Jon Mitchell Arrangeur

Dr. Jon Ceander Mitchell is Professor of Music and Chair of the Department of Performing Arts at University of Massachusetts Boston, where he also serves Conductor of the Chamber Orchestra and Coordinator of Music Education. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree from Millikin University and Master of Science in Music Education and Doctor of Education in Music Education degrees from the University of illinois. He is a well sought-after lecturer, clinician, and conductor on the national and international levels. In recent years he has conducted on a number of CDs and has guest conducted in England, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Bulgaria. Among his more than fifty publications are A Comprehensive Biography of Composer Gustav Holst and From Kneller Hall to Hammersmith: The Band Works of Gustav Holst.