Holiday Album Rejoice and Be Merry! Now Available
Following the success of their #1 Billboard and Grammy-nominated album Spirit of the
Season, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir is proud to announce Rejoice and Be Merry!, the
next musical masterpiece in a series of highly acclaimed and commercially successful holiday
albums. Rejoice and Be Merry! featuring special guests The King's Singers, is presented
with the originality and sophistication that have made these albums a holiday treasure for
families everywhere.
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Choir Release is Music for Every Kind of Missionary!
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to purchase from Deseret Book.
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Behind the Scenes
If you watch KBYU TV in Utah or BYU Television (carried on all Dish Network and Direct TV
satellite
services), you may have seen something that has the look and the feel of an MTV music video but
featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square. Your eyes aren’t
deceiving you. The music video is a joint venture between BYU Broadcasting and the Choir.
“When we heard Mack Wilberg’s arrangement of ‘Called to Serve’ we thought there was a way to
give it a wider audience that would benefit both the Choir and BYU Broadcasting,” said Jim Bell,
Senior Producer at BYU-TV. The idea for the music video was born.
Like most projects with the Choir and Orchestra, several things were actually done at once
to get the footage needed for the video. One Sunday in January following Music and the Spoken
Word,
the men of the Choir and all of the Orchestra spent 45 minutes doing a number of takes of the
song.
The men were spread out evenly through the Tabernacle for the best visual effect. A number of
separate cameras were filming at the same time. The footage was used not only for the BYU music
video but also for a video appearance of the Choir at the May 2008 Women’s Confer-ence at BYU as
well as a promotional piece used at Deseret Book’s Time Out for Women series throughout the
spring
and fall.
Matt Eastin, a film maker who works on projects with BYU Broadcasting, took the Tabernacle footage
and added other footage of real missionaries around the world. He spent a day shooting the
activities
of a companionship of elders and another one of sisters in the Utah Provo mission as they worked
with
contacts and investigators. The result is a highly moving, slightly different slice on missionary
work
and this fervent song which has inspired missionaries of all types. The video can be viewed
online by
clicking on the image below. You can also access a high definition version on the BYU broadcasting
website by clicking here.
If you like the video, you’ll be sure to want to get the CD. It’s music for every kind of
missionary.
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Mack Wilberg Requiem Released
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square are excited to announce the release of
their latest album: Mack Wilberg Requiem and Other Choral Works.
Beyond his distinction as Associate Conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Mack Wilberg has
carved out a career both as one of the most successful choral arrangers in the world today and as
a composer of powerfully engaging original works.
This latest composition brings a fresh and contemporary approach to the time-honored tradition of
the Requiem. Featuring world-renowned soloists Bryn Terfel and Frederica Von Stade, it is a
fitting introduction to a moving new piece that is sure to grow in stature in the coming years.
The recording also includes several additional Wilberg original compositions.
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Historical Roster:
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comprehensive list of all who have served in the
Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple
Square.
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