TCATS #273 - State of Things

There are times during the year when The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square has A LOT going on. And this is one of them. This past Friday and Saturday evening, the Temple Square Chorale (comprised of 1st year/new choir members, along with the 2nd year members) and Orchestra had their concert in which Ryan Murphy directed, and the choir sang, “Te Deum in C,” followed by Leonard Bernstein’s 1965 choral composition Chichester Psalms. I was not able to attend, but Mack Wilberg gave it very high praise this morning at rehearsal--saying it was one of the best concerts he's been to. Well done, 1st and 2nd years!

This week is continued preparation for General Conference, which we'll be a part of this coming Saturday and Sunday (about 21 songs, 7 memorized). Following conference, we have about two weeks to get ready for this year's Easter Concert (10 songs, all memorized). Then after THAT, we have the Tanner Gift of Music concert on May 10th (unsure on how many we're singing). After that, we actually slide into "normal" schedule in which we just prep for Music and the Spoken Word each Sunday--for about six weeks. And then we work on preparing for the Pioneer Day Concert in July.

Today's broadcast went really well for me personally. An unexpected blessing came out of nowhere, and, I got to sing "It is Well With My Soul", too. I've blogged about that song numerous times, so I won't rehash all of that. Needless to say, I love everything about that song and it touches me on many different levels. Makes me grateful, happy, and excited for when Christ will come again and all we need to do still to prepare for that.

Until next time, God be with you.

Singing "It is Well With My Soul" today