Mitchell McCarthy is a composer, orchestrator, and producer.
As a composer, Mitchell has written music for artists and ensembles across the U.S. and Europe, with recent premieres at the Queen Elisabeth Hall (Antwerp); the Palais des Beaux-Arts (Brussels); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center, and Roulette (NYC); and the New World Symphony Center (Miami). He is the music director and co-founder of contemporary ballet company K/M•D/M and producer of the Tilted Head Ensemble.
Mitchell’s collaborative work as an orchestrator, arranger, and conductor includes recording sessions at Abbey Road and Avatar/Power Station studios; live performances and broadcast specials with artists including Judy Collins, Patti LaBelle, Dionne Warwick, Vanessa Williams, Idina Menzel, Cynthia Erivo, Joan Osborne, and Juanes; and performances at the Hollywood Bowl with Kristin Chenoweth and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. His stage work includes critically acclaimed projects with the American Pops Orchestra, the Little Orchestra Society, The Public Theater, the 92nd Street Y, and the New York Theatre Workshop (including Hadestown, which he transcribed from Anaïs Mitchell’s original voice memos for the show’s first run).
Beyond music, Mitchell is a commercial multi-engine, instrument-rated pilot and spends much of his free time restoring, maintaining, and flying a 1968 Beechcraft Bonanza around the Northeast.
When not at his desk or in the air, Mitchell can usually be found chasing his two young sons with his wife, Bethany, or fixing up their 100-year-old house in Connecticut.
