Assistant Professor of Trombone, Youngstown State University
Second Trombone, Canton Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Mitchell has appeared as a soloist and clinician throughout the United States and Europe. He joined the faculty of Youngstown State University in 2018. Mitchell is a member of Spectrum Brass, and is Second Trombone of the Canton Symphony Orchestra. He frequently performs with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and many other ensembles in his native Detroit area, including the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings, the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, and the Motor City Brass Quintet. He has previously held positions in the Sinfonia Gulf Coast, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, and the Midland Symphony Orchestra. He has also performed with the Brass Band of Battle Creek, CityMusic Cleveland, and the orchestras of Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Toledo, Tallahassee, Flint, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Youngstown. Summers, he is an Artist-in-Residence at the Bay View Music Festival. Mitchell earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He was previously Assistant Professor of Trombone at Ball State University.