Karen Keating, director

Cantus Singers is a select choral organization which performs music written especially for treble voices. Appearing frequently on campus and in the area, the group sings a variety of the best repertoire available from the Middle Ages to the present.

In the fall of 1999, Cantus Singers cooperated with the Dance Ensemble in aperformance of Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols which was also presented at the convention of the Virginia Music Educators Association. Other performances of Cantus Singers include an appearance at the Southern Convention of the American Choral Directors Association, concerts at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and a European tour.  By special invitation, the ensemble also performed at the Viennese Opera Ball sponsored by the Ambassador of Austria.

Past directors of the group include Grammy-award winner Robert Shafer, ACDA president, David Stutzenberger, and Professor Emeritus James Laster.