Prioritizing Music in our Worship | An Interview with Brett Stewart

Dr. Brett Stewart is a conductor, composer, pianist, and vocalist.
He has taught music to youth and adults for nearly three decades
and—together with his brother—founded Millennial Choirs &
Orchestras. He is also a composer-in-residence for MCO, having
composed and arranged well over one hundred works for the
organization, including the full-length oratorio Messiah in
America, and the full-length patriotic work To Be American. Brett
received a doctorate degree in Choral Conducting with cognate
studies in Composition from the University of Cincinnati
College–Conservatory of Music, a master’s degree in Choral
Conducting from California State University, Long Beach, and a
bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from Brigham Young
University. Extremely active and busy with his family and religious
life, Stewart devotes his career time exclusively to MCO and other
composing projects. Brett and his wife, Mindy, are the parents of
seven children and live in northeast Texas. Links Millennial Choirs
and Orchestras MCO on YouTube Messiah in America on YouTube
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