Convention Preview: Performing Groups - Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, a musical ambassador for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that will perform at the 2005 American Choral Directors Association National Convention under Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, is profiled. The Choir has performed at North America's most prestigious outdoor music festivals, including Interlochen, Chautauqua, Wolf Trap, and Tanglewood. The group's 1959 release of "Battle Hymn of the Republic," recorded with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra, won a Grammy Award. Jessop, who holds a B.M. from Utah State University, an M.A. from Brigham Young University, and a D.M.A. from Stanford University, was appointed music director and conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 1999. Wilberg, who received a B.M. from Brigham Young University and an M.M. and D.M.A. from the University of Southern California, was appointed associate director of the Choir in 1999.