For over 108 years, the Salt Lake Tabernacle has been home of a choir that became known

around the world as the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

In October 2018, the choir changed its name to the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square,

but the legacy of the choir remains.

We recently sat down with the Choir's directors, Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy in the basement

of that historic Tabernacle to discuss the power of music, their experience with the choir,

and the choir's new album, Let Us All Press On.

Mack Wilberg grew up in the small mining community of Castle Del Utah, where his love for music

began by playing the piano by ear at the age of four.

He received his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University and his master's and doctoral

degrees from the University of Southern California.

He has been the musical director of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square for over a decade.

Ryan Murphy has been the associate music director of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

for nearly ten years.

He also holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Brigham Young University, as well as

a doctorate in choral conducting from Boston University.

Prior to his time with the choir, he worked as the musical director at the Sundance Institute

and the music director for the Tuacan Center for the Arts.

This is All-In, an LDS living podcast where we ask the question, what does it really

mean to be All-In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?

I'm Morgan Jones and I'm so excited to be here with Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy, directors

at the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

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