Associate Conductor for Tabernacle Choir

The First Presidency has announced the appointment of Lt. Col. Craig D. Jessop as an associate conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

The appointment will be effective 1 June 1995, upon Col. Jessop’s retirement from the U.S. Air Force. He is currently serving as commander and conductor of the Air Combat Command Heartland of America Band, based at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. He is also music director and conductor of the Omaha Symphonic Chorus.

Col. Jessop joins Donald Ripplinger as an associate of Tabernacle Choir music director Jerold D. Ottley.