Friday, April 13, 2007

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: - Riverbend presents ABBA to opera (The Cincinnati Enquirer)


Riverbend presents ABBA to opera (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Here's the lineup of the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops summer season at Riverbend.

Saturday, April 14 (Billings Outpost)
Village Golden K Kiwanis holds an all-can-you-eat sourdough pancake breakfast. 8-11 a.m., Masonic Center, 1101 Broadwater Ave. $5, $3.

Skyview grad to play on Kennedy Center stage (Billings Outpost)
Billings Skyview High School graduate Pablo Masis gets the rare chance this week to step on stage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. He will perform on trumpet as part of the national jazz residency program for emerging artists.

Collins highlights lineup (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
Bootsy Collins, Cincinnati's own funk icon, will make his Cincinnati Pops debut this summer at Riverbend Music Center.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: - Cabela's Getting As Many Visits As Temple Square


Cabela's Getting As Many Visits As Temple Square
KUTV - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir performs at the Mormon Tabernacle. Since the completion of the 22,000-seat Conference Center, the choir usually performs there. Sen. McCain 'Heckled' By CNN Reporter In Iraq? Iraq, President Bush, Senator John McCain, CNN ...

Does Olivia Newton-John ever get grumpy?
Spokane Spokesman-Review - For the benefit of those historically-challenged youngsters, Moog was the inventor of the electronic keyboard synthesizer that enables total idiots to confound the neighbors by creating an electronic likeness of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in full ...

D.C. Church Services, Sermons Still Broadcast After Almost 80 Years (NBC4 Washington, D.C.)
The Church of God on Georgia Avenue in Washington has had radio sermons and church services on the air since 1929.

Beus to play Mozart with symphony
Salt Lake Tribune - Dedicatory concerts with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square kick off the Salt Lake Tabernacle Gala Concert Series Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Tabernacle, 50 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets to the free ...

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: - Utah Symphony will go for Baroque on Friday


Utah Symphony will go for Baroque on Friday
Salt Lake Tribune - Each choir will give a 20-minute mini-performance, followed by the grand finale led by special guest conductor Craig Jessop of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Proceeds benefit the Morgan Community Choir. The show is Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the

Carnegie Gives High School Choir a 'Standing O'
NPR News - Four years ago, Carnegie Hall asked Craig Jessop, conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, to create a choral festival that singles out the best high-school choirs in the country. "And I said, 'I think it's a terrific idea, I think it's a great idea

Beus to play Mozart with symphony
Salt Lake Tribune - Dedicatory concerts with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square kick off the Salt Lake Tabernacle Gala Concert Series Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Tabernacle, 50 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets to the free

Mormon Tabernacle reopens after renovations, seismic upgrade
Santa Fe New Mexican - But for the past two years the only sound inside the home of The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has been the pounding of hammers and nails as workers did renovation and seismic upgrade work. Gordon B. Hinckley, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of

Throw the Money Down the Well
Slate - This has been a touchy issue since a group the size of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir trooped up to claim the award for Shakespeare in Love in 1998. The Producers Guild has tried to get a grip on the matter in recent years, creating an elaborate vetting

Saturday, April 07, 2007

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: - Beus to play Mozart with symphony


Beus to play Mozart with symphony
Salt Lake Tribune - Dedicatory concerts with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square kick off the Salt Lake Tabernacle Gala Concert Series Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Tabernacle, 50 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets to the free

Column: Oden would look great in a Pacers uniform
Pharos-Tribune - People want the Indiana roster comprised of members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, but this is 2007, so that s just not realistic. Besides, has any NBA team from any generation, successful or otherwise, been made up of nothing but swell guys who

Van Wert debuts $9.6M venue for performing arts
Toledo Blade - Now a percussionist with the Utah Symphony and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, he said the center not only gives Van Wert students a top-notch place to practice and perform, but it also will expose them to professional musicians. "I think it's going to

Mormon Christmas Traditions
Belief.Net - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir has recorded Christmas carols with top performers around the world. A Mormon Christmas After I converted to Mormonism, would I have to give up beloved wintertime rituals? By Linda Hoffman Kimball Audio: "Sing

Things to do this week and beyond
Salt Lake Tribune - Mormon Tabernacle Choir rehearsals are open to the public at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, as is the "Music and the Spoken Word" featuring the choir at 9:30 a.m. Sundays, in the Conference Center, North Temple and West Temple streets (doors open at 8 a.m. and

Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: - President Hinckley defends church's faith


President Hinckley defends church's faith
Daily Herald - Closed since 2005, the home of the world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir has undergone renovation work and seismic retrofitting to preserve the 140-year-old building and prevent damages in the event of a major earthquake. Saturday's service there was ...

Newly renovated LDS tabernacle draws big crowds - ABC 4

Newly renovated LDS tabernacle draws big crowds
ABC 4, Salt Lake City - Apr 2, 2007
... in and the whole congregation stood up and sang." And this Easter Sunday, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will do its weekly broadcast from the Tabernacle.


Church members urged to be kind (Rexburg Standard Journal)
SALT LAKE CITY Wishing followers safe travels, peace and harmony in their homes, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints closed a two-day biannual conference Sunday by reminding the faithful to treat each other with care.

Mormon Tabernacle reopens after renovations, seismic upgrade (Casper Star-Tribune)
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Mormon Tabernacle is famous for its "you can hear a pin drop" acoustics, which missionaries show off on visitor tours by literally dropping a pin.

Photo gallery of the remodeled Mormon Tabernacle (Deseret Morning News)
A new practice and recording room for members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir located underneath the newly reconstructed LDS Tabernacle on Temple Square.

LDS conference under way
Idaho State Journal - Built between 1863 and 1867, the 10,000-seat Tabernacle on Temple Square is the home of the Mormon Tabernacle choir and is famous for its world-class acoustics. It was conceived by then-president Brigham Young and built next to the Salt Lake Temple ...

Monday, April 02, 2007

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: - Orchestra brings Russia to Tacoma


Orchestra brings Russia to Tacoma
Tacoma News Tribune - So to hear the Moscow Chamber Orchestra play Prokofiev and Shostakovich is akin to hearing the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sing hymns. There s a peculiar intensity to the sound an orchestra makes when playing its national music, a kind of assured depth

Beus to play Mozart with symphony
Salt Lake Tribune - Dedicatory concerts with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square kick off the Salt Lake Tabernacle Gala Concert Series Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Tabernacle, 50 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City. Tickets to the free

Mormons celebrate renovation of historic Tabernacle
star.com.my - Built between 1863 and 1867, the 10,000-seat Tabernacle on Temple Square is the home of the Mormon Tabernacle choir and is famous for its world-class acoustics. It was conceived by then-president Brigham Young and built next to the Salt Lake Temple

Roger Corman, Oscar Winner?
Slate - This has been a touchy issue since a group the size of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir trooped up to claim the award for Shakespeare in Love in 1998. The Producers Guild has tried to get a grip on the matter in recent years, creating an elaborate vetting

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: - Column: Oden would look great in a Pacers uniform


Column: Oden would look great in a Pacers uniform
Tribune-Star - People want the Indiana roster comprised of members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, but this is 2007, so that s just not realistic. Besides, has any NBA team from any generation, successful or otherwise, been made up of nothing but swell guys who

The Spokane Enquirer?
Spokane Spokesman-Review - Question: How is it possible that a world-class, world-renowned institution such as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir rates not one word of review in your publication after a stunning performance here in our "refined" city? How can Spokane hope to be taken

Free concerts will mark renovated Tabernacle's reopening
Salt Lake Tribune - The Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square will soon reopen after 2 1/2 years of renovations, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir celebrates its homecoming with free concerts in the downtown landmark. All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. * April 6 and 7, the

Remixing, reloading and crossing over
Philadelphia Daily News - Even on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's recent entry into the glitter zone with Showtime!: Music of Broadway and Hollywood , the singers aren't trying to tell the world that they "got rhythm." But what, oh what, are we going to do with Sting? The

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: - Sting rocked classical charts in 2006


Sting rocked classical charts in 2006
Domican Today - Ancora," "The Christmas Collection" and its self-titled debut album. Rounding out the top five was vocalist Josh Groban's "Awake." Bocelli led the Top Classical Crossover Artists recap, followed by Il Divo, Groban, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and

LDS General Conference Concludes
KPVI Newschannel 6 - The Mormon Tabernacle Choir made a musical statement of joy to simply be back home. About the Tabernacle itself, President Hinckley said, "This is a peculiar building, the only one of its kind in all the world." In the closing session, as he often

Remixing, reloading and crossing over
Philadelphia Daily News - Even on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir's recent entry into the glitter zone with Showtime!: Music of Broadway and Hollywood , the singers aren't trying to tell the world that they "got rhythm." But what, oh what, are we going to do with Sting? The

Special options are available to registered members.
Twin Falls Times-News - SALT LAKE CITY - Twice or more a week, Orem, Utah, resident Gaye Beeson fights traffic as she makes here way here for rehearsal with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She parks her car, walks to the Tabernacle basement, gathers her music, clothing and