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He has been on the music faculty at Brigham Young University (BYU) since 1984. Hicks has a bachelor's degree from BYU. He has been a full professor at BYU since 1996. Hicks first book was Mormonism and Music: A History (1989). This work received awards from both the Mormon History Association and the Association of Mormon Letters.
The Book of Mormon is a musical comedy with music, lyrics, and book by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone.The story follows two missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as they attempt to preach the faith to the inhabitants of a remote Ugandan village.
Stephen M. Jones (born 1960) is an American professor of music composition at Brigham Young University (BYU) and former Dean of the BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications. [1] [2] Among his works is the music for the hymn "When Faith Endures", which is included in the current English-language edition of the LDS hymnal. [3]
BYU TV (stylized as BYUtv) is a television channel and free family-friendly streaming service, founded in 2000, which is owned and operated as a part of Brigham Young University (BYU). [1] The channel, available on most smart TVs or through cable and satellite distributors in the United States , produces a number of original series and ...
The RSC also assumed and expanded upon the activities of the Institute of Mormon Studies, which was founded to study Mormon history and doctrine under Daniel H. Ludlow in 1961 and Madsen in 1966. Likewise, the RSC absorbed the Book of Mormon Institute , a center for research on the Book of Mormon , with Ludlow as its first director in 1965 ...
The Redeemer (BYU Concert Choir, Singers & Philharmonic - 1996) We Sing of Christ (BYU Singers - 1997) All Creatures of Our God and King (BYU Concert Choir - 1999) Live at Carnegie Hall (BYU Singers - 1999) Songs of Praise and Remembrance (BYU Combined Choirs & Philharmonic - 2000) - available on CD and DVD; Songs of the Soul (BYU Singers - 2000)
Among his operas are Book of Gold and Emma; both are based on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) history. In 2007, he retired from his position as composer-in-residence at the College of Music of the College of Fine Arts and Communications of Brigham Young University (BYU).
BYU TV, the church-sponsored television station, also airs on several networks. The church also produces several pageants annually depicting various events of the primitive and modern-day church. Its Easter pageant Jesus the Christ has been identified as the "largest annual outdoor Easter pageant in the world". [ 2 ]