Church News podcast features LeAnna Willmore, Bells at Temple Square conductor, as well as selected music from the handbell ensemble.

Lloyd Newell looks back on his time as host in his final message for the “Music & the Spoken Word” with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Watch it here.

Lloyd and Karmel Newell reflect on their service with the Tabernacle Choir and the nearly 35 years Lloyd Newell has been the announcer for “Music & the Spoken Word.”

The 42-year-old father of six has no previous broadcasting experience but isn’t a stranger to public speaking.

LeAnna Willmore, who has served as director of the Bells at Temple Square since 2011, will retire after June 14 concert. Plus, a few other changes in the Tabernacle Choir organization.

The Bells at Temple Square’s annual summer concert, titled “Joyfully Ring,” Friday, June 14, at 7:30 p.m. MDT, will be streamed live on The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square’s YouTube channel and via the choir’s website. Watch it here.

Adassa, Alex Melecio and the glee clubs of Morehouse and Spelman colleges will join the Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra during their tour concerts in Florida and Georgia in September. Find out dates and how to get tickets.

After more than three decades as the voice of "Music & the Spoken Word," Lloyd D. Newell joins the Church News podcast to share his memories.

The example of John the Baptist shows how to increase the Savior’s influence in a person’s life, observes Lloyd Newell in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

Find out more about the annual four-phrase audition process from Tabernacle Choir managers and former choir members.

Friendship is like a garden — it’s beautiful and inspiring, but it needs constant care, observes Lloyd Newell in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Watch it here.

Most of the good done in the world is done quietly, simply, even anonymously, observes Lloyd Newell in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

Learning is eternal and blesses both the mind and the spirit, the brain and the heart, observes Lloyd Newell in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

See how to get free tickets to the Bells at Temple Square's concert on June 14, plus watch the handbell choir's past two concerts.

No family is perfect, but every family is worth saving, strengthening and protecting, observes Lloyd Newell in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square, a combined BYU–Idaho choir and the Utah Valley Institute Choir provided music for the April 2024 general conference.

God gives His children eternal law, based on eternal truth, so they can make wise choices, observes Lloyd Newell in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

Organist Diane Meredith Belcher, who has been performing for 50 years, will be featured at the 2024 Organ Virtuoso Series in the Tabernacle on May 3 at 7:30 p.m. MDT. Watch it here, plus stream 7 more past concerts.

The lifelong education of the mind and spirit can help each one of us build a more peaceful world, observes Lloyd Newell in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.

The diversity of religious faiths and practices is part of what gives richness to the world, observes Lloyd Newell in this week's "Music & the Spoken Word" with The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square.