Video: Short film promotes Houston Symphony concerts

The Houston Symphony has produced a short film promoting Brett Mitchell's upcoming Pops subscription weekend featuring the works of Cole Porter and George Gershwin. To watch this video, please click here.

Preview: "Music of 'Jaws,' 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' helps SBSO take audience to the movies"

The Saginaw News has published a preview of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's upcoming Pops concert, "The Music of John Williams: An 80th-Birthday Celebration." To read this article, please click here.

Review: "SBSO collaboration with artist Kellie Schneider a winner on all counts"

The Saginaw News has published a review of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's most recent subscription concert. "The stage fell silent as Mitchell took a seat at the piano. The spotlight found him there as he pulled the rise and fall of Johannes Brahms’ Intermezzo from the keys, the lush melody sweeping across the underlying groundwork of the deeper tones. Even more, it caught Mitchell’s love of the piece, the emotion swelling through the work as we saw him, as he promised, with fresh eyes.... A running series of standing ovations screamed for an encore, and as this was a night of surprises, the [Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra] delivered on that note, too…drawing still another round of thunderous applause." To read the complete review, please click here.

Preview: "SBSO joins local artist Kellie Schneider in a fairy-tale of a concert"

The Saginaw News has published a preview of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's upcoming subscription concert, which will feature eight world-premiere illustrations by local artist Kellie Schneider to accompany Maurice Ravel's Suite from Mother Goose. To read this article, please click here.

The Great American Songbook with the Houston Symphony

Brett Mitchell returns to the Houston Symphony for the sixth time this season to lead a weekend of Pops subscription performances celebrating the Great American Songbook. Mr. Mitchell and guest vocalists Jennifer Hope Wills and Ryan Silverman will perform selections by George Gershwin and Cole Porter at Jones Hall on April 27, 28, and 29. For more information or to purchase tickets for these events, please click the "SCHEDULE" link above.

Review: "Saginaw's 'Shakespearean Dreams' a true testament to the power of collaboration"

The Saginaw News has published a review of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's most recent subscription concert, featuring a semi-staged production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelssohn's Overture and complete Incidental Music. "Last May, when conductor Brett Mitchell closed the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra season with an eye-opening performance of Beethoven’s Ninth, his father warned him that he’d set the bar dangerously high for coming concerts. Saturday, Mitchell kicked it out of the stratosphere. Nothing could have prepared the Temple Theatre audience for the realization of 'Shakespearean Dreams,' the collaboration of the symphony, the Saginaw Choral Society and Pit and Balcony Community Theatre that somehow melded into an explosion of the senses." To read the complete review, please click here.

Review: "Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra presents a fun ode to Shakespeare"

Janet Martineau has published a review of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's most recent subscription concert, featuring a semi-staged production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelssohn's Overture and complete Incidental Music. "And it probably goes without saying now, [as evidenced throughout] his short career here, that Mitchell conducted Mendelssohn’s wonderful score flawlessly." To read the complete review, please click here.

Preview: "Saginaw arts scene promises a triple-threat blend of music, voice, and theater in 'Shakespearean Dreams'"

The Saginaw News has published a preview of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's upcoming subscription concert, titled "Shakespearean Dreams." This performance, featuring a staged production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream with Mendelssohn's Overture and complete Incidental Music, will be held on Saturday, February 11, at the Temple Theatre in downtown Saginaw. To read this article, please click here.

Audio: "Amelia" interview

Brett Mitchell, director Buck Ross, composer Daron Hagen, and librettist Gardner McFall spoke with St.John Flynn on today's edition of KUHA's "The Front Row" about this weekend's world-premiere performances of the chamber version of "Amelia" at the Moores Opera Center. Mitchell also accompanied several singers at the piano in several arias from the work during the interview. To listen, please click here.

Preview: "Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchesta offers a musical tribute to John Williams"

The Saginaw News has published a preview of a new concert just added by the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra to their current season: "A Night at the Movies: An 80th-Birthday Tribute to John Williams." To read the article, please click here.

Return engagements with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

After leading six education concerts with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra during the 2010-11 season, Brett Mitchell has been invited to return to the orchestra for another six concerts in February 2012. For more information, please click the "SCHEDULE" link above.

Honors delivered to "Il Postino"

Last season's production of Daniel Catán's "Il Postino" at the Moores Opera Center, for which Brett Mitchell served as Music Director, has garnered top honors from the National Opera Association: the April 2011 production was ranked first 1 in Division IV of the Opera Production Competition. For more, please click here.

Brett Mitchell on "The Art and Science of Conducting"

The Women's Institute of Houston has published an extensive interview with Brett Mitchell on "The Art and Science of Conducting" in advance of his appearance as guest speaker on their lecture luncheon series on January 20, 2012. To read this interview, please click here.

Preview: "'A different mix' promises an interesting night with the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra"

The Saginaw News has published a preview of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's annual holiday concert. This season's concert, titled "Christmas Around the World," will be held next Tuesday, December 6, at the Temple Theatre in downtown Saginaw. To read this article, please click here.

New Year's Eve 2011 with the Houston Symphony

Brett Mitchell will lead his fifth consecutive New Year's Eve gala concert with the Houston Symphony, held on December 31 at 8 p.m. at the Centrum. This year's concert will celebrate the art of dance via both classical and light classical selections. For more information or to purchase tickets for this event, please click the "SCHEDULE" link above.

Preview: "A familiar theme runs through Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's season opener"

The Saginaw News has published a preview article of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's first concert of the 2011-12 season. To read this article, please click here.

Cover Story: "Brett Mitchell talks about new SBSO season"

On the eve of his second season as music director of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra, Brett Mitchell sits down with 360 Main Street's Jeanne Lesinski to discuss the orchestra's 2011-12 offerings. To read this story,  please click here.

The Philadelphia Orchestra, 2011-12

Brett Mitchell will continue for a third season as cover conductor for The Philadelphia Orchestra, covering several weeks of subscription programs with the Orchestra during their 2011-12 season. In February 2012, Mitchell will cover for Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos and Emanuel Ax in a program of Mozart and Brahms, while he will cover a program of Bernstein, Gershwin, and Tchaikovsky in March 2012. For more information, or to purchase tickets for these events, please click the "SCHEDULE" link above.

Brett Mitchell returns to Houston Symphony for three programs in October

Brett Mitchell will return to the Houston Symphony for the first time since his four-year tenure as assistant conductor concluded in May for three concerts this October. Mitchell will first lead a special outreach concert at The Methodist Hospital on October 27, then the orchestra's annual Halloween concert in The Woodlands on October 28. He will then lead his fifth consecutive "Lunada," a free concert celebrating the music of Latin America on October 29. For more information, or to purchase tickets for these events, please click the "SCHEDULE" link above.

Preview: SBSO's 2011-12 season

The cover story of the current issue of The Review features an in-depth interview with Brett Mitchell, as he previews of the Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra's upcoming 2011-12 concert season. To read this story, "Conductor Brett Mitchell picks up the baton for a season showcasing 'Purely Michigan' music," please click here.