As a Temple Square organist in Salt Lake since 1984 and adjunct associate professor of music at the University of Utah (U of U) since 2000, Dr. Linda Margetts has extensive performing and teaching experience. Dr. Margetts performs with the Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square and its affiliated Chorale and Bells at Temple Square. She joins with her four fellow organists in presenting daily 30-minute organ recitals at Temple Square in both the Tabernacle and Conference Center. She accompanies the Tabernacle Choir on Music and the Spoken Word broadcast as assigned. In addition, Dr. Margetts is associate director of the Choir School which trains new Tabernacle Choir members.
At the U of U, Dr. Margetts teaches matriculated organ students and runs the School of Music’s community organ training program. She has concertized on organs in the United States, Canada, Armenia, Israel, England and Austria. She is a published composer.
Dr. Margetts is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists (their highest rating) and has presented recitals and workshops at their conventions. As chapter Dean and Western Region Coordinator, she worked to help organists and to promote the organ.
Linda and her husband, Bert, are the parents of six children and 26 grandchildren.