List of Tabernacle Choir organists explained

This list of Tabernacle Choir organists includes those organists who have accompanied the Tabernacle Choir in its performances and who are responsible for the four organs on Temple Square. They also perform daily 30 minute recitals on the Tabernacle Organ. They also provide the organ performances at general conference at the Conference Center just across the street from the Tabernacle, including those parts of general conference with other choirs besides the Tabernacle Choir.[1] The choir currently has a staff of five professional organists:

Prior organists include:
Joseph J. Daynes (1867–1900)
Katherine Romney Stewart (1900, as assistant organist [6])
John J. McClellan (1900–1925)
Edward P. Kimball (1905–1937)
Walter J. Poulton (1907–1908)
Tracy Y. Cannon (1909–1930)
Moroni B. Gillespie (1911)
Alexander Schreiner (1924–1977)
Frank W. Asper (1922–1969)
Wade N. Stephens (1933–1944)
Roy M. Darley (1947–1984)
Robert M. Cundick (1965–1991)
John Longhurst (1977–2007)
Bonnie Goodliffe (1979–2019)
Clay Christiansen (organist) (1982–2018)

Notes and References

  1. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/andrew-unsworth-fulfilling-an-organists-dream-job?lang=eng LDS Church newsroom press release that speaks on the duties of the tabernacle organist
  2. Web site: Richard Elliott Bio . 2009-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005203651/http://mormontabernaclechoir.org/info/person?person_id=17 . 2011-10-05 . dead .
  3. http://mormontabernaclechoir.org/info/person?person_id=26 Andrew Unsworth Bio
  4. http://mormontabernaclechoir.org/info/person?person_id=19 Linda Margetts Bio
  5. https://www.thetabernaclechoir.org/articles/new-temple-square-organist-appointed.html Article on Joseph Peeples appointment
  6. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2008/01/news-of-the-church/tabernacle-organist-leaves-resonating-legacy?lang=eng LDS Ensign article on history of organists