Tabernacle Choir Explained

The Tabernacle Choir
at Temple Square
Origin:Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Genre:Worship, classical, religious, gospel
Affiliation:The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Associated Groups:Orchestra at Temple Square, Temple Square Chorale, Bells at Temple Square
Members:360
Music Director:Mack Wilberg[1] [2]
Awards:National Medal of Arts
American Classical Music Hall of Fame
NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame
1x Grammy Award
2x Peabody Awards
3x Emmy Awards

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, formerly known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, is an American choir, acting as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It has performed in the Salt Lake Tabernacle for over 100 years.[3] The Tabernacle houses an organ, consisting of 11,623 pipes,[4] which usually accompanies the choir.

The choir was founded on August 22, 1847, twenty-nine days after the Mormon pioneers entered the Salt Lake Valley. Prospective singers must be church members who are eligible for a temple recommend, between 25 and 55 years of age at the start of choir service, and live within 100miles of Temple Square.

The choir is one of the most famous in the world.[5] [6] It first performed for a U.S. president in 1911, and has performed at the inaugurations of presidents Lyndon B. Johnson (1965), Richard Nixon (1969), Ronald Reagan (1981), George H. W. Bush (1989), George W. Bush (2001), and Donald Trump (2017).[7] The choir's weekly devotional program, Music & the Spoken Word, is one of the longest-running radio programs in the world, and has aired every week since July 15, 1929.[8]

History

The Tabernacle was completed in October 1867 and the choir held its first concert there on July 4, 1873.[9]

The choir started out fairly small and rather undisciplined. On April 6, 1869, George Careless was appointed as the choir's conductor and the Tabernacle Choir began to improve musically. Under Careless, the first large choir was assembled by adding smaller choral groups to the main Salt Lake Choir. This larger choir, just over 300, sang at the church's October 6–8, 1873 general conference. It was at this point that the choir began to match the size of the spacious Tabernacle. On September 1, 1910, the choir sang the song "Let the Mountains shout for Joy"[10] as their first ever recording. Three hundred of the 600 members showed up for the recording.

Since July 15, 1929, the choir has performed a weekly radio broadcast, Music & the Spoken Word, which is one of the longer-running continuous radio network broadcasts in the world.[11]

Later directors brought more solid vocal training and worked to raise the standards of the choir. The choir also began improving as an ensemble and increased its repertoire from around one hundred songs to nearly a thousand. On July 15, 1929, the choir performed its first radio broadcast of Music & the Spoken Word. By 1950, the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square performed numerous concerts each year and had released its first long-playing recording. During the 1950s, the choir made its first tour of Europe and earned a Grammy Award for its recording of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic."

At the end of the choir's 4,165th live broadcast on July 12, 2009, the show's host, Lloyd D. Newell, announced another milestone that the show had hit: the completion of its 80th year in existence. The show has been televised since the early 1960s and is now broadcast worldwide through approximately 1,500 radio and television stations.

On October 5, 2018, the choir retired the name "The Mormon Tabernacle Choir" and adopted the name "The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square" in order to align with the direction of LDS Church leadership regarding the use of terms "Mormon" and "LDS" in referencing church members. The new name retains the reference to the historic Salt Lake Tabernacle, which has been the choir's home for over 150 years, and its location on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.[12]

Several award-winning popular artists have reflected on the beauty of the choir's music publicly, including Bryn Terfel,[13] Gladys Knight (of Gladys Knight & the Pips),[14] Sting (of The Police),[15] [16] James Taylor,[17] Ric Ocasek (of The Cars),[18] and The Osmonds.[19]

Milestones

Since its establishment, the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square has performed and recorded extensively, both in the United States (where U.S. President Ronald Reagan called it "America's Choir"[20]) and around the world. The following are some of its key points:

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square has performed for ten presidents of the United States beginning with William Howard Taft.[9] The choir has also performed at the inaugurations of United States presidents Lyndon B. Johnson (1965), Richard M. Nixon (1969), Ronald Reagan (1981), George H. W. Bush (1989), George W. Bush (2001), and Donald Trump (2017).[23]

Other notable events the choir has performed at include the following:

It has also participated in several significant events, including:

Tours

From its first national tour in 1893, under the direction of Evan Stephens, to the Chicago World's Fair, the choir has performed in locations around the world, including:

Multi-year global ministry tour

A "heritage tour," which would have taken the Choir to various European venues, had been planned for 2021, but was postponed to 2022,[38] before subsequently being canceled.[39] In 2023, the choir announced it would embark on a multi-year, multi-stop global ministry tour. The first stop took the choir to Mexico City, Mexico for six days, where they performed multiple concerts, engaged in service projects, and recorded a music video.[40] In late 2023, the choir announced that the next stop in their tour would be the Philippines in 2024.[41]

Christmas concerts

The choir performs an annual Christmas concert in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City during the month of December. Typically, the concert consists of three performances: a Thursday dress rehearsal, followed by Friday and Saturday concerts. The combined audience for each concert series is approximately 63,000. Tickets to the concert are free, and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.[42] A live album (CD/DVD) is typically released, along with the concert being aired on PBS and BYUtv, during December of the following year. The concert traditionally concludes with a performance of "Angels, from the Realms of Glory".

Guest artists participate and sing with the choir most years. A guest narrator is also invited most years to read the Christmas story from the Book of Luke. Past guest artists have included:

Pioneer Day concerts

The choir holds a yearly summer concert in mid-late July as part of Utah's Pioneer Day celebrations. Unlike the Christmas concerts, there are only two shows: one on Friday and the other on the following Saturday. The tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. A guest artist is typically invited every year. Past guest artists have included:

Leadership

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square has about fifteen staff members including a president, directors, organists, a Music and the Spoken Word announcer, and two business-related staff members.

Music directors

See main article: List of Tabernacle Choir music directors. Mack Wilberg is the current director, with associate director Ryan Murphy.

Organists

See main article: Salt Lake Tabernacle organ.

Richard Elliott, Andrew Unsworth, Linda Margetts, Brian Mathias, and Joseph Peeples are the current organists.

Music and the Spoken Word announcers

Since its inception in 1929, the "spoken word" segment of the program has been voiced by four separate individuals. The original writer, producer, and announcer of the spoken portion of the broadcast was Edward (Ted) Kimball, who would stand at the top of a tall ladder and announce the name of each performance piece into the microphone suspended from the Tabernacle ceiling. Kimball remained at the post for only 11 months, when he was replaced by Richard L. Evans, who continued in that capacity until his death in 1971. J. Spencer Kinard took over as announcer in 1972 until he stepped down in 1990. Lloyd D. Newell served as the announcer until mid-June 2024, and he was succeeded by Derrick Porter..

Awards and inductions

The choir has a number of awards, including the National Medal of Arts (2003),[70] a Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus (1960), and four Emmy Awards (1987, 2013, 2014).[9] [71] [72] The choir is also an inductee to the American Classical Music Hall of Fame (2015) and the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame (2004).[73] The 320-person choir is the largest act to chart on the Billboard Hot 100—their version of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" reached No. 13 in 1959.[74]

Other awards

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1988

2003

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2006

2010

Recordings

See main article: Tabernacle Choir Christmas discography.

Since its first recording in 1910, the choir has earned five gold albums (two in 1963: The Lord's Prayer and Handel's Messiah; one in 1979: The Joy of Christmas; and two in 1985: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Sings Christmas Carols and Joy to the World) and two platinum albums (in 1991, Hallmark Christmas: Carols of Christmas and in 1992, Hallmark Christmas: Celebrate Christmas!). The choir has made over 200 recordings and continues to produce albums.[80] For some live performances and albums, the choir has collaborated with large orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and the Orchestra at Temple Square. The choir's own record label was formed in 2003.

Chart-topping albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US Classical[81] US Classical Crossover[82] US Traditional Classical[83] US Christian[84]
America's Choir: Favorite Songs, Hymns, & Anthems[85] 5 1[87] 42
Choose Something Like a Star[88]
  • Released: 2005[89]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
7 1[90]
Spirit of the Season[91]
  • Released: 2007[92]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
5 1[93] 11
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing: American Folk Hymns & Spirituals[94]
  • Released: 2009[95]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
1[96] 1[97] 8
Heavensong: Music of Contemplation and Light[98]
  • Released: 2010[99]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
2 1[100] 15
Men of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir[101]
  • Released: 2010[102]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
1[103] 1[104] 9
[105]
  • Released: 2010[106]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
1[107] 6
This Is the Christ[108]
  • Released: 2011[109]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
2 1[110] 1[111]
GLORY! Music of Rejoicing[112]
  • Released: 2012[113]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
5 1[114] 11
He Is Risen (EP)[115]
  • Released: 2014[116]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
1[117] 1[118] 19
George Frideric Handel: Messiah
  • Released: 2016
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
3 1[119] 34
Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Friends
  • Released: 2017[120]
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
2 1[121] 21
Let Us All Press On: Hymns of Praise and Inspiration
  • Released: 2019
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
3 1[122] 40
When You Believe: A Night at the Movies (EP)
  • Released: 2020
  • Label: Intellectual Reserve
  • Format: Digital download, CD
11 1[123]

Filmography

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  3. Web site: Carma Wadley . Mormon Tabernacle Choir celebrates 100 years of memorable recordings . . 2010-06-13 . 2014-03-16.
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  5. Web site: Montero . David . One of the most famous singing groups in the world is changing its name. So long, Mormon Tabernacle Choir . Los Angeles Times . 27 September 2019 . 5 October 2018.
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  7. News: Zauzmer . Julie . The Mormon Tabernacle Choir will sing at Trump's inauguration . Washington Post . 22 December 2016 . 27 September 2019 . en.
  8. Web site: Eyre . Aubrey . A look at the 90 year impact of 'Music and the Spoken Word' — the longest running continuous radio program . Church News . 27 September 2019 . 14 July 2019.
  9. Web site: FAQs . thetabernaclechoir.org . The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints . 24 July 2019.
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  14. Web site: A conversation with Mormon convert and 7-time Grammy Award-winner Gladys Knight. 12 September 2014. DeseretNews.com. 10 October 2014.
  15. Web site: Sting Praises the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/IIpb9KVjSfE. 2021-12-11 . live. Mormon Tabernacle Choir. 1 December 2014. 13 September 2016. YouTube.
  16. Web site: Scott Pierce: PBS special salutes choir. Scott D. Pierce. 25 September 2004. DeseretNews.com. 10 October 2014.
  17. Web site: James Taylor: Singing with Mormon Tabernacle Choir 'worth the wait'. 6 September 2013. DeseretNews.com. 10 October 2014.
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  51. Web site: Sesame Street Muppets, Santino Fontana to join Mormon Tabernacle Choir for Christmas concert. R. Scott Lloyd. 16 October 2014. DeseretNews.com. 21 October 2014.
  52. Web site: Announcing the 2015 Christmas Concert Guest Artists. mormontabernaclechoir.org. 13 September 2016.
  53. Web site: Introducing This Year's Christmas Concert Guest Artist: Rolando Villazón . Mormontabernaclechoir.org . 2016-10-14 . 2017-05-03.
  54. News: Sutton Foster, Hugh Bonneville announced as Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert guests. Harris. Sarah. 2017-10-12. Deseret News. 2017-10-12. en.
  55. Web site: Kristin Chenoweth dazzles in Christmas concert with Tabernacle Choir.
  56. Web site: Kelli O'Hara and Richard Thomas will perform with Tabernacle Choir for Christmas shows.
  57. Web site: 2020 Christmas with the Tabernacle Choir.
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  87. Traditional Classical Albums Chart. Billboard.
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  89. Web site: Choose Something Like a Star by Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Apple Music. apple.com. 13 September 2016.
  90. Traditional Classical Albums Chart. Billboard.
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  93. Traditional Classical Albums Chart. Billboard.
  94. Web site: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing: American Folk Hymns & Spirituals – Mormon Tabernacle Choir – Awards – AllMusic. AllMusic. 10 October 2014.
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  97. Classical Crossover Albums Chart. Billboard.
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  99. Web site: Heavensong: Music of Contemplation and Light by Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra At Temple Square & Mack Wilberg on Apple Music. apple.com. 13 September 2016.
  100. Classical Crossover Albums Chart. Billboard.
  101. Web site: Men of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir – Mormon Tabernacle Choir – Awards – AllMusic. AllMusic. 10 October 2014.
  102. Web site: Men of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir by Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra At Temple Square & Mack Wilberg on Apple Music. apple.com. 13 September 2016.
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  104. Traditional Classical Albums Chart. Billboard.
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  106. Web site: 100: Celebrating A Century of Recording Excellence by Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Apple Music. apple.com. 15 June 2010 . 13 September 2016.
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  111. Top Christian Albums Chart. Billboard.
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  115. Web site: He Is Risen – Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra at Temple Square – Awards – AllMusic. AllMusic. 10 October 2014.
  116. Web site: He Is Risen – EP by Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Apple Music. apple.com. 13 September 2016.
  117. Classical Albums Chart. Billboard.
  118. Traditional Classical Albums Chart. Billboard.
  119. Traditional Classical Albums Chart. Billboard.
  120. Web site: Mormon Tabernacle Choir & Friends by Mormon Tabernacle Choir on Apple Music. apple.com. 24 September 2017.
  121. Classical Crossover Albums Chart. Billboard.
  122. Traditional Classical Albums Chart. Billboard.
  123. Classical Crossover Albums Chart. Billboard.
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