Brett Mitchell Email & Phone Number

Pasadena, California, United States

Pasadena, California, United States

Sunriver, Oregon

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Led a program of Glazunov and Dvořák with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra, beginning rehearsals in October 2022 with a culminating performance on November 16, 2022.
• Led Dvořák's Cello Concerto with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra and student concerto competition winner in May 2023.
• Taught 3 additional courses: 1) Conducting to the graduate conducting majors, 2) Advanced Orchestral Conducting, and 3) Extra-Musical Roles of the Music Director.
• Supervised the graduate students teaching the Basic Conducting course.

Pasadena, California, United States

Greater Denver Area

• Music Director (2017-21) | Music Director Designate (2016-17)
• Programmed and conducted the majority of the orchestra’s 18 classical subscription weekends each season, as well as a wide variety of special performances at both Boettcher Concert Hall in downtown Denver and Red Rocks.
• Performances with such guest artists as soprano Renée Fleming, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianists Kirill Gerstein and Jeffrey Kahane, and violinists Itzhak Perlman and Augustin Hadelich
• Many collaborations with the Colorado Symphony Chorus, including Verdi’s Requiem, Britten’s 'War Requiem,' Bernstein’s 'Chichester Psalms,' Handel’s 'Messiah,' Orff’s 'Carmina Burana,' and Beethoven’s 'Missa Solemnis'.
• Dramatically increased representation of female composers and composers of color
• Led several co-commissions and premieres by Kevin Puts, William Hill, and Daniel Kellogg

Denver, Colorado, United States

• Led rehearsals and performances with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra
• Taught the graduate conducting majors

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Associate Conductor (2015-17) | Assistant Conductor (2013-15)
• Programmed and conducted a wide variety of performances each season at Severance Hall, Blossom Music Center, Cleveland Orchestra Miami, and on tour
• Severance Hall subscription debut in March 2014 as emergency replacement for Franz Welser-Möst
• Blossom Music Festival debut in July 2014 as emergency replacement for Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
• Led performances with such guest artists as pianist Rudolf Buchbinder and violinist James Ehnes
• Served as cover conductor for select subscription and tour performances

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Programmed and conducted all performances each season, including three Severance Hall subscription concerts and various side-by-side events with The Cleveland Orchestra
• Led the orchestra on a four-city tour of China in June 2015, our second international tour
• Led a special performance featuring cellist Alisa Weilerstein in May 2015

• Programmed and conducted all performances on classical, pops, and educational subscription series
• Diverse, innovative, and collaborative programming led to significantly increased attendance, including the first two sellouts in the orchestra’s 80-year history
• Served as the organization’s principal ambassador via speaking engagements, TV and radio appearances, pre-concert talks, print interviews, and other public events

Houston, Texas Area

• Programmed, coached, and conducted three fully staged opera productions each season

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Served as cover conductor for music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin, chief conductor Charles Dutoit, and such guest conductors as Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, David Zinman, and Gianandrea Noseda

• ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR (September 2008 - May 2011)AMERICAN CONDUCTING FELLOW (September 2007 - August 2010)
• Programmed and conducted over 100 classical, pops, education, family, and outreach concerts
• Stepped in on short notice to conduct April 2009 subscription concert
• Led performances with such guest artists as violinist Leila Josefowicz
• Subscription performances broadcast nationwide on both Performance Today and SymphonyCast
• Promoted orchestra through speaking engagements, media appearances, pre-concert talks, etc.

• Prepared orchestra and cast for new production of Puccini’s Trittico
• Shared subscription concert with Lorin Maazel

See description for "Assistant Conductor at Houston Symphony" above.

• Led rehearsals at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and on tour
• Covered for and assisted such conductors as Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, and Daniele Gatti

• Programmed and conducted six performances with the NIU Philharmonic each season
• Programmed, coached, and conducted one fully staged opera and two scenes programs annually
• Served as director of the graduate instrumental conducting program
• Taught introductory and advanced undergraduate conducting courses

• Led multiple subscription concerts each season.
• Conducted one U.S. and six world premieres.
• Conducted performances on 2004’s international tour.
• Led world premiere recordings in 2002 and 2006.

• Programmed and conducted four concerts annually
• Established annual concerto competition and vocal gala

Mm & Dma, Orchestral Conducting

Bm, Composition