Andrew Unsworth

Andrew Unsworth is one of three fulltime organists at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City where he participates in the daily recital series on the 206rank Γ†olianSkinner organ and accompanies the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square formerly Mormon Tabernacle Choir on its weekly radio and television broadcast Music and the Spoken Word Dr Unsworth was raised in Potsdam New York in a family of musicians He received a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance and pedagogy from Brigham Young University and masters and doctoral degrees in historical performance practice from Duke University Prior to his appointment on Temple Square he served as organist and assistant director of music at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City and as assistant professor of music history and organ at Stephen F Austin State University in Nacogdoches Texas He has performed throughout the United States and Europe as a soloist and accompanist including recitals at regional and national conventions of the Organ Historical Society and American Guild of Organists His solo organ recording French and German Masterworks is available on the Raven label Dr Unsworth holds the Associateship certificate from the American Guild of Organists which also awarded him the S Lewis Elmer Award He and his wife Alison are the parents of five children

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Place of Birth: Potsdam, New York, USA
Profession: Sound

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