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2 unusual facts about Mormon Tabernacle Choir


Don Busath

He also did the photography that is shown on many Mormon Tabernacle Choir CDs.

Nauvoo University

His wife, Vivien Robison, who had been a part-time faculty member at BYU and sang in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, was also on the faculty.


Candlelight Carol

The carol has since been recorded by many artists, including Neil Diamond (on his 1994 album The Christmas Album, Volume 2), Joseph McManners (on his 2005 album In Dreams), Aled Jones (including a version in Welsh), and several important choirs including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

Frank Ashdown

His compositions have been featured on American Public Radio's “Pipedreams,” National Public Radio's “All Things Considered,” and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's CBS broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word.” Leonard Raver and Stephen Burns recorded his “Requiem for the 'Challenger'” for trumpet and organ on the Classic Masters label, and James Welch has included some of his solo organ music in his series of CD recordings for various labels.

Glad Christmas Tidings

Glad Christmas Tidings was recorded during the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 2011 Christmas shows in the LDS Conference Center with special guests David Archuleta and Michael York.

Merrill Jenson

With Sissel and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir commemorating the centennial of Norwegian independence.

Robert M. Cundick

This included accompanying the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and playing organ solos on the weekly broadcast, Music and the Spoken Word.

Sky View High School

Craig Jessop (1968), director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 1999-2008 and current Dean of the Caine School of the Arts at Utah State University.

The Wonder of Christmas

The Wonder of Christmas was recorded during the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's 2001-2005 Christmas shows in the LDS Conference Center with special guests Angela Lansbury, Bryn Terfel, Audra McDonald, Frederica von Stade, Renée Fleming, and Walter Cronkite.


see also

Mack Wilberg

In addition to the many compositions he has written for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, his works have been performed by such artists as Renée Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, the King’s Singers, Audra McDonald, David Archuleta, Natalie Cole, Brian Stokes Mitchell and narrators Walter Cronkite and Claire Bloom.

Nathan Hofheins

Hofheins also arranged the version of Evan Stephens' Utah We Love Thee performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the rededication of the Utah State Capitol.

Ottley

Jerold Ottley, American music teacher, former director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Ryan Murphy

Ryan T. Murphy (born 1971), Mormon Tabernacle Choir Associate Director

Trent Walker

Since 2005, Walker has been the senior audio engineer on the Bonneville Communications show Music and the Spoken Word, which features the Mormon Tabernacle Choir at the Conference Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Wilberg

Mack Wilberg (born 1955), composer, arranger, conductor, music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir