Mormon Tab: What Could Become

What could the Mormon Tabernacle Choir become? As I sat watching them this morning, reflecting on the talent of the conductors, the beauty of the songs, and what is being done to make the product as wonderful as it can be . . .

It hasn't been picked up by a major network, but just might be so worthy.

"America's Choir," Ronald Reagan dubbed it all those years ago. And, who knows but what that title is more a thing of yet-to-come than already-has-been.

They sang a lilting, light and fast moving arrangement of "Give Said the Little String." It sounded not like a children's song, but a beautiful, beautiful choral piece.

The Tab's music, for me and for many, is about as beautiful as music gets. Not only because it is well-crafted,but because much of it is about the Savior. Some would tell you that, alone, will keep it from ever being picked up by a major network.

But, its weakness is its strength. Much of America does remain religious, and Christian. Much of our country does still want beautiful music about the Savior. Christian singers abound, but there is not so much choral music such as this, as beautifully arranged and presented as what the Mormon Tabernacle Choir offers.

Who knows what could become. It might not happen, but the music and product are worthy. The Choir has been great all along, but I wonder if it hasn't stepped it up a notch as it moved from the 19th to the 20th Century. The Orchestra at Temple Square was added. Mack Wilburg gained acclaim as a talented arranger.

Now, a product awaits the nation, a program offering beautiful choral music like none other. Reality shows for some, perhaps, but, this, too, is what America is about. Many of us would, truly, love a program like this ahead of what is now offered.