILEY MOWER , 10
PRESTON NAYLOR , 10
LAUREN RAUSCH, 10
EMMELYN REDD, 10
KORINNE SCHULTZ, 10
MICAH STARITA, 10
KALEIGH STEEVES, 10
SYDNEY STEPHAN, 10
KATE STEPHERSON, 10
SARA STEPHERSON, 10
BRENNEN STIMPSON, 10
NATALIE TANNER, 10
CHARLEE WAMBOLT, 10
CHRISTIANA WARNER, 10
JEREMY WOODWORTH, 10
JADEN BIBERSTON, 11
JAMES BURTON, 11
MADISON CHIU, 11
TYLOR CLARK, 11
ALLYSA EBERHARD, 11
REBECCA GEORGESON, 11
EMMY HAVEN, 11
ALEXIS JENSEN, 11
JACOB KOZLOWSKI, 11
CALEB LIMB, 11
ALEXIS LOVE , 11
JAKE MCCAULEY, 11
MAKENA PORTER, 11
ALYSSA PREECE, 11
LAUREN RAWLINGS, 11
HEIDI SCHOFIELD, 11
NATALIE TWEDE, 11
SARAH WALKER, 11
KYLE WINTERSTEEN, 11
SAMANTHA ALVI, 12
HAYDEN ATCHLEY, 12
ELIZA BRADFORD, 12
DAMON CALLISTER, 12
ANNELISE GARDINER, 12
ANNIE HAUETER, 12
RACHEL HUTCHINGS, 12
COLETTE KOFOED, 12
KRISTA KOFOED, 12
TANNER MAURER, 12
LAUREN MCGERTY, 12
AURORA MILLER, 12
RILEY MORTENSEN, 12
OLIVIA MOSS, 12
LANDON PASKETT, 12
CHELSEA PLUIM, 12
PAIGE SIMPSON, 12
RYLEE SMULLIN, 12
BODEN SPARKS, 12
BERKLEY SPENCER, 12
JADEN STEEVES, 12
ERIN TODD, 12
BRENT WISSENBACH, 12
NATHAN YORGASON, 12
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.
Mrs. McCauley taught in the Salem-Keizer School
District, a district with schools repeatedly earning
GRAMMY® Awards and recognized by the NAMM Foundation as one of the nation’s “Best Communities for Music
Education.” She taught at the elementary, middle and high
school levels from 2001-2003 and 2005-2007.
In four short years and with regionally and nationally recognized colleagues, Mrs. McCauley was nominated twice as “Music Educator of the Year.” Her choirs
repeatedly earned superior ratings at choral competitions,
including 1st Place, the Festival Sweepstakes Award, Adjudicators Award, and a Festival of Gold Certificate at a
Heritage Festival in 2007, and 1st Place at the prestigious
Best in the Northwest Choir Competition in 2003 and
2007 under such acclaimed judges as Joseph Flummerfelt,
chorus master of the New York Philharmonic, William
Hatcher, former national president of The American Choral Directors Association, and Andre de Quadros, artistic
director of the Tanglewood Institute.
Mrs. McCauley’s passion for choral arts stems from
a lifelong pursuit of both solo and choral music performance. She earned a Master of Arts with an emphasis in
Music Education from Oregon State University in 2005
and a Bachelor of Arts in Music with an emphasis in Vocal Performance from Brigham Young University in 2001.
As an undergraduate student, she held lead and supporting roles in university operas, earned 1st place in the
NATS Vocal Competition, and performed as a soloist with
the elite 40-member choral ensemble BYU Singers, directed by Dr. Ronald Staheli. As a graduate student, Mrs. McCauley served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant, a soloist
and section leader with the OSU Chamber Choir, and received the “Music Education Award.”
Since 2010, Mrs. McCauley has worked as a private
vocal instructor in Meridian, Idaho, with voice students
winning and placing at the IMEA District III Solo Contest.
Mrs. McCauley has also worked with secondary school
choirs in Oregon and Idaho as a guest choral clinician.
Cantus Youth Choirs is a non-profit community choral program for youth of the Treasure Valley. This concert
season marks its fifth year and features over 230 singers
from Meridian, Eagle, Boise, Emmett, Middleton, Star,
Nampa, and Kuna. Cantus youth represent students from
over 30 different public and private schools.
VP/Associate Director
Secretary/Associate Director
MELODY PASKETT
MICHELLE PEDERSEN
CHRISTOPHER YORGASON
D. KEVIN CARLSON
MARY C. JENSEN
Keith McCauley earned a BA in Marketing
Communications with minors in Music
Performance and Japanese from Brigham
Young University in 2004. Since 2007, he
has been Executive Vice President and
part-owner of Container & Packaging
Supply, a packaging distribution company
with fulfillment centers in Idaho, Utah
and Kentucky, servicing all 50 states and
70 foreign countries.
Melody Paskett earned a Bachelor of Arts
in Music, with Choral Education emphasis, and a minor in Japanese from Brigham
Young University.
Michelle Pedersen is the director of music
at the Amity campus of The Cathedral of
the Rockies, and associate director of music at the Boise campus. Ms. Pedersen is
the former director of secondary choirs at
North Star Charter School (Eagle, Idaho)
and choirs at Howard St. Charter School
in Salem, OR; a middle school with a student body of 155, 135 of whom were in
Ms. Pedersen’s choirs. She concurrently
worked as the Director of Choral Music
at First Congregational Church of Salem,
and adjunct voice instructor at Oregon
State University.
Chris Yorgason earned his Juris Doctor
from Brigham Young University’s J. Reuben Clark Law School, graduating in 1998.
Mr. Yorgason earned a Bachelor of Science
in Business Management with International and Finance emphases, and a second major in Political Science. His minor
was Business Comp.
D. Kevin Carlson earned his Juris Doctor
from Harvard Law School in 1980 and a
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a
minor in Economics from Brigham Young
University in 1977. Mr. Carlson was a litigation attorney for Stoel Rives from 19801988 in Portland, Oregon.
Mary C. Jensen is the co-director of Treasure Valley YOUTH Theater. She has a BA
in Theater and Secondary Education from
Boise State University with an emphasis in
acting and directing. She has worked with
numerous non-profits in the area to establish educational theater programs including, The Treasure Valley Family YMCA,
McCall Arts and Humanities Council, and
Meridian Parks and Recreation.
KEITH R. McCAULEY
Prior to CPS, Mr. McCauley worked as
the art director of seven radio stations in
Portland, Oregon for Entercom, the largest radio-only company in the US, and did
projects for the NFL, Toyota, Miller Genuine Draft, Saatchi & Saatchi, MercedesBenz, and Vitamin Water, and has had his
work displayed across the US and featured
in the New York Times.
Mr. McCauley met his wife in the internationally-renowned BYU Singers, directed
by Dr. Ronald Staheli. He sang under the
direction of Rosalind Hall and Mack Wilberg in the BYU Concert Choir and Men’s
Chorus, respectively. He spent a week with
Eric Whitacre recording the highly acclaimed CD, Eric Whitacre: The Complete
A Cappella Works, 1991-2001 with the
BYU Singers. Mr. McCauley was a founding member of two a cappella ensembles:
Inside Out and Moose Butter. His most recent role was playing Rapunzel’s Prince in
Music Theater of Idaho’s Into the Woods.
Mr. McCauley co-directs his church choir
and Concordia with Mrs. McCauley and
VocieOver with Ms. Pedersen. He lives in
Eagle with his wife and son.
Mrs. Paskett has enjoyed performing all
of her life, dancing and singing from a
young age in numerous musical theater,
ballet, jazz, and choral ensembles, including High School All-Northwest Choir, the
BYU Women’s Chorus, BYU International
Folk Dance Ensemble’s Performing Arts
Company and the Utah Symphony Chorus. As an active supporter of community
arts programs, she has performed in various music and theater groups in Oregon,
Arizona, Utah and Idaho.
She is active in church music as a choir
member, conducting instructor, and has
served as administrative director of music and of cultural arts. In her broad range
of experiences organizing, performing in,
and directing ensembles and events, she
has been responsible for large-scale projects requiring extensive organization, fiscal management and accountability, and
communication. Mrs. Paskett directs Chorale, and co-directs Virtuoso Singers with
Mrs. McCauley. She has been involved in
school music programs in Boise and Meridian.
Mrs. Paskett has been married to Mark
Paskett since 1994, and they have five children. She currently is a full-time homemaker and mother, prior to which she
taught part-time private music lessons in
voice and piano.
Associate Director
Ms. Pedersen has degrees in Vocal Performance and Music Education from OSU,
where she was a featured soloist in Oregon,
Costa Rica, China, Canada, and Taiwan.
Ms. Pedersen is a flexible and polished
performer, comfortably singing classical
and contemporary styles. She has recently
played Mabel (The Pirates of Penzance),
Susannah (Le Nozze di Figaro), Adelaide
in (Guys and Dolls), Gertrude McFuzz (Seussical the Musical), a member of the Angel City 4 (City of Angels), Mimi Marquez
(Rent), and Olive Ostravosky (25th Annual
Putnam County Spelling Bee).
Ms. Pedersen has been a two-time featured
guest soloist for Cantus Youth Choirs: Season 1 Finale Concert and Season 3 Finale
Concert. Ms. Pedersen is enjoying her second year as Associate Director of choirs at
Cantus Youth Choirs. She directs Presto,
the new all-female Bella Visi ensemble and
co-directs VoiceOver with Mr. McCauley.
Treasurer
Mr. Yorgason recently opened his own law
firm, Yorgason Law Offices, PLLC, and
works part-time as a manager at Capital Development, Inc. (2006 to present).
From 2001-2006, Mr. Yorgason worked as
an Associate Attorney for the law practice
of Moore, Smith, Buxton & Turcke. From
1999-2001, he was an Associate Attorney
for Elam & Burke.
Mr. Yorgason has worked several years
as an attorney for municipalities, governmental agencies and public charter
schools. He volunteers many hours weekly
for his church, recently overseeing the
program for young men (ages 12-17), and
currently as a financial clerk.
While a student, he spent two years in
Bangkok, Thailand on a church service
mission from 1989 to 1991. Also while a
student he traveled to Jerusalem and spent
his spring semester of 1995 studying and
traveling Israel.
Mr. Yorgason, a native of Idaho, has spent
most of his life living in the Treasure Valley. Mr. Yorgason has been married for
five years and has a four-year-old son and
a two-year-old daughter.
Board Member
He has worked with the Oregon Department of Justice since 1988, and is a Senior
Assistant Attorney General. Mr. Carlson’s
legal background includes emphases in
contract preparation and review, finance,
administrative law, and litigation.
Mr. Carlson is committed to improving his
community by actively engaging in service
to help youth and adults in need. He has
assisted with marketing in high profile political and service campaigns focused on
children and families’ issues.
Mr. Carlson has served in church administrative, welfare and employment volunteer positions, as well as taught Sunday
School classes to children ages 10-18. He
has coached elementary, middle and high
school-age football, basketball and baseball teams, and is the former Vice President of his local Little League. Mr. Carlson
has also spent countless hours volunteering in school classrooms and serving as
a chaperone for youth musical activities,
festivals and tours.
Mr. Carlson has been married to Janet
Lynn Carlson for 35 years. He has three
grown children and four wonderful
grandchildren.
Board Member
Mrs. Jensen co-founded Treasure Valley YOUTH Theater, Inc as a nonprofit
organization dedicated to empowering
youth through the performing arts. TVYT
produced their first program in October
2013 with 16 kids. Since then, they have
expanded to three programs each season
that involve over 150 kids. Through their
leadership-development and performance
based programs, performers learn skills
including marketing, goal setting, team
work, creative problem solving, set design,
creating props, and costuming. During
her time with TVYT Mrs. Jensen has directed Peter Pan, Seussical, and Annie, and
served as the musical director for School
House Rock!
Mrs. Jensen is currently serving as the
chair-person for the Meridian Arts Commission. She has been instrumental in
establishing city-sponsored theatrical
and musical opportunities for youth and
adults. In her spare time she enjoys playing
the violin with The Hymns of Thanksgiving Orchestra and the Serenata Chamber
Orchestra. Mrs. Jensen lives in Meridian
with her three amazing children and incredibly supportive husband
Beating The Odds
According to Bloomberg, eight
out of ten startups fail in the first 18
months. Some Gallup studies show
that half of startups fail in their first
five years. Regardless of the source,
the outlook for startups doesn't
look good.
But we are still here!
At five years old, we're still a
young organization. We've been
pleased to discover that we knew
more than we thought we did. But
we've also discovered a whole lot of
what we didn't know too!
As we’ve thought about why
we've made it to year five, we've
also thought a lot about what has
made us successful. We don't think
it's been our venues, our music selection, our policies, or our tours.
Sure, these things may contribute,
but we believe it all comes down to
the people.
Community is formed by people who value or love the same
things. Cantus is a community of
people who love excellence and
work together to create a place
where everyone can belong. Because of our board, our directors,
our volunteers, work-study staff,
the parents, youth, and the families
that have all come together, we have
not only survived, but sur-thrived
year over year for the last five years.
It is because of all of YOU that we're
still here, and we look forward to a
bright future together.
Special Thank Yous
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Our Origination
In the beginning, we spent a full
year actively planning and developing this concept, and for the longest
time, we referred to it as “the choir.”
We researched community
choirs across the nation, IRS forms
and filing statuses, organizational
hierarchies, and even interviewed
people (without them knowing it!)
to be on the Board of Directors.
After spending a long time
thinking about what “the choir"
would be called, we finally found a
name that we liked: Cantus.
Cantus is Latin for "chant,"
or "sing." We loved this name,
and having sung a lot of Latin, we
thought nothing of how it might
be pronounced! We've heard a lot
of fun pronunciations of this word:
can-toos, or can-tuss, and Keith’s
personal favorite can't-us.
The best way to remember how
to pronounce this word is to put the
emphasis on the first syllable and
say kahn (like Genghis Khan) toos
(rhymes with noose).
Go ahead, try saying it out loud
... unless of course the lights are
down and the concert's begun.
Our Mission
Cantus Youth Choirs is a community choral program for youth
of Idaho’s Treasure Valley. Cantus
Youth Choirs strives to provide
quality music education with the
goal of attaining the highest level of
artistic excellence in choral music
performance.
The organization endeavors to
enrich the lives of youth from all
cultural, economic, musical, racial,
and religious backgrounds. Cantus
strives to foster the personal and
social growth of its members and to
promote their sense of self-worth,
discipline, and accomplishment.
Singers in Cantus Youth Choirs
work hard and love music. They
can trust their directors to provide
safe, nurturing environments and,
in turn, the directors can expect
the singers to respect the music,
the director and each other. They
come to rehearsal prepared, ready
to learn and eager to have transcendent musical experiences.
Singers in Cantus Youth Choirs
have high expectations of themselves and their directors, both
personally and musically. And, because of this, they achieve success.
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Empowering youth and inspiring future innovators, entrepreneurs, creators,
humanitarians and artists through performance-based theater arts programs.
Join us for our 2015 Season:
“Annie, Jr.” March 7 & 8
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1 First stop after a 5+ hour bus ride. Fresh off the bus and getting ready to perform. 2 Mrs. Paskett directing Give
Us Hope on the steps in the rotunda of the Oregon state capital. 3 Mr. McCauley directing Homeward Bound. 4 Ms.
Pedersen directing It Takes A Whole Village, Spencer Madsen, soloist. 5 VoiceOver performing It's Time, by Imagine Dragons around the Oregon state capital seal.
A Look At Last Season
Season 2013-2014 was our
fourth year and started with our
Winter Concert at Borah High
School. We also introduced our
third contemporary ensemble,
Presto, to the mix. We sang a full
concert with Borah High School's
men’s and women's choirs as our
guest artists.
Immediately after our Winter
Concert, we began an aggressive
rehearsal regimen to prepare for
our Spring Concert and Songs of
Hope tour, which took place after
only about seven hours of rehearsal
time! The youth worked admirably,
learning their music over winter
break.
Our Spring Concert was also
held at Borah High School where
Borah choirs and The College of
Idaho Singers, under the direction
of Dr. Brent Wells, were our guest
performers. We ended the concert
with a combined performance of
Ryan Murphy's Pilgrim Song.
Three weeks later we loaded
up our tour buses and headed off
to Oregon. Our first stop was at
the Oregon State Capitol in Salem
where we performed in the acoustically-stunning rotunda. We performed Homeward Bound, Pilgrim
Song, It's Time, Clocks, Just The
Way You Are/Just A Dream, It Takes
A Village, and opened the legislative proceedings with Chorale
and Concert Choir singing Give
Us Hope. They received a standing
ovation and rave reviews from the
Oregon Legislature.
That afternoon, we gathered for
a dress rehearsal with McNary High
School, Whiteaker Middle School
and Straub Middle School for our
Songs of Hope concert, benefiting
Courtney Atack, Oregon resident,
musician and mother of four with
terminal brain cancer.
Courtney came and all 400+
kids were able to meet Courtney
and hear some of her story. She
was so positive and encouraging.
She told the story of how music
has helped her through these challenges. She underwent surgery on
a portion of her brain, an area that
could seriously impact her ability to
make music. She talked about how
terrified she was. When she woke,
she said, "I woke up and started
searching for my music. I could remember all of it." She unashamedly
acknowledged that it was a miracle.
The concert, later that night,
was an amazing success! Each of
the groups performed with heart
and passion. Courtney sang a couple of original compositions, and
joined the choirs as a featured solo-
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11 and 12 We enjoyed the Blazer's game from the nosebleed section, but they definitely made up for the fact when
they let us shoot free throws and play BUMP on the court after the game.
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6 Mrs. McCauley directing Pilgrim Song at the Songs of Hope concert benefitting Courtney Atack, Oregon resident,
musician, and mother of four with terminal brain cancer. 7 Combined choirs of Cantus on stage with Courtney. 8
Courtney performing original composition, Dreamer. 9 Courtney and husband Jason, receiving audience acknowledgment. 10 Atack family being recognized by audience at end of concert.
ist for Jesus Gomez's arrangement
of Somewhere Over The Rainbow,
a song of particular significance
to Courtney. We ended the show
with a commissioned arrangement
of Martina McBride's Anyway. All
400+ singers, plus mini orchestra
and combo, joined in for this powerful anthem of hope.
The Songs of Hope benefit concert also succeeded in helping the
Atack family. The venue did not
charge us. The concert was completely sold out. Audience members were generous in post-concert
donations. We contacted Courtney's church, her alumni network,
her family, and the community
choir she sings with, and were able
to present her with $5,000 to help
with their many expenses.
The next day, Cantus traveled to
Portland for a Trail Blazers game.
Courtney, Jason and their family
came with us, and during the game,
told Erika and Keith more about
their story and expressed their
gratitude for the generosity shown
to them. .
What to expect in Season V
Every year seems to bring on
something new and exciting! This
year, we are proud to introduce
Bella Visi, our newest (all-female)
contemporary ensemble, directed
by Michelle Pedersen.
Also new to this year, is our twoconcert format. We've determined
that putting together one concert in
each semester is better for the singers. This season, our first semester culminates in tonight's Winter
Concert. Cantus winter break will
begin December 21 and continue
until rehearsals begin again on
Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at Boise
First Community Center.
Tour will be during the last half
of spring break. We're excited to be
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Semester two will end with our
Finale Concert on Friday, April 10,
2015 at the Emmaus Center of the
Cathedral of the Rockies, where
we'll perform our tour music and
additional contemporary favorites.
ETIQUETTE QUIZ
ENJOY CONCERTS FROM
A FOUNDATION OF ETIQUETTE
ANSWERS: 1: B, 2: A, 3: B, 4: C, 5: C
How to enjoy a concert
For the uninitiated, attending a
formal concert can be intimidating.
We rarely have the opportunity to
attend formal gatherings, and we
occasionally feel uncomfortable
at them because we don’t want to
commit the proverbial faux pas and
reveal our uncouthness.
Concert etiquette doesn’t mean
we wear tuxedos and evening
gowns and talk down our noses at
others and poo poo them because
we are so much more cultured than
they. This is far from what concert
etiquette is all about!
Conforming to the rules of concert etiquette allows you and your
neighbors to enjoy the show. It’s as
simple as that...and over the years,
“enjoying” the show has come to
mean that we take care to do nothing that would distract from the
performance. This includes: suppressing all noise, refraining from
eating and drinking, dressing appropriately, and applauding correctly.
Applause is the way that we
show our appreciation to the performers. Applauding at the right
time can get a bit tricky … because
depending on the concert, the appropriate time to applaud can
change.
At a rock concert people often
talk, scream, shout, laugh and even
sing along. This is all appropriate
in this setting. This is usually why
rock concerts are so loud ... the
band is trying to be heard over the
din!
In the formal concert setting,
however, participating in these behaviors is a sure ticket to getting
kicked out! The secret is to sit quietly while the performers perform,
(that IS why you came, right?).
Once they're done, applaud.
In a formal concert, here are
the best times to applaud:
1. When the conductor takes
the stage. It is customary to applaud when the conductor first
comes out onto the stage. This
draws everyone's attention to the
show and recognizes the conductor's efforts at having prepared the
ensemble to perform.
2. After a piece is concluded,
AND the conductor has lowered
their hands. A good rule of thumb:
if the conductor’s hands are up,
yours should probably stay down.
The conductor may want the audience to enjoy a few seconds of
silence before accepting applause.
Sometimes the conductor may
wish to perform a set of songs before accepting applause. This is often done for artistic reasons (and in
some cases, to use less time!)
3. For a soloist. In a formal
concert, applause for a soloist
should be deferred until the end
of the piece. The conductor may or
may not direct the soloist to take a
bow. To ensure that the piece is finished, see 2.
4. After the final piece. Standing ovations, or standing while
clapping, is appreciated if you think
the performance is deserving.
Some audience members think every performance is deserving, and
others feel that they should stand
only if the performance is exceptional. The choice is yours.
Our concerts are about 2 hours
long, and are most enjoyed by children 8 years old or older. Thanks
for coming and enjoy the show!
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