Our mandate is to sing for everyone. We don't just sing for one group or sing one genre... This is everybody's choir.
The thing that's great about singing together is it's a great way of bringing people together.
I think music - it sounds cliche, but music can be very healing.
It's a great privilege and a highlight for choir and orchestra members to perform for audiences in live concerts.
Usually, all I want is peace and quiet when I'm driving home.
I suppose I write music for people, not for the filing cabinet or the museum.
In the '70s and '80s, if you said you wrote for 'the people,' that meant you weren't any good. But I think that's changing.
There are probably limits on what the choir can sing well.
The choir tries to perform for everyone. It enables us to be very diversified with our audiences.
Collaboration is an important part of the process, and ego is never a part of it.
I loved teaching and directing choral activities at BYU, but nothing surpasses working with the MTC musicians.
A requiem is meant to bring comfort.
I do think one of my strengths is the ability to adapt to whatever the situation is.
Even missionaries get discouraged at times.
People love to hear the choir sing the hymns.
