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, Lincoln Center, and Roulette (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 and is the producer of the Tilted Head Ensemble.
Mitchell’s collaborative work as an orchestrator and arranger includes multiple recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios (London) and Avatar/Power Station Studios (NYC); international tours and broadcast specials featuring Judy Collins, Patti LaBelle, Dionne Warwick, Vanessa Williams, Idina Menzel, Cynthia Erivo, and Juanes; Hollywood Bowl performances by Kristin Chenoweth and the Los Angeles Philharmonic; and critically-acclaimed stage works with The American Pops Orchestra (including recent engagements with Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Susan Graham), The Little Orchestra Society, NYC’s 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 Goodspeed Opera House and the New York Theatre Workshop (Hadestown) – he transcribed the entirety of Hadestown from Anaïs Mitchell’s voice memos for the original run of the show.
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
