Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra perform annual summer concert after two-year hiatus

Guest artist and baritone Shea Owens joins the Tabernacle Chorus and Orchestra in Temple Square for the 2022 Summer Concert at the Salt Lake City Conference Center. This photo was taken during a dress rehearsal on Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)

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SALT LAKE CITY — The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra in Temple Square of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints welcomed thousands of guests for an in-person performance Friday for the first time in two years.

Their annual summer concert was held on July 15 at the Temple Square Conference Center.

“It feels so good to finally be able to share our music live with an audience after the pandemic,” said Michael O. Leavitt, president of the choir. “The choir and orchestra members have been looking forward to the summer concert for many weeks to inspire, uplift and bless the world through their faith-filled music.”

“Love Your Neighbor” is tonight and Saturday, July 16 at 8:00 p.m. MT. Saturday’s performance will be streamed on our website, on our YouTube channel (https://t.co/9iSKm7GzFj) or at https://t.co/93Z8zXO6HK.

Free tickets are available here: https://t.co/MKn2g7bpAE pic.twitter.com/29JEs2bxjA

— The Tabernacle Choir (@TheTabChoir) July 15, 2022

The group was joined by guest artist and baritone Shea Owens, director of opera at Brigham Young University.

“The concert’s music and message (entitled ‘Love Your Neighbor: A Tabernacle Choir Special Event’) will emphasize the Savior’s Second Commandment: ‘Love Your Neighbor.’ We hope to help those who watch and listen to feel closer to God, experience his love, and feel inspired to share that love with others,” Leavitt said.

Another concert is scheduled for Saturday evening. You can attend in person or stream it at 8 p.m. MT on the Church’s YouTube channel, website, and stream page.

“In keeping with tradition, the July performance opens with songs and a short tribute to Latter-day Saint pioneers to commemorate the 175th anniversary of their arrival in the Salt Lake Valley,” a press release from the Church of Jesus Christ of the Last Days. the saints of the day declared.