A graduate of the University of Miami and veteran public school music teacher, Steve Mitchell is recognized as a distinguished choral conductor, choreographer, and soloist. He was co-founder of the Cutler Ridge Middle School Ridge ARTS Program, recognized by The Executive Educator magazine and The School Board Journal as “...one of the 25 most effective instructional programs in North America.” In addition to public school, Mr. Mitchell has conducted The Miami Boy Choir, University of Miami Summer Choral Camp, University of Wisconsin Music Clinics, CT Northern Regional Middle School and High School Choirs, the Berkshire League Music Festival, CT Southern Regional High School Honor Choir, and the NCCC Festival Choir.  His instrumental and orchestral conducting experience includes the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, as well as concerts featuring musicians and ensembles of the American Federation of Musicians Local 400, as well as numerous temple and church choirs. As a clinician, Mr. Mitchell has worked with CT Region 1 & Region 7 music teachers and is a regular adjudicator with Fantastic Festivals. He continues to work with area schools and choral organizations as a clinician and workshop leader focusing on choral tone, vocal health, repertoire, and style development.

Mr. Mitchell came to Connecticut in 2000 to serve as Minister of Music & Arts at Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford where his responsibilities included direction of the Sanctuary Choir, worship development, children’s music programming, adult studies in art, drama & music, and the Asylum Hill Concert Series. In 2012, he founded the John & Edie Murphy Music for Humanity Concerts – an endowed concert fund that uniquely marries live concert performances with community outreach featuring such wide ranging productions as the Mozart Requiem and the Duke Ellington Sacred Concerts. In the fall of 2016, Mr Mitchell was appointed the Director of Choral Music at Kingswood Oxford School - a prestigious independent day-school in West Hartford, CT, where he directs and/or oversees the nine vocal ensembles in the Middle and Uppers School programs.

In addition, Mr. Mitchell is a sought after soloist. His solo credits include: The Miami Bach Society, the Florida Grand Opera, Connecticut Concert Opera, Summer Wind, CONCORA, VOCE, Café Eiko @Japanalia, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and The New World Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Tilson-Thomas.  Mr. Mitchell teaches privately for a select group of singers and conductors in the region.

​Mr. Mitchell is Co-Founder and Technical Director of Nightfall: a free, live, outdoor arts experience celebrating the changing season.  This annual event features the creative genius of artist & puppeteer Anne Cubberly and performing artists from the Greater Hartford region.

ARTIST - Photography, Painting, Craft Arts

From photography to painting and lighting to installations, I find creating art brings me clarity and joy. 

Mostly a hobby, I find great satisfaction in the perceived "permanence" of visual art - at least as it compares to the ephemeral nature of music.

An occasional event  or seasonal opportunity will call out my artistic side. But sometimes I will just wander off with my camera, or my palette, and see what I can discover  - out in the world and in myself.