13 Facts About Mack Wilberg

Mack J Wilberg was born on February 20,1955 and is an American composer, arranger, pianist, conductor, and choral clinician who has been the music director of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square since 2008.

Mack Wilberg was a professor of music at Brigham Young University from 1984 to 1999.

Mack Wilberg learned how to play the piano at the age of four.

Mack Wilberg served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in South Korea where he was part of New Horizons, a vocal group made up of LDS missionaries.

Mack Wilberg attended BYU after finishing his missionary service, graduating in 1979 with a Bachelor of Music degree in piano performance and composition.

Mack Wilberg then did graduate study in choral music at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music, earning both master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees, with a doctoral dissertation researching works written for chorus and piano.

Mack Wilberg began his career at BYU as a professor of music.

Mack Wilberg was a professor of music at BYU from 1984 to 1999, where he directed the Men's Chorus and Concert Choir.

At BYU, he was a member of the American Piano Quartet, which toured internationally and commissioned many original works, with Mack Wilberg creating many of its arrangements himself.

Mack Wilberg was the associate director of the Tabernacle Choir and music director of the Chorale at Temple Square from May 1999 until his appointment as the Choir's director on March 28,2008.

Mack Wilberg is a noted composer and arranger, and his works are published by Oxford University Press, including his major work, Requiem.

Mack Wilberg's father was part owner of the family's coal mine but was killed in a 1964 mining accident, well before the 1984 fire.

Rebecca works with Mack Wilberg as a vocal coach and is a member of the choir school faculty of the Tabernacle Choir.