Brett Mitchell named Interim Director of Orchestras at University of Denver

Brett Mitchell will serve as Interim Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music during the 2022-23 academic year.

DENVER — The University of Denver has announced that Brett Mitchell will return to the Lamont School of Music during the 2022-23 academic year as Interim Director of Orchestras and Professor of Conducting while its Director of Orchestras—Lawrence Golan—is on sabbatical. From the official press release:

Brett Mitchell will return to conduct the Lamont Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Gates Concert Hall. This will be his second engagement with the group, having previously led the LSO in Fall 2019. 

On the first half of the program is the Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82, by Alexander Glazunov. Lamont faculty member Igor Pikayzen is the soloist. After intermission, Mitchell conducts Dvořák's Symphony No. 6. 

"I couldn't be more thrilled to be returning to work with the talented students at the Lamont School of Music," said Mitchell. "After our first collaboration together in October 2019, I was eager for the opportunity to make music again with these promising young musicians, and I'm particularly thrilled to be leading works by two Romantic masters—Antonín Dvořák and Alexander Glazunov—with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra this Fall."

In addition to his appearance with the Lamont Symphony Orchestra in November, Mr. Mitchell will also teach additional courses to select advanced conducting students in Fall 2022 and Spring 2023.