THE GATHERING

Kathryn Latour has been making music all her life.  Born into a large family of singers, Kathryn performed regularly with her family in church. She served as Ward Primary Pianist at age 10, Sunday School Organist at age 12, and Sacrament Meeting Organist at age 14.  At BYU Kathryn joined the University Choir under Donald Staheli before transferring to the University of Utah where she graduated cum laude in English.

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Kathryn graduated Stanford Law School with a focus on Human Rights.  While at Stanford Kathryn sang with the Valparaiso Singers,which toured locally, to Carnegie Hall twice, and to Russia. Her husband, Wouter’s career took the family to Europe for 13 years where Kathryn was a delegate at the Human Rights Conference at The Hague Peace Palace. 

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Returning with family to California in 2005, Kathryn rejoined the Valparaiso Singers as a soprano then as Conductor and played for the Redwood Ringers Bell Choir.  While teaching International Law at Menlo College she formed and conducted the Menlo College Chorale, a 40-voice student group, and started the children’s choir, Sing with the Heart.

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Kathryn moved to Portland in 2021 and began composing choral works.  She currently sings alto for Portland Choir & Orchestra.

Kristi Crusan studied Vocal Performance and Music Dance Theatre at BYU and traveled with University Singers and Young Ambassadors. She studied with Meyer Friedman at the International School of Voice and presented vocal techniques at the International Symposium of Audiology. She taught private voice lessons at BYU before opening her own vocal studio. Her talents have taken her to Opryland USA in Nashville, Russia, and South Korea. She has performed with such artists as Michael McLean, Janice Kapp Perry, Donny Osmond and Michael Ballam. She has also recently starred in Gypsy and Into the Woods in Vancouver. Kristi currently resides in Ridgefield, WA with her husband Ben and the youngest three of her five children.