Named after the Salt Lake Tabernacle on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, the 300+ member choir is world-famous.
Chamber Choir and Vocal Jazz Ensemble are 16 member choirs composed of students selected from the a cappella choir.
A national Choral Music Lending Scheme that facilitates provision of performing scores to over 100 member choirs across the country was instituted in 1965.
Bernd R. Kuehn founded the group as the Washington County Chorale in 1985 as a 50 member choir.
The cantata is a mixture of a live performance by a 200 member choir, dance, and scripted drama and lighting.
There is also a Chamber Choir, a 28 member choir with seven tenors, seven altos, seven sopranos, and seven basses, referred to as "PHS Singers."
From reports in the local papers it appears that he revived the Massillon Community Chorus in 1938, which developed into a full blown 40 member choir by 1941.
Other university choirs joined over the years, with all State and Territory capitals (except Darwin in the Northern Territory) having at least one member choir by 1973.
There was a twelve- member choir with Mrs. Walter Eppes as both organist and choir director.
The festival is hosted and held on a rotational basis by the member choirs.