St. Pius X Church & Cornel Zimmer Organbuilders
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Richard Elliott
Organist, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Tabernacle
Organist at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah
Pentecost Sunday, June 5, 2022
2:00 P.M.
St. Pius X Catholic Church
600 E. Kaliste Saloom Road
Lafayette, Louisiana 70508
Free Admission
Richard Elliott is the Principal Organist at the Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he participates in the daily recital series on the famous Æolian-Skinner organ and accompanies the Tabernacle Choir on the choir’s weekly radio and TV broadcast, “Music & the Spoken Word.” As accompanist for the Tabernacle Choir he has performed in many of the world’s great halls and appeared on numerous television and radio programs.
Dr. Elliott appears on dozens of recordings and videos with the Tabernacle Choir. In his work with the choir he has collaborated with many guest artists including Andrea Bocelli, the Canadian Brass, Kristin Chenoweth, Renée Fleming, Evelyn Glennie, the King’s Singers, the Sesame Street Muppets, Robert Shaw, James Taylor, and Bryn Terfel. Dr. Elliott is also featured on seven organ CDs and is a published composer and arranger of music for organ and for choir.
He has concertized extensively as a soloist, with performances on five continents. Prior to his appointment as a Tabernacle organist in 1991, Dr. Elliott was an assistant professor of organ at Brigham Young University, and he previously served as assistant organist at the John Wanamaker Department Store (now Macy’s) in Philadelphia, home to the world’s largest functioning pipe organ. A Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, Dr. Elliott has been a featured performer at national and regional conventions of the guild.
A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Elliott received his early musical training at the Peabody Institute and the Catholic University of America. He was awarded a Bachelor of Music degree from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, as well as Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. His organ teachers have included David Craighead, Marjorie Jovanovic, Dale Krider, William Watkins, and John Weaver.