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No. All 360 members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and all 110 members of the Orchestra at Temple Square are unpaid volunteers who practice and perform weekly. Choir members rehearse and perform about five hours in an average week — Thursday nights for two hours and Sunday mornings for more than three hours.
- Did the musician Sting ever sing with the Choir? During the opening ceremony at the 2002 Winter Olympics, the Choir joined 16-time Grammy Award winner Sting, who was the lead singer and bassist of The Police prior to embarking on a career as a solo musician, along with Yo-Yo Ma for a performance of the song “Fragile” in Rice-Eccles Stadium on February 8, 2002.
- Why is the Choir called “America’s Choir?” It was President Reagan who first referred to the Choir as “America’s Choir.” He would go on to say, “At my first inauguration as president of the United States, I wanted very much to reignite the fires of liberty and re-inspire the American spirit.
- Were nails used in building the Salt Lake Tabernacle? Contrary to popular belief, nails were used to build the Salt Lake Tabernacle, which is the home of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
- Why is 60 the age limit for Choir members? It all started in 1974, when Jerold Ottley was asked to be the director of the Choir. At the time, the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Spencer W. Kimball, counseled him to “take a close look at everything that the organization stands for—all of its traditions, all of its habits, all of its dreams and hopes for the future, and try to massage them so they will fit the world in which we are now living.”
No. All 360 members of The Tabernacle Choir and all 110 members of the Orchestra at Temple Square are unpaid volunteers who practice and perform weekly. Choir members rehearse and perform about five hours in an average week—Thursday nights for two hours and Sunday mornings for more than three hours.
The Choir is now called “The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.” From this small beginning, the Choir has become an international musical sensation. In 1929, the Choir began broadcasting Music & the Spoken Word on radio. Now the program—carried on over 2,000 radio and television stations and with over 4,500 episodes—is the world’s ...
Dec 12, 2020 · 63,000 Audience members who got to see the 2019 Christmas With the Tabernacle Choir concert December 18–20, 2019. 50,000 Miles of electric wiring in the LDS Conference Center—if you measure ...
Nov 13, 2017 · What Is The Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, also known as MoTab, is a world-famous, critically acclaimed choir composed of 360 members. Every person in the choir and orchestra is a volunteer, and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The choir has performed all over the world, including the Americas ...
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Ronald Reagan, president of the United States from 1981 to 1989, dubbed the Mormon Tabernacle Choir “America’s Choir” in 1981 when the choir sang at his inauguration. Concert tours over the years have taken the choir to the great concert halls of North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific.
