Fifty-eight years ago, Maurice Abravanel began his association and leadership of the Utah Symphony. He was said to be limitless. "There wasn't any work he wouldn't undertake. He changed the world. He changed the entire music world here." One of the first things he did was set about finding a group of singers that could undertake the great works that he had in store to perform with the orchestra. He turned to the University of Utah and Music Department Chairman President LeRoy J. Robertson, who agreed to let Abravanel use the University's choirs to combine forces and perform with the Symphony.