Joseph Peeples became a Temple Square Organist in July 2019. He currently serves on the faculties of the Choir School of the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and the annual Brigham Young University Organ Workshop, and has taught a wide range of courses in music theory, appreciation, and performance at California Lutheran, Pepperdine, Indiana, and Brigham Young universities. Peeples previously served as University Organist at California Lutheran University in his hometown of Thousand Oaks, California, and as Organist at First United Methodist Church in Santa Barbara, California. He is a doctoral candidate in organ performance at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and received a Master of Music degree in organ performance from Brigham Young University. In addition to his responsibilities on Temple Square, he is a scientific programmer in the optical thin-film industry.
