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Article: Tabernacle Choir invites 'star' guests
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- December 18, 2004
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Although it is a world-renowned ensemble, the Mormon Tabernacle
Choir should not be content to rest on its laurels, according to
director Craig Jessop.
"We don't want to be put in a box," Jessop said. "We need to reach
out and expand our horizons."
And one of the ways to do that is to bring in a wide array of
respected guest artists -- such as Peter Graves and Audra McDonald
this year -- for the choir's annual holiday concerts with the
Orchestra at Temple Square.
During a news conference Friday in the LDS Conference Center to
publicize the concerts Friday night and tonight, McDonald said she is
thrilled to be a part of the choir's Christmas program.
The singer, actor and four-time Tony ...