Jerold Don Ottley[1] (April 7, 1934 – February 19, 2021) was an American music director and choral conductor.
He was subsequently granted a Fulbright scholarship to study at the Academy of Music in Cologne, and later earned a doctorate from the University of Oregon.
[3] Under Ottley's leadership, the rules regarding the Choir became more restrictive; prospective members needed to have a recommendation from the lay leaders of their local congregation (ward or branch).
[4] Ottley's duties with the Choir included the preparation and performance of nearly thirteen hundred weekly radio and television broadcasts of Music and the Spoken Word.
[4] After Ottley retired in 1999, he was involved in volunteer work for four years as administrator and teacher for the Choir's Training School at Temple Square, as a Choir staff volunteer to revise the choral library computer database, as artistic advisor to the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable, and as bishop of his ward in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).