Former Tabernacle Choir President Dies at Age 85
Contributed By Sarah Jane Weaver, Church News editor
Mac Christensen, 85, former president of the Tabernacle Choir, died Friday, October 11, 2019.
Article Highlights
- Mac Christensen left an enduring legacy with the Tabernacle Choir.
Mac Christensen, Tabernacle Choir president from 2000 to 2012, former director of the Church’s Washington D.C. Temple Visitors’ Center, and a Utah businessman, died Friday, October 11, 2019. He was 85.
Tabernacle Choir president Ron Jarrett said Christensen left an enduring legacy of excellence for the Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra, and Bells at Temple Square.
“During his tenure, the choir received the prestigious National Medal of Arts, two Grammy nominations, and Music & the Spoken Word was inducted into the National Association Broadcasting Hall of Fame,” wrote Jarrett.
“His favorite song was ‘God Be with You Till We Meet Again’ because it meant that another broadcast, concert, or tour had come to a meaningful end. Those words have never rung truer than today as we mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague. May these beautiful lyrics be our prayer of comfort for the Christensen family at this tender time.”
Mac Christensen, 85, former president of the Tabernacle Choir, died Friday, October 11, 2019. Photo courtesy of the Deseret News.
