Millennial Choirs & Orchestras

MCO performing "Messiah in America" in Abravanel Hall in 2011

MCO performing in the Eugene McDermott Concert Hall @ Meyerson Symphony Center for the ACDA National Conference in Dallas, TX, 2013

MCO performing in Renée & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts, 2013

The choirs of MCO consist of singers ranging from age four through adult. The Symphony Orchestra consists of experienced instrumentalists. The ensembles are constructed as follows:

• Symphony Orchestra: Advanced instrumentalists (auditioned)
• Grand Chorus: Advanced adult men and women singers (18+, auditioned)
• Millennial Chorus: Mix of youth singers from the Youth Chorus and Concert Choir Women
• Concert Choir: High school-aged (9th-12th grade) divided into Concert Choir Men and Women
• Youth Chorus: Middle school-aged (6th-8th grade) combined boys and girls
• Children’s Chorus: Elementary school-aged (2nd-5th grade) combined children
• Young Singers Chorus: Young children (age 4-1st grade)

MCO was founded in 2007 by brothers and musicians Dr. Brett Stewart and Brandon Stewart. The organization's artistic staff also includes the following musical directors: Cory Mendenhall (UMCO), Dr. Joni Jensen (DMCO), Jodi Reed (OCMCO), Kristi Ward (DMCO), Emily Ball (UMCO), Hillary Haynie (EVMCO), and Amy Mascio (OCMCO). MCO operates under the parent organization Millennial™ Music, which is a private 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The organization's motto is "All Ages. All Faiths. One Voice." It was founded for the purpose of promoting high quality sacred and classical music. Annually, more than 5,000 individuals participate in MCO.[1]

• Orange County, California (OCMCO)
• East Valley, Arizona (EVMCO)
• Davis/Utah County, Utah (UMCO)
• Austin/Dallas, Texas (DMCO)
• Treasure Valley, Idaho (TVMCO)

• Orange County Millennial™ Choirs & Orchestras (OCMCO), originally known as Orange County Mormon Choral Organization, was founded in Orange County, California in the fall of 2007.
• MCO expands to East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area) in the fall of 2009.
• MCO releases its debut album That Easter Morn on December 1, 2009.
• MCO releases its second album Messiah in America on December 13, 2011.
• MCO releases its third album O Holy Night, also their first Christmas album, on November 6, 2012.
• In March 2013, MCO was invited to perform at the National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas.
• MCO expands to Dallas, Texas and Salt Lake County/Utah County, Utah in the fall of 2013.
• MCO releases its fourth album To Be American on July 1, 2014.
• MCO expands to the Boise, Idaho region in the fall of 2015.
• In June 2016, participants from MCO's five locales participated in its "God & Country Tour" to Washington, D.C.
• MCO releases Amazing Grace, its fifth album on October 28, 2016.
• In June 2017, participants from MCO's five locales performed and recorded selections from their "Be Still, My Soul" concert repertoire in the Salt Lake Tabernacle at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• MCO releases O Come, O Come, Emmanuel and Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains as singles on December 22, 2017
• On July 12-13, 2019, participants from MCO's five locales performed two concerts with selections from their "Nearer, My God, To Thee" concert repertoire at Carnegie Hall in New York, New York, featuring soloists Jenny Oaks Baker (violinist) and Erin Morley (soprano). The third concert, including participants from California and Utah, was cancelled due to the Manhattan blackout of July 2019.
• MCO releases Be Still, My Soul as a single on July 31, 2019.
• MCO releases Millennial Song, its sixth album on October 25, 2019.

MCO performing a staged production of Mendelssohn's Elijah in their "Deliver Us" concert at Arizona's Mesa Arts Center, 2015

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