The Piano Guys will carry out with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Sq. for its weekly broadcast, “Music & the Spoken Phrase,”on Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. That is the primary time the piano and cello combo of Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson will carry out with the choir. Scott Jarvie
Steven Sharp Nelson, left, and Jon Schmidt of The Piano Guys will carry out with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Sq. on Aug. 28, 2022. Scott Jarvie
Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson grew up listening to Tabernacle Choir music of their properties.
Now for the primary time, the duo of achieved musicians may have the chance to create music on the identical stage with the world-famous choir and orchestra.
Schmidt and Nelson, the favored piano and cello duo referred to as The Piano Guys, will carry out as particular visitor artists with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Sq. for its weekly broadcast of “Music and the Spoken Phrase” within the Convention Heart on Sunday, Aug. 28.
This chance is one thing Schmidt and Nelson have dreamed about since they had been “mini musicians.”
“To say this chance is a bucket checklist factor for us could be could be a colloquial understatement as a result of it is a realization of definitely a dream,” Nelson mentioned.
No tickets are required for the occasion however those that attend have to be age 8 or older. Patrons can attend the stay efficiency of “Music and the Spoken Phrase” within the Convention Heart or watch a stay stream. It is going to even be out there for on-demand viewing after the printed ends.
The Piano Guys have gained recognition via YouTube since 2011 after they started producing movies that function classical, pop, movie scores and authentic music filmed in iconic areas across the globe. The group has greater than two billion views on their YouTube channel and over seven million subscribers. They've one billion music streams, a information launch mentioned.
The Piano Guys have additionally appeared on main TV packages and bought out reveals in a number of notable venues around the globe.
The Piano Guys have wished to carry out with the Tabernacle Choir for a few years.
Steven Sharp Nelson, left, and Jon Schmidt of The Piano Guys will carry out with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Sq. on Aug. 28, 2022.
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“Lastly our schedules lined up,” mentioned Schmidt, who praised the choir’s music director Mack Wilberg because the “prime choral arranger on the earth.” “Over time we’ve stored attempting and it lastly occurred. ... It’s surreal and it is going to be a improbable expertise.”
Actually, Wilberg has ready a particular association of certainly one of The Piano Guys’ prime 10 tunes for the particular occasion.
“You'll hear a Piano Guys’ tune such as you’ve by no means heard it earlier than, with full orchestra and choir,” Nelson mentioned. “We have now performed in entrance of 4 of the seven wonders of the world. A type of wonders was one of the non secular experiences we’ve had, and Mack goes to take that to the following stage with the choir and orchestra.”
Nelson hinted that the viewers will hear an unfamiliar hymn.
“It’s a Latin American hymn that has this enjoyable power and nice vibe to it,” he mentioned.
Nelson and Schmidt hope the viewers will come away feeling lighter, particularly after the third quantity, which is each melancholy and uplifting on the identical time, “a paradoxical piece of music,” Nelson mentioned.
“We hope it coats you, shrouds you, with this sense of ‘Wow, I’m going via a whole lot of exhausting issues however I can do that.’ That’s what we hope folks will stroll away feeling,” the cellist mentioned. “It’s going to be an awesome manufacturing. We’re very enthusiastic about it. I walked away feeling fairly electrified already simply speaking about manufacturing of it.”
The choir will return to the Salt Lake Tabernacle for Sunday morning broadcasts starting on Sept. 11, after which transfer again to the Convention Heart on the finish of November for the Christmas performances, in line with the information launch.
The Piano Guys are additionally getting ready for a Christmas live performance at Vivint Area on Saturday, Dec. 17. Ticket data is obtainable at thepianoguys.com.