Brigham Cecil Gates (August 17, 1887 – August 31, 1941) was an American music conductor and composer.
Life
Gates was born in Laie, Oahu, Kingdom of Hawaii, to Jacob F. Gates and his wife Susa Young Gates, Americans from Utah Territory serving in Hawaii as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He was the second of the couple's 12 children.
Following early training in music from teachers at Brigham Young Academy, John H. McClellan, and the New England Conservatory of Music, Gates taught piano in St. George, Utah.
From 1907 to 1910, Gates served was an LDS Church missionary in the Eastern States Mission, which was headquartered in New York City. He studied in the Scharwenka Conservatory of Music in Berlin from 1910 to 1913 and graduated with high honors.
On June 30, 1917, Gates married Gweneth Gibbs in the Salt Lake Temple. They were the parents of five children.
