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nacle Choir at Temple Square
for the “Battle Hymn of the Republic.”
Touring: 1961-1980
Aug. 12-19, 1962: Pacific Northwest tour performing in Portland, Oregon; Vancouver, British Columbia; World’s Fair Arena in Seattle and throughout Washington.
May 23-26, 1963: Concerts in East Bay Interstate Center in Oakland, California. Cornerstone laying ceremony for the Oakland Temple and the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles.
July 20–Aug. 1, 1964: New York World’s Fair Tour playing 13 concerts in 12 days, appearing before 70,000 people across 5,400 miles. They visit Houston, New Orleans, the White House, New York (Carnegie Hall), Cleveland, Milwaukee and Minneapolis.
Aug. 21–30, 1967: Expo ’67 Tabernacle Centennial Tour in Nebraska, Montreal, Rhode Island, New York, Michigan and Oklahoma.
Jan. 18-20, 1969: Inauguration program of Richard Nixon, Washington, D.C.; preinaugural concert at the Capitol.
Dec. 16, 1970: Choir sang for National Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C.
Jan 21, 1973: Choir sang at White House devotional services as part of President Richard Nixon’s inauguration, East Room of the White House.
August 1973: Oberammergau concert on stage of the Passion Playhouse; concert in the Louvre Court in Paris, France; concert at Royal Albert Hall in London, England. Recording session with Royal Philharmonic in Kingsway Hall.
July 18-19, 1974: Expo ’74 in Spokane, Washington
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Sept. 13, 1974: Washington, D.C. for temple open house and dedication. President Gerald Ford (1913-2006) attended a concert at the Kennedy Center where the choir performed.
June 28, 1976: Eastern States Bicentennial Tour ending with the dedication of the Visitors Center at the Washington Temple.
July 4, 1976: Choir participates in the U.S. Bicentennial tours in Utah, Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.
Sept 8–13, 1979: The choir gives 13 concerts in Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan, and then Seoul, South Korea.
Touring: 1981 - 2000
Jan. 20, 1981: Inauguration of President Ronald Reagan who calls the group “America’s Choir.”
June 5–22, 1982: Choir toured England, Scandinavia and Europe.
June 22 –July 1, 1984: Toronto and Ottawa, Canada, and Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, and the Red Rocks in Colorado.
Aug. 15-28, 1985: Choir tours Japan.
June 14–July 6, 1988: Expo ’88 Pacific Tour in Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia
Jan. 18–22, 1988: Inauguration of President George H. W. Bush
June 8–29, 1991: Choir tours Eastern Europe including Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia.
July 19–Aug. 1, 1992: Summer tour commemorating Columbus’ 500th Anniversary from Richmond, Virginia, ends at the RLDS (Community of Christ) Auditorium Conference Center, in Independence, Missouri
Dec. 26, 1992–Jan. 6, 1993: Tours Israel and performs with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. Concert at the BYU
Jerusalem Center.
July 29-30, 1996: San Francisco, Davies Symphony Hall as part of “Festival of History Week.” “Sesquicentennial of the arrival of the Ship Brooklyn bringing Saints to San Francisco.”
April 5, 1997: 150th Anniversary of the arrival of the pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley. Toured Utah.
Touring: 2001 - Present
Jan. 18-21, 2001: Inauguration of President George W. Bush.
June 15–24, 2001: Southern States Tour — Eight concerts in five state covering about 2,025 miles.
June 26-30, 2002: Choir sings at the dedication of the newly rebuilt Nauvoo Temple.
June 19, 2003: Utah Gov. Michael G. Leavitt proclaims it “Mormon Tabernacle Choir” Day for 75 years of broadcasting, and in preparation for Northeastern United States and Canada Tour.
June 17 – July 3, 2005: Pacific Northwest Tour — Performed nine concerts in five states.
June 21-July 3, 2007: Canada-Midwest Tour – Performed nine concerts in five states.
June 20-27, 2011: Centennial tour of Canada and Eastern United States celebrating 100 years of multi-city tours.
June 12–20, 2013: Choir tours the midwestern United States.
June 24–July 7, 2015: Choir tours the eastern United States.
June 27–July 16, 2016: Choir Tours Western Europe, Brussels, Berlin, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Rotterdam, Vienna, and Zurich.
Jan. 20, 2017: Inauguration of President Donald Trump.
June 18–July 3, 2018: West Coast Choir Tour in California, Washington and Vancouver, Canada.
