Longtime Tabernacle organist to retire, then take new post
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Robert Cundick, an organist for the Mormon Tabernacle choir for more than a quarter of a century, will retire from his position effective Dec. 1, 1991.
The pending retirement was announced by the First Presidency July 12. Brother Cundick, 65, was appointed Tabernacle organist in April 1965.Following the announcement, BYU Pres. Rex E. Lee invited Brother Cundick and his wife, Charlotte Clark Cundick, to serve as directors of hosting at BYU's Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies, effective Dec. 6, 1991.
Robert C. Taylor, director of Travel Study in BYU's Division of Continuing Education, said the Cundicks will serve under the direction of Truman G. Madsen, a BYU professor of philosophy who directs the Jerusalem Center.
Brother Cundick was a principal adviser for specifications and selection of a builder for the center's large pipe organ, Brother Taylor said. Having access to the organ will permit him to continue his work as a composer.
The hosting assignment is for 18 months, Brother Taylor said.
