Weekly Broadcast: Public audiences are invited to join the live performances of Music & the Spoken Word each Sunday morning on Temple Square. Audiences can also stream Music & the Spoken Word each week from anywhere in the world from YouTube.
Can the public attend music and the spoken word?
Music and the Spoken Word is the world’s longest continuous network broadcast. It originated from the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square on 15 July 1929 and has aired every week since. The public is invited to attend the weekly broadcast.
What radio station plays music and the spoken word?
Music & the Spoken Word has been broadcast continually on the Salt Lake City-based KSL radio since 1929, making it the United States’ longest-running national radio program carried continuously on a network.
Who is the speaker for music and the spoken word?
Since 1991, Lloyd Newell has been well known as the voice of The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square’s weekly inspirational broadcast, Music & the Spoken Word.
Where is music and the spoken word performed?
The live Music & the Spoken Word broadcast is performed in the Tabernacle on Temple Square except during the months of June, July, August, and December, when it moves to the Conference Center to accommodate larger crowds.
What is the meaning of the spoken word?
The spoken word is used to refer to language expressed in speech, for example in contrast to written texts or music. There is a potential educational benefit in allowing pictures to tell the story, rather than the spoken word.
How much does it cost to be in the Tabernacle Choir?
Are Choir and Orchestra members paid for their service? No. All 360 members of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and all 110 members of the Orchestra at Temple Square are unpaid volunteers who practice and perform weekly.
Is spoken word considered music?
A broad designation for poetry intended for performance. Though some spoken word poetry may also be published on the page, the genre has its roots in oral traditions and performance. Spoken word can encompass or contain elements of rap, hip-hop, storytelling, theater, and jazz, rock, blues, and folk music.
Can the public see Mormon Tabernacle Choir?
Visitors can hear the choir at free performances inside the Tabernacle twice a week. The performance each Thursday from 8:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. is a rehearsal, but is open to the public. On Sunday, the Tabernacle doors open at 8:15 a.m. for the weekly live broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word.
What channel is the spoken word on?
Music & the Spoken Word is streamed live weekly on Sunday mornings at 9:30 a.m. on the Choir’s website www.TheTabernacleChoir.org, the Choir’s YouTube channel, and on Broadcasts.ChurchofJesusChrist.org, BYUtv.org, and the KSL app.