ROCK's Dolce choir director, Erin Cade Small grew up in Bozeman and graduated from Montana State University (MSU) in 2007 with a degree in Music Education.  A soprano, Erin performed in the MSU Chorale from 2003-2007.  In 2006, she was the assistant director/conductor of the University Chorus as well as the assistant director and member of a girls octet.

While in Bozeman, Erin was the student director and assistant for the St. James Episcopal Church choir and was a soprano soloist in a performance of Handel's Messiah at the First Presbyterian Church.  She was a finalist in the Concerto and Aria competition at MSU in 2006.  She played the role of the First Spirit in Intermountain Opera Company's production of Mozart's The Magic Flute, also in 2006.

Erin did her student teaching in Billings at Meadowlark and Boulder Elementary Schools and at West High with John Haughey.  She currently teaches at Riverside Middle School and Newman and Burlington Elementary Schools.  She is a member of the High Plains Chamber Singers under the direction of Dr. Steven Hart.