Richard elliott organist biography of michael

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Richard Elliott is Principal Organist at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, UT, where he participates in the daily recital series on the 206-rank Æolian-Skinner organ and accompanies the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on the choir’s weekly radio and TV broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word.” As accompanist for the Tabernacle Choir he has performed in many of the world’s great concert halls and has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including the NBC “Today Show,” “CBS This Morning,” and “A Prairie Home Companion.” Dr.

Elliott appears on dozens of recordings and videos with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He is also featured as an organ soloist on recordings on the Klavier, Pro Organo, Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and Bonneville Classics labels.

Prior to his appointment as a tabernacle organist in 1991, Dr.

Elliott was an assistant professor of organ at