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	Richard Elliott, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, received his early musical training at Peabody Conservatory and the Catholic University of America. He received his bachelor of music degree from the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and his master's and doctorate degrees from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. While a student in Philadelphia, he served as assistant organist for the famed Wanamaker organ.
	Clay Christiansen was organist and choirmaster of Salt Lake City's St. Mark Cathedral for 10 years and organist of Congregation Kol Ami, Salt Lake City's Jewish synagogue, for five years before he was appointed as a Tabernacle organist in 1982. He received his bachelor's degree from BYU and a master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Utah. Solo performances have taken him throughout the United States, Canada and England.
	Andrew Unsworth was raised in Potsdam, New York, in a family of musicians. He received a bachelor of music degree from Brigham Young University and was awarded M.A. and Ph.D. degrees by Duke University. Before his appointment on Temple Square, Unsworth worked as assistant director of music and as organist at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City and most recently as assistant professor of music history and organ at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.
	Bonnie Lauper Goodliffe received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Brigham Young University. She participated in a BYU Study Abroad program in Salzburg, Austria, where she was an organ student of Oskar Peter at the Mozarteum Conservatory. She received her master's degree from BYU. She has been a Temple Square Organist since 1984; her duties also include working with the Temple Square Chorale and its affiliated Training School.
	Linda Swenson Margetts received bachelor's and master's degrees in organ performance from Brigham Young University and a PhD from the University of Utah, where she also serves as an associate instructor. She has been a Temple Square Organist since 1984; her duties also include working with the Temple Square Chorale and its affiliated Training School.