[1] Wilberg was born on February 20, 1955, in Price, Utah, and grew up in the nearby town of Castle Dale.

[3] Wilberg attended Brigham Young University (BYU) after finishing his missionary service, and earned a bachelor of music in piano performance and composition in 1979.

[5] At BYU, he was a member of the American Piano Quartet, which toured internationally and commissioned many original works, with Wilberg creating many of its arrangements himself.

His arrangements have been performed at the funerals for United States presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W.

For many of the works he has written/arranged for the Choir, public performances have involved guests artists invited by the Choir, including Renée Fleming, Frederica von Stade, Bryn Terfel, the King’s Singers, Audra McDonald, David Archuleta, Natalie Cole, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Kristin Chenoweth, Madeleine Albright, Walter Cronkite, and Claire Bloom.