Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir Discography - 06/20/2004
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
- Where can I purchase Tabernacle Choir Recordings?
- I'm planning a visit to Salt Lake City. Will they be in town? When are the Choir's public rehearsals?
- How can I reach the Choir staff?
- How does one join the Choir?
- Where can I find the Choir on the radio or television?
- Is the Choir carried on cable TV?
- Is the Choir carried on sattelite TV?
- Why did you make this web page?
- How can I get a transcript of a "Music and the Spoken Word" program?
- Where can I find more online information about the Choir?
- Where can I find more publications about the Choir?
- How can I get tickets for special Choir concerts?
- Where can I purchase Tabernacle Choir Recordings?
Some internet sources that I've found:
- The Distribution Center of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsgood prices on recent releases
- CDNOW
- GetMusic
- Covenant Records--They own the rights to several older recordings.
- Telarc Records--The choir's current record label.
- Ebay - Online Auction House
- Tower Records
- Music.spree.com
- The Intelligent Tunes Music Network.
- All-Music Guide
- Global Electronic Music Marketplace
- Cheap-CDS
- World Wide Wax
- Music For A Song
- Second Spin
- Spun Music
- I'm planning a visit to Salt Lake City. Will they be in town? When are the Choir's public rehearsals?
If you visit Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah (and the Choir is not on tour), you may attend rehearsals and the Sunday morning broadcast in the Tabernacle:
- Thursday evening rehearsals [8:00 PM - 9:30 PM] MST
- Sunday morning rehearsal + broadcast [8:15 AM - 10:00 AM]
Please don't email me asking if the Choir will be on tour on a particular week. If I know any tour information, I will post it on the top Choir web page under LATE BREAKING NEWS.
- How can I reach the Choir staff?
You can write the Choir at:
- 50 East North Temple St.
- 20th Floor
- Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA
You can call the Choir office directly at: 1-801-240-3221
- How does one join the Choir?
In order for someone to join the choir, one must first make an audition tape and send it to the choir office during the first week of January or the first week of July.
"If we like what we hear, then we call them in for a more in-depth audition and interview," Peterson said. "We see how high and low the voice can go, if they can do vibrato as soon as they sing a note, and we interview them about their commitment to the choir, and their family and work situations."
The minimum age requirement for choir members has been lowered from 30 to 25 years old and members are allowed to remain in the choir for as many as 20 years, or until the age of 60, depending on which comes first.
After qualifying as a member of the choir, a 12-week training session called the Temple Square Chorale follows. Members are also required to take a theory exam before and after the training to test their prior knowledge and to see what they have learned from the session.
- Where can I find the Choir on the radio or television?
For information on local broadcasts of Music and The Spoken Word, call Bonneville Communications at 1-800-247-6655 (or 801-237-2449 in Utah).
- Is the Choir carried on cable TV?
The 30-minute Music and The Spoken Word program is carried by Hallmark Cable Channel (Formerly Odyssey Channel), Sundays, 11:30 am (Eastern and Pacific time):
- Is the Choir carried on sattelite TV?
The new BYUTV channel is carried on Echostar's Dish Network #9403. You must have the DISH500 antenna to receive this channel.
DirecTV is also carrying BYU-TV as of December, 2000. "BYU Television, available on DIRECTV channel 374, will be broadcast from DIRECTV's satellite at the 119-degree West longitude (WL) orbital location and requires an 18-by-24-inch multi-satellite dish and receiver to be received."
The BYU Radio Network broadcasts Music and the Spoken word live at 9:30 AM Sunday, and airs older shows at 3:00 PM, 9:00 PM, and 3:00 AM (Monday)--all times MST. It is carried on Echostar's Dish Network "DISH CD" (audio only) channel 990 (CD31).
- Why did you make this web page?
When I first joined the Columbia Record Club, I chose a Tabernacle Choir album "Greatest Hits, Volume 3" as an introductary selection. As time went on, I added to my collection of Choir albums, which I played on Sundays instead of my usual rock and roll.
Later on, while shopping at a thrift store, I purchased a few Choir albums for fifty cents each. Each time I returned, I found more albums that I'd never seen before. I started to wonder how many albums the Choir had recorded, so I made a web search to find a list of recordings. To my dismay, I did not find much information of any kind about the Tabernacle Choir.
I was interested in starting my own web page, and noticed that most pages had a "theme" to them. When I set up my first web page, I used my own list of Choir recordings as a theme.
In order to complete my list, I started acquiring all the Choir recordings that I could find. I had never been very interested in the Choir's secular recordings in the past, but have now tried to acquire every recording.
This web page is just a hobby for me--I am not paid for my work. But I feel that it is a valuable resource for fans of the Choir.
- How can I get a transcript of a "Music and the Spoken Word" program?
- Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope, with the number of the desired program, to:
- Bonneville Communications
- 179 Social Hall Ave.
- Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
- Where can I find more online information about the Choir?
The OFFICIAL Tabernacle Choir Web Page
Music and The Spoken Word Page
- This site has transcripts of recent "Spoken Word" messages, and also has a page called "MUSIC FOR CLEARANCE", where you can find publishing information about past broadcasts.
KSL Music and The Spoken Word Page
BYU Radio Network (formerly LDS Radio)
Danish Tabernacle Choir Society
Tabernacle Organist Richard Elliott's Web Page
- Where can I find more publications about the Choir?
1974 Deseret News Church Almanac, Salt Lake City: Deseret News. Page 213. [Choir tour information]
Calman, Charles Jeffrey. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
New York: Harper & Row, 1979.
Petersen, Gerald A. More than Music.
Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1979.
Hulet, Renon Klossner. The Tabernacle Choir-- Beyond The "Crossroads Of The West" "Ensign", September, 1989. Pp. 10-15.
Bergman, Ray L., The Children Sang--The Life and Music of Evan Stephens, Salt Lake City: Northwest Publishing Inc., 1992.
- How can I get tickets for special Choir concerts?
The Temple Square Events Ticket Office, located at door 4 of the Conference Center, usually has tickets for special events. (The Conference Center occupies the block immediately North of temple square.)
Temple Square Events Ticket Office
- Conference Center
- 60 West North Temple Street
- Salt Lake City, UT 84150
The phone number is 801-240-0080.
- Office hours: Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
They are developing an internet access, but it is not operational as yet.
- The Distribution Center of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saintsgood prices on recent releases
Thomas, Warren John "Jack". Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Goes To Europe.
Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1957.
Cornwall, J. Spencer. A Century of Singing, The Salt
Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1958.
Swinton, Heidi, SKU: 4718441 ISBN: 159038282X, June, 2004.
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