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Messiah in America, Currently in its fifth season, Mormon Choral Organizations (MCO) has become the largest musical organization of its kind in the world. With more than 1300 performers, MCO encompasses the East Valley Mormon Choral Organization in Arizona, and the Orange County Mormon Choral Organization in California. EVMCO and OCMCO each consist of choirs for children, youth, and adults, and symphony orchestras, comprised of accomplished volunteer singers and instrumentalists. MCO is directed by Brett Stewart and Brandon Stewart and primarily features original music and arrangement's by Brett Stewart. Seven hundred choir and orchestra participants combined for the recording of Messiah in America. To learn more about MCO visit mormonchoralorganizations.org

Messiah in America is inspired by the great oratorios that span the last three centuries. The work intentionally draws from four epochs in music history. With Baroque counterpoint, Classical simplicity, Romantic melody and depth, and Contemporary drama and rhythmic flare, Messiah in America bows to the great composers spanning from Bach and Handel to Tchaikovsky, Holst, Prokofief, and beyond. The work consists of 34 movements, representative of the year 34 A.D. when Christ appeared to the ancient inhabitants of the American continent. From the torturous agony of wickedness and destruction to the transcendent parting of the heavens and descension of Christ and His angelic hosts, Messiah in America musically evokes mankind s intrinsic pining for the journey out of darkness and into light.

Note from the composer
Central to the Book of Mormon is Jesus Christ s visit to the inhabitants of the American continent after His death and resurrection, and this is the subject of the oratorio Messiah In America. Some of Christ s greatest doctrines were preached during this visit. It would take a second oratorio of even greater length to capture all of it. I have only attempted to relate the story and include some of the more precious and sacred scenes. Using the immortal Handel's Messiah as a blueprint, with the assistance of Bruce Richardson the libretto was comprised of text taken directly from the Book of Mormon, without poetic insertions, in order to maintain scriptural integrity. Brett Stewart