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USU's Year of the Arts with Dr. Craig Jessop on Tuesday's Access Utah

 

Craig Jessop, Dean of Utah State University’s Caine College of the Arts, Director of the American Festival Chorus and Orchestra, and former Music Director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, has led an interesting life in the arts. He’ll join us today to talk about USU’s Year of the Arts which begins this month.

He’ll also tell us some stories from his friendship with John Rutter, from his time in groups led by Robert Shaw, and from his time as leader of several U.S. Air Force musical ensembles, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

We’ll also ask him about the role the arts play in our lives and get his take on the somewhat precarious state of funding for the arts

Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.