Review: "New Music Ensemble shows off versatility"

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has published a review of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's most recent subscription concert. "PNME founder David Stock's 'Sonidos de la Noche' was expertly led by associate conductor Brett Mitchell, drawing precise and well coordinated evocative sonorities..." To read the complete review, please click here.

Review: "PNME whirls, circles and flows"

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has published a review of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's most recent subscription concert. The paper credited Brett Mitchell's "solid (and nicely unobtrusive) direction" for maintaining "the sense of precise ensemble" in performances of Ross Bauer's "Oda al Olor de la Leña," Mathew Rosenblum's "Circadian Rhythms," and the world premiere of Jeffrey Nytch's "...and the wind spoke." To read the complete review, please click here.

"Young Conductors Show Off Their Training With the NSO"

The Washington Post has published an article about the 2005 National Conducting Institute, a three-week, hands-on training program for young conductors with the National Symphony Orchestra led by music director Leonard Slatkin in which Brett Mitchell participated. To read more, please click here.

Review: "Effortless precision"

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has published a review of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's most recent subscription concert, praising Brett Mitchell's performances of David Stock's "A Little Lightmusic" and David Lang's "Sweet Air": "Both [works] are intricate to the point of being potential train wrecks, but, under Mitchell's direction, the ensemble played with effortless precision." To read the complete review, please click here.

Review: "Good music takes center stage in Saturday night concert"

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has published a review of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's most recent subscription concert. "Brett Mitchell led a superb performance [of Joseph Schwantner's 'Music of Amber'] that achieved the composer's creative intentions in part through careful attention to dynamics, both in bold strokes and nuances of blending." To read the complete review, please click here.

Wall Street Journal: "Following His Lead: Young Conductors Learn from Masur"

The Wall Street Journal has published an article about Kurt Masur's first annual conducting seminar at the Manhattan School of Music, at which Brett Mitchell was one of five young conductors selected to study with the Maestro. Mr. After the culminating concert (on which Mr. Mitchell shared the second half with the Maestro, leading Brahms's "Variations on a Theme by Haydn"), the Journal observed, "Classical music may be embattled today, but amid the flurry of embraces, cheering and floral tributes in this Upper West Side auditorium, I recall Mr. Mitchell's comment that 'this experience has taught us a clearer understanding of just why we...make the sacrifices we make to dedicate ourselves to music.' And for one precious moment one wants to believe that there really is a bright future for these young hopefuls." To read the complete article, please click here.

Austin Chronicle: "Two UT School of Music doctoral candidates chosen to learn conducting from Maestro Kurt Masur

The Austin Chronicle has published an article about Brett Mitchell and follow University of Texas conducting student Adam Boyles, two of only seven young conductors personally selected by Maestro Kurt Masur to participate in his first annual conducting seminar at the Manhattan School of Music earlier this month. To read the complete article, please click here.

Season recap: "Revamped New Music Ensemble's season ends"

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has published an article looking back at the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's 2003 summer season, singling out associate conductor Brett Mitchell for providing "assured and vital leadership." To read the complete article, please click here.

Review: "Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's concert richly rewards patience of overflow crowd"

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has published a review of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's most recent subscription concert. Of a performance of Yannick Plamondon's "Autoportrait sur Times Square," the review praised Brett Mitchell for having "led with devoted assurance, and paced the score more in accord with the composer's directions than does the...recording." To read the complete review, please click here.

Profile: "New Music conductor takes on daunting 20th-century classic"

The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review has published a profile of Brett Mitchell as he prepares to lead a production of Peter Maxwell Davies's Eight Songs for a Mad King on this evening's final concert of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble's 2002 summer season. To read this profile, please click here.