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The Mormon Tabernacle Choir

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Every year, there is a annual and semiannual conference held in Salt Lake City Utah, at the Salt Lake City Conference Center. The conference is held every April and October. Members and leader of the Church of Latter Day Saints come together and attend sessions where they listen to religious leader’s sermons. Each conference consists of six sessions - four general sessions, one male priest session and one women’s session. This is an important ritual in the Mormon Church. These conferences are broadcasted on television and online locally and internationally, so all members of the Church can take part and know what issues are being discussed. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir also performs. Though women and men are thought of as equals, women

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