About
Trombonist Andrew Mitchell is a frequent soloist and clinician throughout the United States and Europe and is in demand as an orchestral and chamber musician. He is a member of Spectrum Brass, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with The Cleveland Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra, the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, the Detroit Opera Orchestra, the Brass Band of Battle Creek, the Motor City Brass Quintet, CityMusic Cleveland, and the orchestras of Kalamazoo, Toledo, Tallahassee, Ann Arbor, Flint, Akron, Lansing, and Erie. He previously held positions in the Sinfonia Gulf Coast, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Midland Symphony Orchestra, and the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra.
Appearances as a soloist and/or clinician have included the Big 12 Trombone Conference, the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts (Brno, Czech Republic), the Kroměříž Conservatory (Kroměříž, Czech Republic), the Jan Deyl Conservatory (Prague, Czech Republic), the Prague Conservatory, the University of Michigan, Western Michigan University, Eastern Michigan University, the University of Southern Mississippi, Texas Tech University, the Oberlin Conservatory, the W.D. Packard Concert Band, the Motor City Brass Band, and numerous engagements with the Youngstown State University Wind Ensemble. During summers he is an Artist-in-Residence at the Bay View Music Festival. Mitchell’s students have won international solo competitions and positions in professional orchestras and military bands. He joined the faculty of Youngstown State University in 2018.
