Bonnie Goodliffe
Bonnie Goodliffe (born 1943[1])is an American Latter-day Saint organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Goodliffe has an extensive background in organ performance, music theory and composition. She has served as a Tabernacle Organist for nearly a quarter of a century and in key positions with the American Guild of Organists.[2] She is married to Glade and they have seven children. [3]
Education
Goodliffe has been a Tabernacle organist since 1979. She studied piano and organ at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, and at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Bonnie received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in music from Brigham Young University.[4]
Experience
Goodliffe was a member of the executive committee responsible for the current edition of the hymnal for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She is a published composer with credits including the hymn "We Meet Again as Sisters," a musical setting of "Take My Life and Let It Be" and an arrangement of "Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee."
Goodliffe is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists (AGO). She was an AGO Regional Education Coordinator from 1993 to 1999 and is currently a member of the AGO National Certification Committee. She has presented workshops at AGO conventions and has written several articles published in the AGO's official magazine, The American Organist.