April 2004 General Conference Music

Apr 3–4, 2004

Talks and media from this conference are available at ChurchofJesusChrist.org or in Gospel Library.
Streaming video is on the LDS General Conference YouTube channel.
A PDF conference report is available at Archive.org.

Regular Sessions

Saturday Morning Session
Saturday, Apr 3, 2004, 10:00 AM

Saturday Afternoon Session
Saturday, Apr 3, 2004, 2:00 PM

Sunday Morning Session
Sunday, Apr 4, 2004, 10:00 AM

Sunday Afternoon Session
Sunday, Apr 4, 2004, 2:00 PM

Other Sessions

General Young Women Meeting
Saturday, Mar 27, 2004, 6:00 PM

General Priesthood Session
Saturday, Apr 3, 2004, 6:00 PM

Summary of Conference Music

The Tabernacle Choir provided the music for the Saturday morning, Sunday morning, and Sunday afternoon sessions. Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg directed the choir. Clay Christiansen, Richard Elliott, Linda Margetts, and Bonnie Goodliffe were the organists.

Music for the Saturday afternoon session was provided by a Relief Society choir from stakes in Salt Lake. Vanja Watkins directed the choir, and Bonnie Goodliffe was the organist.

Music for the priesthood session was provided by a priesthood choir from the Orem and Salt Lake institutes. Douglas Brenchley, Don Keaton, and Ryan Eggett directed the choir, and John Longhurst was the organist.

Throughout the conference sessions, prelude, postlude, and interlude music and accompaniments on the organ were played by John Longhurst, Clay Christiansen, Richard Elliott, Linda Margetts, and Bonnie Goodliffe.


From the April 2004 Conference Report booklet


General Young Women Meeting(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2004 Ensign — Music by a Young Women choir from stakes in Sandy, Utah; Marie Monson, director; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: “The Light Divine,” Hymns, no. 305; “A Child’s Prayer,” Children’s Songbook, 12–13, arr. Perry, pub. Jackman; “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer,” Hymns, no. 26, arr. Kasen, unpublished; “True to the Faith,” Hymns, no. 254, arr. Bastian, unpublished.

The Light Divine

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: Matilda Watts Cahoon

Music: Mildred Tanner Pettit

A Child’s Prayer

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: Janice Kapp Perry

Music: Janice Kapp Perry

Arr.: Janice Kapp Perry

Video Presentation

Artist: Young Women choir

Joseph Smith’s First Prayer

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: George Manwaring

Music: Sylvanus Billings Pond

Arr.: James C. Kasen

True to the Faith

Artist: Young Women choir

Words: Evan Stephens

Music: Evan Stephens

Arr.: Bastian

Saturday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2004 Ensign — Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; Clay Christiansen, organist: “Press Forward, Saints,” Hymns, no. 81; “For the Beauty of the Earth,” Hymns, no. 92; “My Heavenly Father Loves Me,” Children’s Songbook, 228–29; “Now Let Us Rejoice,” Hymns, no. 3; “We Are Sowing,” Hymns, no. 216, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Come, Come, Ye Saints,” Hymns, no. 30, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

Press Forward, Saints

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Marvin K. Gardner

Music: Vanja Y. Watkins

For the Beauty of the Earth

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Folliott S. Pierpoint

Music: Conrad Kocher

My Heavenly Father Loves Me

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Clara W. McMaster

Music: Clara W. McMaster

Now Let Us Rejoice (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Henry Tucker

We Are Sowing

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Anon.

Music: Henry A. Tuckett

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Come, Come, Ye Saints

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Clayton

Music: English folk song

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Saturday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2004 Ensign — Music by a Relief Society choir from stakes in Salt Lake City; Vanja Y. Watkins, director; Bonnie Goodliffe, organist: “Dearest Children, God Is Near You,” Hymns, no. 96, arr. Watkins, unpublished; “The Lord Is My Shepherd,” Hymns, no. 108, arr. Yorgason, unpublished; “Let Us All Press On,” Hymns, no. 243; “Come, Ye Children of the Lord,” Hymns, no. 58; “Go Forth with Faith,” Hymns, no. 263.

Dearest Children, God Is Near You

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Charles L. Walker

Music: John Menzies Macfarlane

Arr.: Vanja Y. Watkins

The Lord Is My Shepherd

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Psalm 23; James Montgomery (adapter)

Music: Thomas Koschat

Arr.: Brent Yorgason

Let Us All Press On (Congregational)

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Evan Stephens

Music: Evan Stephens

Come, Ye Children of the Lord

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: James H. Wallis

Music: Spanish melody

Go Forth with Faith

Artist: Relief Society choir

Words: Ruth Muir Gardner

Music: Lyall J. Gardner

General Priesthood Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2004 Ensign — Music by a priesthood choir from Orem and Salt Lake institutes; Douglas Brenchley, Don Keaton, and Ryan Eggett, directors; John Longhurst and Clay Christiansen, organists: “Praise the Lord with Heart and Voice,” Hymns, no. 73, arr. Beebe, pub. Larice; “Beautiful Savior,” Children’s Songbook, 62–63; “Praise to the Man,” Hymns, no. 27; “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6, arr. Wilberg, unpublished.

Praise the Lord with Heart and Voice

Artist: Priesthood Institute choir

Words: Tracy Y. Cannon

Music: Tracy Y. Cannon

Arr.: Larry R. Beebe

Beautiful Savior

Artist: Priesthood Institute choir

Words: Gesangbuch, Münster, 1677

Music: Silesian folk song; Schlesiche Volkslieder, 1842

Praise to the Man (Congregational)

Artist: Priesthood Institute choir

Words: William W. Phelps

Music: Scottish folk song

Redeemer of Israel

Artist: Priesthood Institute choir

Words: Joseph Swain; William W. Phelps (adapter)

Music: Repository of Sacred Music, Part Second, Wyeth, 1813; Freeman Lewis

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Sunday Morning Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2004 Ensign — Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; Richard Elliott, organist: “How Firm a Foundation,” Hymns, no. 85; “There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today,” Hymns, no. 227, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “How Lovely Are the Messengers,” Mendelssohn, pub. Jackman; “Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah,” Hymns, no. 83; “I Know That My Redeemer Lives,” Hymns, no. 136, arr. Wilberg, unpublished (soloist: Liriel Domiciano); “Faith in Every Footstep,” Dayley, pub. Jackman.

How Firm a Foundation

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Selection of Hymns, John Rippon, 1787; Robert Keen

Music: Anon.; John Ellis

There Is Sunshine in My Soul Today

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Eliza E. Hewitt

Music: John R. Sweney

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

How Lovely Are the Messengers

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Julius Schubring

Music: Felix Mendelssohn

Guide Us, O Thou Great Jehovah (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Williams

Music: John Hughes

I Know That My Redeemer Lives

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Solo: Liriel Domiciano

Words: Samuel Medley

Music: Lewis D. Edwards

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Faith in Every Footstep

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: K. Newell Dayley

Music: K. Newell Dayley

Sunday Afternoon Session(Return to top) Download Stream Online
From the May 2004 Ensign — Music by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Craig Jessop and Mack Wilberg, directors; Linda Margetts and Bonnie Goodliffe, organists: “Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise,” Hymns, no. 41, arr. Wilberg, unpublished; “Oh, What Songs of the Heart,” Hymns, no. 286, arr. Wilberg, pub. Deseret Book (flutists: Jeannine Goeckeritz, Tiffany McCleary, Jennifer Gremillion, and Lisa Smith; harpist: Tamara Oswald); “We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet,” Hymns, no. 19; “Lord, I Would Follow Thee,” Hymns, no. 220; “God Be with You Till We Meet Again,” Hymns, no. 152.

Let Zion in Her Beauty Rise

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: John A. Granade; Edward Partridge

Music: Gesangbuch der Herzogl, Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle, 1784

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

Oh, What Songs of the Heart

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Accomp.: Jeannine Goeckeritz (flute); Tiffany McCleary (flute); Jennifer Gremillion (flute); Lisa Smith (flute); Tamara Oswald (harp)

Words: Joseph L. Townsend

Music: William Clayson

Arr.: Mack Wilberg

We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet (Congregational)

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: William Fowler

Music: Caroline E. Sheridan Norton

Lord, I Would Follow Thee

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Susan Evans McCloud

Music: K. Newell Dayley

God Be with You Till We Meet Again

Artist: The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square

Words: Jeremiah E. Rankin

Music: William G. Tomer