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New Tabernacle Choir CD 'Heavensong' sings of spiritual bliss
Music is a tangible link between heaven and Earth. With its power to lighten and enlighten the mind and the soul, it can take us to a better place, Mormon Tabernacle Choir director Mack Wilberg says. That's the reasoning behind the choir's newest CD release, called "Heavensong," which contains a...
Alex Boye Wants Jesus to Walk With Him - Part 1
Are you there? Yes, I’m here. The phone begins to ring. Hi Alex, It’s Sista Beehive and Sista Laurel. What’s up, how are you, he says. Wait a minute Sistas, he says in that smooth British accent, just let me turn down the M.J. I got blastin. He’s in the car; no doubt on his way to a meeting or a...
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Boot Camp
Mormon Life says: Anyone else think this would be a really great reality show?
Nearly 400 hopeful singers submitted applications for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the 2009 call for new members. Of those who applied, 78 were accepted. The Choir had not auditioned in two years...
‘Ring Christmas Bells' on Billboard's Hot 100
Cash register bells are ringing with the sound of sales of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s latest holiday CD. The “Ring Christmas Bells” CD is on Billboard’s Hot 100 list as one of the 10 top-selling Christian albums. In addition, the album is No. 4 on the Billboard Classical Crossover chart and...
Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert (written from the perspective of a Choir member)
Mormon Life says: I enjoyed this peek into the world of the Choir during this annual concert.
Perhaps the most important thing that the Tabernacle Choir does is provide music for several of the session of General Conference. After that, our biannual tours rank high as perhaps our most overt...
Natalie Cole and David McCullough speak about the Choir and their time in Salt Lake
Mormon Life says: Among other things Mr. McCullough said: "I would include the Mormon Tabernacle Choir as one of the proudest achievements of our country, an expression of the human spirit for all."
Singer and songwriter Natalie Cole and acclaimed author and historian David McCullough appeared with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in its Sunday morning broadcast of "Music and the Spoken Word" on...
Natalie Cole, David McCullough speak about performing with Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mormon Life says: Most members will have to wait until the DVD or PBS showing of this program next year but hear what the stars have to say about this year's concert.
Thursday night, singer Natalie Cole and author/historian David McCullough had their final dress rehearsal with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square for "The Wondrous Gift...
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Brian Stokes to be featured on US TV programs Dec. 1
Before sunrise, at 5:30 a.m. on Dec. 1, the members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will dress in full concert attire and file into their seats in the loft of the Conference Center in Salt Lake City. With Musical Director Mack Wilberg and Broadway star Brain Stokes Mitchell, they will beam...
Mormon Tabernacle Choir honors Miller at Jazz opener
No, Greg Miller is not ready for his press interview. The Utah Jazz's chief executive officer is busy shooting the breeze with a season ticket-holder, mussing the hair of a little boy in a Utah Jazz jersey and passing out fan hats to teenagers with blue hair and painted faces. "I'm having so...
Mormon Tabernacle Choir to sing national anthem at Jazz game
Mormon Life says: This sounds like a good time.
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has a gig. The choir will sing the national anthem Friday night at the Utah Jazz home opener at EnergySolutions Arena. It will be the first time the choir has sung at...
Natalie Cole and David McCullough to Perform in Annual Christmas Concert
Singer, songwriter and performer Natalie Cole and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough will join the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square for their annual Christmas concerts, titled The Wondrous Gift of Christmas. Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy will conduct the...
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert announcement
Mormon Life says: This is going to be good.
Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole and Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough will appear with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and the Orchestra at Temple Square for this year's annual Christmas...
Renowned tenor sings with Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Mr. Bocelli's performance of "The Lord's Prayer" with the choir will be featured in a PBS Christmas special that will air in December, said Scott Barrick, choir general manager. David Foster, a Canadian composer, arranger and keyboardist, is producing the television show and an associated...
Walter Cronkite's weekend with Church leaders, Mormon Tabernacle Choir
t might sound trite and silly these days, but Walter Cronkite was a rock for Americans in his day. It would not be overstating things much to say that Americans leaned on him in some ways. He was trusted like no one before him and certainly no one since. He was like the nation's favorite old...
From boy band to Mormon Tabernacle Choir
In the 1990s, performing in the British boy band Awesome, Alex Boyé's backup singers wore silver spandex and moved like more soulful versions of the Backstreet Boys. On YouTube, you can witness Boyé dancing in front of a row of trombones and trumpets, channeling Motown. Fast forward 14 years...
