World-renowned winner of multiple Emmy® and Grammy® Awards, The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square will perform in Scotland on 14 July, for the first time since 1955.
Audiences at the 2,200-seat Usher Hall will enjoy a performance by The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, known for its one-of-a-kind signature sound created by 320 volunteer voices.
Sixty-five members of the Orchestra at Temple Square, the Choir’s companion all-volunteer symphony orchestra, will accompany the Choir.
The Orchestra recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Distinguished choral composer and arranger, Dr Mack Wilberg, will conduct along with assistant director Dr Ryan Murphy. The Choir’s repertoire will range from Handel, Gounod, and Rossini to American folk hymns and spirituals. The concert will be just under two hours in length.
Tickets for the performance can be purchased via the Usher Hall webpage at www.usherhall.co.uk. Tickets can also be purchased at the Usher Hall ticket office or over the phone at 0131 228 1155. Tickets are available for those over the age of 8.
The Tabernacle Choir’s “2020 Heritage Tour” will take the Choir and Orchestra to six other cities. In addition to cities in four Nordic countries—Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Oslo—they will perform in Cardiff and Newport, South Wales. Information about the full tour including the Edinburgh concert can be found at thetabernaclechoir.org/tour.
Choir president Ron Jarrett said the name of the tour is a nod to the history of the Choir, many of whose first members were early converts to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with musical talents from Europe.
“We stand on the shoulders of these musical pioneers who created a legacy that has influenced the entire world for good”, he added. “What an honour it will be to share the joy and peace the music of the Choir and Orchestra bring in some of the very places where it all began.”
United by their faith and shared love of music, the Choir and the Orchestra support the work of the Church. For most of its history the Choir was known as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; in 2018 its name was changed to The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square to more fully align with the work of its sponsoring organisation.