The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square welcomed the Morehouse College Glee Club and the Spelman College Glee Club from Atlanta, Georgia for the Choir’s weekly Sunday broadcast of “Music and the Spoken Word” on October 22, 2023.
You can watch the broadcast here:
https://www.youtube.com/live/rkw5AXuKcsY?si=TtF7BPsAaqF2M7Fl
The combined choir showcased more than 400 voices, including 60 singers from the historically black colleges, accompanied by the Orchestra at Temple Square in the Tabernacle in downtown Salt Lake City.
The repertoire was made up of six pieces including two African American spirituals, “John Was A Writer” and “My Soul’s Been Anchored In The Lord” and three beloved hymns, “In Hymns Of Praise,” “Holy, Holy, Holy,” and “Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing,” and a special arrangement by Dr. Wilberg of the popular classic “What A Wonderful World.”
Full news release here:
https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/article/watch-three-choirs-come-together-for-special-music-and-the-spoken-word-broadcast-spelman-morehouse