Evan Mitchell

Evan Mitchell is one of Canada’s most innovative and imaginative conductors, an artist equally at home conducting symphonic masterworks, opera, contemporary music, and films live in concert. He has been consistently acclaimed for curating thoughtful, incisive, and affecting musical performances. Evan’s style of leadership is based on a combination of personal sincerity and the dogged pursuit of collegial music-making—an approach which he learned from his parents. In performance, Evan prizes commitment, risk-taking, drive, and an unwavering effort to produce the widest possible spectrum of sound colours. His over-arching goal is to provoke a sustained emotional response in listeners. Evan began his professional musical life at age 16 with drumset lessons. This experience fostered a deep-rooted sense of rhythm and pulse that he focuses on during his rehearsal process. While he loves all the instruments of the orchestra, he particularly adores the marimba, an instrument whose expressive potential is nearly limitless. He has also brought the magic of orchestral music to over 500,000 students and children, many of whom had never experienced a live performance first hand. ... more...