Artist Profile

Andrew Unsworth

Biography

Andrew Unsworth is one of three full-time organists at the Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, where he participates in the daily recital series on the 206-rank Æolian-Skinner 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 master’s 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 nat...

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Potsdam, New York, USA