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American music director (born 1955)

Not to be confused with Mark Wahlberg.

Mack J. Wilberg (born February 20, 1955) is an American composer, arranger, pianist, conductor, and choral clinician who has been the music director of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square (Choir) since 2008.^[1]

Early life and education

Wilberg was born in Price and raised in Castle Dale, Utah.

Wilberg learned how to play the piano at the age of four.^[2] He served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in South Korea where he was part of New Horizons, a vocal group made up of LDS missionaries.^[3]

Wilberg attended Brigham Young University (BYU) after finishing his missionary service, and earned a bachelor of music in piano performance and composition in 1979.

He then completed graduate study in choral music at the USC Thornton School of Music, earning both master of music and doctor of musical arts degrees, with a Mack Wilberg - Wikipedia LOXY