Friday, November 14, 2025 | 7:30 p.m. | Richard Elliot at the Tabernacle on Temple Square
The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square is pleased to present this evening’s concert, featuring Richard Elliot as part of the third season of the Tabernacle Organ Virtuoso Performance Series. This series started in May 2022 and is designed to showcase renowned organists from around the globe playing one of the world’s most famous and iconic pipe organs.
Richard Elliott is the Principal Organist for The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.For the past 34 years he has accompanied the choir on its weekly radio and TV broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word,” as well as in general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on dozens of CDs and DVDs, and in the choir’s annual Christmas concerts.As accompanist for the Tabernacle Choir, he has performed in many of the world’s great halls and appeared on numerous TV and radio programs, including the NBC “Today Show,” the “CBS Morning Show,” “A Prairie Home Companion,” and “Pipedreams.”In his work with the choir, Dr. Elliott has collaborated with many guest artists including the Canadian Brass, Kristin Chenoweth, Evelyn Glennie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, The Piano Guys, the Sesame Street Muppets, Robert Shaw, and Bryn Terfel.
He also enjoys a busy solo career, having given thousands of organ concerts on Temple Square as well as numerous performances on five continents.He appears on seven organ CDs and is a published composer and arranger of music for organ, choir, and orchestra. In 2022, Dr. Elliott was awarded the Governor’s Mansion Arts Award by Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox and First Lady Abby Cox. The annual award recognizes Utah artists who have a positive impact on the arts and their communities. In 2025, he was the recipient of the Madeleine Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts and Humanities, which is granted each year by the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City.
Before becoming a full-time Tabernacle organist in 1991, Dr. Elliott was an assistant professor of organ at Brigham Young University, and for several years he served as assistant organist at the John Wanamaker Department Store (later Macy’s) in Philadelphia, home to the world’s largest fully functioning pipe organ.A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he received his early musical training at the Peabody Conservatory.He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and MM and DMA degrees from the Eastman School of Music.His organ teachers have included David Craighead, Marjorie Jovanovic, Dale Krider, William Watkins, and John Weaver.
This series is designed to showcase renowned organists from around the globe playing one of the world’s most famous and iconic pipe organs.
The Tabernacle Organ Virtuoso Performance Series is free to the public, and no tickets are required.
Richard Elliott is the Principal Organist for The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.For the past 34 years he has accompanied the choir on its weekly radio and TV broadcast, “Music and the Spoken Word,” as well as in general conferences of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, on dozens of CDs and DVDs, and in the choir’s annual Christmas concerts.As accompanist for the Tabernacle Choir, he has performed in many of the world’s great halls and appeared on numerous TV and radio programs, including the NBC “Today Show,” the “CBS Morning Show,” “A Prairie Home Companion,” and “Pipedreams.”In his work with the choir, Dr. Elliott has collaborated with many guest artists including the Canadian Brass, Kristin Chenoweth, Evelyn Glennie, Brian Stokes Mitchell, The Piano Guys, the Sesame Street Muppets, Robert Shaw, and Bryn Terfel.
He also enjoys a busy solo career, having given thousands of organ concerts on Temple Square as well as numerous performances on five continents.He appears on seven organ CDs and is a published composer and arranger of music for organ, choir, and orchestra. In 2022, Dr. Elliott was awarded the Governor’s Mansion Arts Award by Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox and First Lady Abby Cox. The annual award recognizes Utah artists who have a positive impact on the arts and their communities. In 2025, he was the recipient of the Madeleine Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts and Humanities, which is granted each year by the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City.
Before becoming a full-time Tabernacle organist in 1991, Dr. Elliott was an assistant professor of organ at Brigham Young University, and for several years he served as assistant organist at the John Wanamaker Department Store (later Macy’s) in Philadelphia, home to the world’s largest fully functioning pipe organ.A native of Baltimore, Maryland, he received his early musical training at the Peabody Conservatory.He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in organ from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and MM and DMA degrees from the Eastman School of Music.His organ teachers have included David Craighead, Marjorie Jovanovic, Dale Krider, William Watkins, and John Weaver.
This series is designed to showcase renowned organists from around the globe playing one of the world’s most famous and iconic pipe organs.
The Tabernacle Organ Virtuoso Performance Series is free to the public, and no tickets are required.