Education
Wilberg attended Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University) after finishing his missionary service, and earned a bachelor"s degree in music in 1979.
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Wilberg attended Brigham Young University (Brigham Young University) after finishing his missionary service, and earned a bachelor"s degree in music in 1979.
Wilberg was raised in Castle Dale, Utah, and served an Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) mission in South of Korea where he was part of New Horizons, a vocal group made up of Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) missionaries. He concentrated on piano and composition. He then earned a master"s degree and a Doctor of Philosophy in music from the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California.
He is a former professor of music at Brigham Young University, where he directed the Men"s Chorus and Concert Choir.
This group toured throughout the world and commissioned many original works. Wilberg created many of their arrangements himself.
His compositions and arrangements are performed and recorded by choral organizations throughout the world. In 2006, he was awarded the Brock Commission from the American Choral Directors Association.
Wilberg"s father was part owner of the family"s Wilberg coal mine but died well before the 1984 fire.
At Brigham Young University he was a member of the American Piano Quartet which included Paul Pollei, himself, and different other pianist at different times (Massimiliano Frani, Delegate Parkinson, Ronald Staheli, and Douglas Humphreys).