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Billboard chart-topping Mormon choral/orchestral group in concert at Allen Performing Arts Center
By Steve Wright
For the first time ever, Mormon Choral Organizations (MCO), a choral and orchestra group with more than 700 traveling singers and instrumentalists, including children, teenagers, and adults, from Orange County, California, and the East Valley of Phoenix, Arizona, will be holding a community concert at the Allen Performing Arts Center in Allen, Texas on March 15. The group will be in the Dallas area for a special performance at the Meyerson Symphony Center as part of the American Choral Directors Association’s biannual convention.
"We are excited and incredibly grateful for the invitation and opportunity to perform at this year’s ACDA conference,” said Susan Stephensen, MCO executive director. “With the warm reception and excitement we’ve felt from the Dallas community, we are especially pleased to be able to present an additional concert of sacred and classical music for the community at the beautiful Allen Performing Arts Center."
MCO’s combined choral groups and orchestras have released two albums in the last two years, Messiah in America, an original oratorio and O Holy Night, the group’s first Christmas album. Both CDs debuted at the top of the Billboard traditional classical music charts.
Brothers Brandon and Brett Stewart first founded MCO in Orange County in 2007 as Orange County Mormon Choral Organization (OCMCO) and then launched the East Valley Mormon Choral Organization (EVMCO) in the Phoenix metropolitan area’s East Valley in 2009. MCO has grown to more than 2,000 performers including children and youth choirs, an adult choir and a full symphony orchestra in both locations.
The community concert will be held on March 15 at 7 p.m. at the Allen Performing Arts Center located at 300 Rivercrest Blvd., Allen, TX. Tickets for the concert are $10 and $15 and can be purchased at www.allenisd.org or at the door that evening.
About Mormon Choral Organizations - Mormon Choral Organizations is an independent nonprofit organization that teaches and encourages excellence in quality sacred, choral, and classical music. It provides a unique and unsurpassed level of music education to members of all faiths throughout the community. MCO provides an invaluable learning environment whereby children, youth, and adults can associate with and share talents with those who maintain upstanding values. The organization is powered by more than 2,000 accomplished volunteer singers and instrumentalists. For further information, please seewww.mormonchoralorganizations.org.
"We are excited and incredibly grateful for the invitation and opportunity to perform at this year’s ACDA conference,” said Susan Stephensen, MCO executive director. “With the warm reception and excitement we’ve felt from the Dallas community, we are especially pleased to be able to present an additional concert of sacred and classical music for the community at the beautiful Allen Performing Arts Center."
MCO’s combined choral groups and orchestras have released two albums in the last two years, Messiah in America, an original oratorio and O Holy Night, the group’s first Christmas album. Both CDs debuted at the top of the Billboard traditional classical music charts.
Brothers Brandon and Brett Stewart first founded MCO in Orange County in 2007 as Orange County Mormon Choral Organization (OCMCO) and then launched the East Valley Mormon Choral Organization (EVMCO) in the Phoenix metropolitan area’s East Valley in 2009. MCO has grown to more than 2,000 performers including children and youth choirs, an adult choir and a full symphony orchestra in both locations.
The community concert will be held on March 15 at 7 p.m. at the Allen Performing Arts Center located at 300 Rivercrest Blvd., Allen, TX. Tickets for the concert are $10 and $15 and can be purchased at www.allenisd.org or at the door that evening.
About Mormon Choral Organizations - Mormon Choral Organizations is an independent nonprofit organization that teaches and encourages excellence in quality sacred, choral, and classical music. It provides a unique and unsurpassed level of music education to members of all faiths throughout the community. MCO provides an invaluable learning environment whereby children, youth, and adults can associate with and share talents with those who maintain upstanding values. The organization is powered by more than 2,000 accomplished volunteer singers and instrumentalists. For further information, please seewww.mormonchoralorganizations.org.
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