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Show 16 — For the week of November 28, 2008 PACE e Continued from pg. 10 person that can sing a very broad tange like he can. He is extremely musical and very talented. We were very excited to have him come back and join us” Richard Jensen Jensen sings lead in the quartet. He recalls his mother singing to him a lot when he was a child. He said singing has always been enjoyable to him. When he was 5 years old and in the first grade in San Bernardino, Calif, his teacher, Mrs. Nuttall, observed something in his voice. “It was Christmas time and we were singing Christmas carols in our classroom. My teacher came and stood by me, listening to me sing. She asked me to go to the principal's office with her and had me, sing for the principal. They talked about the intonation of my voice and said they were amazed that a child of my age could sing on key. Jensen also started .taking violin lessons at age 7. Through the years he progressed to the ukulele, guitar, and banjo. “I always played a stringed instrument, accompanying myself to sing,’ said Jensen. In junior high school, he sang in a boy’s choir, and in high school, he auditioned to be in the A capella Choir made up of sSeniors. He was the only sophomore chosen to sing with the Seniors. ST. GEORGE “Singing with that group was a high point for me,’ said Jensen. The bridge from music in school to the barbershop quartets was continuing to sing accompanying himself on the guitar performing at BYU. or church ‘functions. The favorite songs he sang were early ballads made popular by Ricky Nelson and Peter, Paul, and Mary. As an adult, he sang in a barbershop quartet in the Bay area. ‘In fact he has been involved in singing with male quartets. off and on over a 40year span. “I love the close harmony of a quartet. I still concentrate on intonation as I did as a child as it is very important. That’s what is nice about our quartet, listening together. We're locked NO APPOINTMENT NECESSARY - JUST WALK IN! NEIGHBORHOODS € oe Brinig this card The Spectrum — www.thespectrum.com degree in geology, he went to in perfectly to each other. I décor. He travels to shows appreciate the challenge of, promoting his ideas that fit Laramie, where his wife was his interests and what the raised, and graduated with making it sound right on the a master’s degree in geolmarket dictates. money. Jensen was -born in San ogy from the University of / Jensen also sings in a trio Diego, Calif. He attended Wyoming. His work took him called “Juniper 621" and BYU and graduated with to Denver for one year worksings throughout Southern a sociology degree. The ing in the oil shale industry, Utah. They sing folk songs. then back to Laramie with “One thing that is consistent Jensens moved to Southern Utah, 30 years ago to be close ‘underground coal/gasificawith me is that music is an to his parents who live in tion testing. He spent a year important aspect of my life’ Cedar City and to his wife,. as an environmental geoloAnother important part Susan's, parents who live in gist in Milwaukee, Wisc., of belonging to the singing groups is the fellowship that -Hurricane. They now live in then to Dallas, Texas, for is felt and to realize that New Harmony. Richard. and three years as an environSusan have fourchildren who singing makes people happy. mental consultant. In March live in Springville, Draper, St. 1993, he moved his fam“The whole experience George and New Harmony. of singing is like a catharily to St. George to work for They have 13 grandchildren. sis — something that helps Rosenberg Associates as a remove the cares of life. It is geological consultant. Robert Oliver wonderful to have a talent That year he joined the and use it. Singing is also Music has been an imporSouthwest Symphony Choral, very therapeutic to me. It tant part of the life of Oliver, in St. George. “I worked helps balance my life. In fact _ who is the baritone in the with a guy who sang with music seems to be that spequartet. He played the the choir and asked me if I cial antidote that fixes things saxophone in elementary would like to audition for the school through high school by rehearsing, and RO, choral. I auditioned and was in Wichita, Kan., where he thrilled to be a part of that ing. was born. When he returned For the last 20 years, group. We performed at the from his LDS Church misJensen has a home-based Tabernacle and sang “The woodworking , business at sion to Austria, there were no Messiah” with the symphony bands to play his saxophone his home in New Harmony. orchestra. At the end of that. in, so he started singing in year, the director was leaving For the past six years, their choirs at church. While he mainstay is making a variand they asked Jon Sellers was attending BYU, he met ety of windows with dried to put together a quartet to his wife, Janice,. ‘floral arrangements. He also sing in a program for the After graduating from makes small furniture items, BYU with a_ bachelor’s such as ‘tables, for home e See OLIVER on pg. 18 eer ree 7% Small Coffee or Small Soda Hours: Mon. - Fri. 8:30 - 6:30 Sat. 9:00 - 2:00 JB's Exp ress 1146 S. Bluff St. 5931_s49 ANY LAB TEST NOW® provides thousands of standard lab tests to consumers and employers professionally. ee and cost-effectively. |