Clay Christiansen

Synopsis

?Nationality? ?composer, organist, and/or teacher or?

• 1949 born in Emery, UT
• 1957 or 58, Emery, UT, took his first piano lessons
• 1960 or 61, Emery, UT, accompanied Sunday School and Priesthood services, along with sacrament services on a substitute basis
• Provo, UT, studied with J. J. Keeler
• Provo, UT, received Bachelor's degree in organ performance from Brigham Young University, studied with J. J. Keeler
• 1972-82, Salt Lake City, organist at the Cathedral Church of St. Mark's
• Salt Lake City, organist at Congregation Kol Ami
• Salt Lake City, received master's degree in organ performance from the University of Utah, studied with Alexander Schreiner
• 1982-, Salt Lake City, associate organist at the Salt Lake Tabernacle
• 1988, Salt Lake City, received doctorate degree in music composition from the University of Utah

His music is colorful, with some chromaticism built in. The colors of the keys which he uses shines in his writing.

For details, see the Wikipedia article on Clay Christiansen, or his official biography on the Mormon Tabernacle Choir website. This interview with Clay Christiansen on Latter-Day Profiles is also quite interesting.

List of Organ Works

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Opus	Title	Year
Op. ??	Now Let Us Rejoice: Ten Hymn Settings for Organ	2013
Op. ??	Praise to the Lord: Seven Hymn Settings for Organ	2014
Op. ??	The Prince of Denmark's March (arrangement)	year
Op. ??	Twenty-five Alternate Hymn Harmonizations for Organ	year
Op. ??	Two Transcriptions for Organ: Air and Prelude	year
Op. ??	Two Transcriptions for Organ: Arioso and Morning Mood	year
Op. ??	Title	year

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