The world-renowned Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra will continue
their tour to perform in five cities in California, Washington, and Vancouver, Canada.
The tour takes its name from the classic musical experience the audiences and performers
will share at the specially-selected venues for this tour. Of these concert events, Choir
music director Mack Wilberg said, “When we experience great music, in great spaces, it
makes for a great experience—both for the audience and the performer as well.”
Ron Jarrett, president of the Choir, added: “There is nothing quite like hearing the Choir
and Orchestra live in concert and experiencing their signature all-encompassing sound.
We love going on the road to connect with our audiences and seeing firsthand the pure
joy music can bring to the hearts and minds of our fans.”
Music for the Classic Coast Tour concerts will be drawn from the Choir’s vast repertoire
which ranges from choral masterworks to inspirational music from around the world to
American folk hymns and spirituals and much more.
TOUR CITIES AND VENUES
TOUR CITIES AND VENUES
The 2018 Classic Coast Tour performances began on Tuesday, June 19, with a
concert in Costa Mesa, California, at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
presented by the Philharmonic Society of Orange County. The Choir performed in 2004
at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, but this will be the Choir’s first performance in this
new concert hall built since its last visit.
Then it’s on to Mountain View for a concert at the Shoreline Amphitheatre on Monday,
June 25. The Choir and Orchestra will wrap up the California leg of their tour in Rohnert
Park on Wednesday, June 27, with a concert at Weill Hall + Lawn at Sonoma State
University’s Green Music Center.
The Choir anticipates adding other California appearances to the Classic Coast Tour with
announcements to follow in the near future.
The Choir and Orchestra will be crossing over into Canada for a concert at The Orpheum
in Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday, June 30. The Choir previously performed
in Vancouver in 1962 and 1986.
The tour wraps up on Monday, July 2, with a visit to Seattle, Washington, with a
performance at the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall. The Choir
first visited Seattle over a century ago as part of its 1909 Alaska-Yukon Pacific
Exposition Tour and has returned for four other performances, most recently in 2005.
TICKET INFORMATION
Ticket purchase information is available here.
Seating is limited in some venues, and tickets may sell quickly in those locations.
TOURING HISTORY
Since its first tour outside of Utah in 1893, the Choir has toured extensively across the
The United States and abroad. It has performed throughout Europe and in music capitals from
Israel and Russia to Japan and Australia. Its travels have also included performances at
the inaugural activities of seven U.S. presidents. After its founding in 1999, a small
ensemble from the Orchestra at Temple Square accompanied the Choir on tours in 2001
and 2003; however, since 2005, a full complement of the Orchestra has traveled with the
Choir.
The all-volunteer Choir and Orchestra usually tour every other year since all of the
performers must take vacation time from their jobs and leave their families to undertake
the travel. The most recent tour was an enormously well-received tour to seven European
countries in 2016.
ON TEMPLE SQUARE DURING THE TOUR!
Since many visitors will come to Temple Square unaware that the Choir and Orchestra
will be on tour, substitute events are planned on Temple Square during their absence. See
www.mormontabernaclechoir.org/tour for details.
