Cantus will appear for the first time in Houston on Tuesday, February 12.  Founded ten years ago by alumni of Minnesota’s St. Olaf College Choir, this group has a unique sound, grounded in a rich northern European and Midwest American Lutheran choral tradition. The style contrasts with that of the King’s Singers or Chanticleer and is important to be heard.  After a concert last year in Temple, Texas, the head of the chamber music society wrote us the following e mail:  “Cantus is art.  Their purity of tone, blending of timbre and mastery in expression through all the various technics of vocal artistry produced a masterpiece in each song.”  Cantus also has a unique approach to repertoire, presenting works that range from Tallis to contemporary works written for them, and including Indian ragas and Motown.