The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square are delighted to announce that the world-renowned King’s Singers will be guest performers for this year’s Christmas concerts, to be titled “An Old English Christmas.” The performances will be held in the Conference Center on December 13, 14 and 15. The group will also appear on Music and the Spoken Word on the morning of December 16 with a miniconcert following the broadcast.

Singer Paul Phoenix joined via telephone when the announcement was made on KSL Radio’s Doug Wright progam. “I can’t tell you how excited we are to spend a part of our Christmas with you,” he said. “Most of all we look forward to feeling a part of your family; to be a part of your musical heritage; to be amoung friends.”

Founded at King’s College in Cambridge in 1968, the King’s Singers is one of the world’s most sought-after and acclaimed vocal ensembles. They have performed throughout North America in such prestigious venues as New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, Washington’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in the major halls of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and San Francisco, and at major American music festivals such as Tanglewood, Ravinia, the Hollywood Bowl, Wolf Trap and Interlochen.

Internationally, the King’s Singers uphold a strong presence across most of the globe. The group has performed in the major halls of London, Paris, Rome, Salzburg, Vienna, Amsterdam, Budapest, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Beirut, Taipei, Hong Kong, Macao, Seoul, Tokyo and Mexico City, among others. They have toured throughout almost every European country from Iceland to Turkey and have ventured as far abroad as South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.

This extraordinary vocal ensemble is equally at home singing Renaissance madrigals, transcriptions of orchestral classics, folk music in various languages and popular songs. They have previously performed with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir for the Tanner Gift of Music in 1998, as part of the Olympic Arts Festival at the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympic games, and on Music and the Spoken Word in February of 2006.