Mitchell McCarthy is a composer¹, orchestrator², and producer³.
He has written music for a wide range of artists and ensembles across the United States and Europe. Recent premieres include performances at the Queen Elisabeth Hall (Antwerp), the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels), The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Lincoln Center (NYC), and the New World Symphony Center (Miami). He is the music director and co-founder of K/M•D/M, a contemporary ballet company in New York City.
Mitchell’s collaborative work as an orchestrator, arranger, and producer includes recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios (London) and Avatar/Power Station Studios (NYC); international tours and broadcast specials featuring Judy Collins, Patti LaBelle, Vanessa Williams, Idina Menzel, and Juanes; Hollywood Bowl performances by Kristin Chenoweth and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and critically-acclaimed stage works with The American Pops Orchestra, The Little Orchestra Society, The Public Theater, and the 92nd Street Y. He continues to provide arrangements and performance materials for the symphony orchestras and ballets of Albany, Cincinnati, Denver, Houston, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Louisville, Nashville, Portland, Toronto, Washington, Winnipeg, and Hong Kong, in addition to theatrical projects with the New York Theatre Workshop (Hadestown) and the Goodspeed Opera House (Row).
When he’s not in the studio or at his desk, Mitchell can likely be found obsessing over the biochemical properties of a good cider fermentation or shooing his cat, Josie, off the piano keys.
¹ creates new music
² arranges/adapts music for different instruments; adds melodies, etc.
³ organizes recording sessions and live performances
