Hyde Park Community United Methodist Church has announced a trio of distinguished organists who will grace its organ series this year. All concerts are at 4 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

Nov. 2 — The series opens Nov. 2 with Richard Elliott, Principal Organist for The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. Besides his position, he also has 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.

Before becoming a Tabernacle organist in 1991, Elliott was an assistant professor of organ at Brigham Young University, and for several years he served as assistant organist at the Wanamaker Department Store (later Macy’s) in Philadelphia, home to the world’s largest fully functioning pipe organ. 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.Read More »