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Kristy Kuhn, “Mormon Tabernacle Choir Appoints Associate Music Director,” Deseret News, March 27, 2009, https://www.deseret.com/2009/3/27/20309456/mormon-tabernacle-choir-appoints-associate-music-director/.

Boyd Matheson, “How Does the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square Sound So Good? Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy explain,” Deseret News, April 30, 2019, https://www.deseret.com/2019/4/30/20672027/how-does-the-tabernacle-choir-at-temple-square-sound-so-good-mack-wilberg-and-ryan-murphy-explain-po/. [Source of Mack Wilberg and Ryan Murphy quotations]

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