Richard L. Elliott  (rlelliott%zip10n%cob%wpgate@YVAX.BYU.EDU)
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EDUCATION:
 
Early musical training at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore,
Maryland (MD).  Two years of undergraduate study at the Catholic
University of America (organ studies with Dale Krider and
William Watkins).  Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from
the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PA),
1980 (organ studies with John Weaver; piano studies with Marion
Zarzeczna). Master of Music in Organ Performance and Literature
from the Eastman School of Music, 1984 (organ studies with David
Craighead).  Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance and
Literature from the Eastman School of Music, 1990 (organ studies
with David Craighead; piano with Eugene Gaub; harpsichord with
Arthur Haas).  Received AAGO (Associate, American Guild of
Organists) certificate in June, 1980. Received FAGO (Fellow ...)
certificate in June, 1984.
 
EMPLOYMENT:
 
Organist, Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah (UT),
1991-present. Assistant professor of organ, Brigham Young
University, Provo, UT, 1988-1991.  Organist-music director,
Greece Baptist Church, Rochester, New York (NY), 1986-87.
Organist-choirmaster, Calvary/St. Andrew's Church, Rochester,
NY, 1983-84.  Assistant Organist, John Wanamaker Department
Store, Philadelphia, PA, 1979-81.  Organist, Swarthmore
Presbyterian, Swarthmore, PA, 1979-81.  Assistant organist, St.
David's Episcopal, Wayne, PA, 1977-79.  Assistant organist, St.
Ann Catholic, Tenley Circle, Washington, DC, 1975-77.  Organist,
Third Lutheran Church, Baltimore, MD, 1972-1975.
 
SOLO RECORDINGS:
 
In dulci jubilo (in collaboration with John Longhurst and Clay
    Christiansen) (Bonneville Classics, 1995)
 
In the Shadows of the Everlasting Hills (Pro Organo, 1994)
 
RECORDINGS WITH THE MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR:
 
Hymns of Faith, Vol. 2: Amazing Grace (Bonneville Classics,
    1995)
Live in Jerusalem (Bonneville Classics, 1994)
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (LaserLight, 1993)
Noel: A Worldwide Christmas Celebration (Bonneville, 1993)
O Divine Redeemer (Bonneville, 1992) Hymns of Faith
    (Bonneville, 1991)
 
VIDEOTAPES:
 
Christmas with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (LaserLight, 1995)
The Nativity Story (Bonneville Classics, 1994)
In a Land Called Israel (Bonneville, 1993)
 
PUBLICATIONS:
 
O Come, All Ye Faithful (SATB & organ; optional brass &
    percussion) (Orem, UT: Jackman Music, 1993)
O Tannenbaum (SSAATTBB & organ; optional brass & percussion)
    (Orem, UT: Jackman Music, 1993)
Silent Night (SATB & organ) (Orem, UT: Jackman Music, 1993)
Chorale Preludes Based on Hymns Familiar to Latter-day Saints,
    2 vols., co-edited with Dr. Parley Belnap and Dr. Douglas Bush.
    (Orem, UT: Jackman Music, 1991)
 
OTHER:
 
Missionary for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
stationed in Rosario, Argentina, 1981-83.
 
MUSICAL TASTES/INTERESTS:
 
Very eclectic.  Played in rock bands (top-40 and original) from
1973 to 1980.  Began working with synthesizers in 1974 (Moog
modular systems).  Have done some freelance solo piano and
quartet work (standards and some jazz).  Enjoy organ music from
all periods and countries, but am especially interested in
20th-century (Messiaen, Ligeti, Paert, Ginastera, Kagel), as
well as 19th- and early 20th-century French.  Gave recital of
music by 20th-century Argentine composers at 1992 A.G.O.
National Convention in Atlanta.  Doctoral essay was an analysis
of the improvisational language of Marcel Dupre.  Also
interested in computer applications in music, including MIDI and
computer-aided musical analysis.  Wrote "A Pascal Program for
the Analysis of Musical Cadences," included in _Pascal
Programming for Music Research_ by Alexander Brinkman (Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1990).
 
CURRENT JOB DESCRIPTION:
 
I am one of three full-time organists at the Mormon Tabernacle.
John Longhurst is senior organist, having been at the Tabernacle
since 1977; Clay Christiansen has been at the Tabernacle since
1982.  I joined the staff in 1991, replacing Robert M. Cundick.
All three organists accompany the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on its
weekly TV/radio program, "Music and the Spoken Word." We
typically follow a 3-week rotation.  Each of us also plays an
average of two 30-minute recitals a week on the Tabernacle's
V/206 Aeolian-Skinner organ.  Other duties include playing for
choir concerts, concert tours, recording projects, and general
conferences of the Latter Day Saints church.