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Overview
Work History
Education
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Performance Experience
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Blake Mitchell

Winchester,VA

Summary

Demonstrated skills in meeting vocal students at individual levels to develop innate talent. Focused on helping individuals improve comfort level and performance skills.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

Tenor Section Leader

The Valley Chorale
01.2023 - Current
  • Initiated communication for section's singers.
  • Lead sectional rehearsals to establish accuracy and blend within the section.
  • Works with choristers individually and collectively to promote efficient vocal function.

Vocal Instructor

Private Studio
08.2022 - Current
  • Works with students' to achieve vocal and artistic goals.
  • Provides evidence-based approaches for vocal efficiency.
  • Coaches students in a variety of genres of musical genres including: musical theatre, jazz, pop, rock, western classical

Composer

Blake R. Mitchell Music
08.2018 - Current
  • Creates original music commissioned by vocal/choral and instrumental ensembles.
  • Arranges existing works for vocal and instrumental ensembles.
  • Designed and maintains website with adjoined social media presence.

Piano Accompanist & Music Director

08.2016 - Current
  • Collaborated with performers and producers to determine and achieve desired sound for production.
  • Coached singers and choristers.
  • Studied scores at length to learn music in detail and develop suitable interpretations.

Graduate Assistantship

Samford University School Of The Arts
08.2021 - 05.2022
  • Collaborative Pianist for First Year Vocal Intensive
  • Collaborative Pianist for Class Voice
  • Coach/Accompany Students for Auditions

Tutor, Division of Music

Samford University School Of The Arts
08.2018 - 05.2022
  • Tutored Students for Music Theory Fundamentals, I, II, III, and IV.
  • Aided students in developing skills in sight-singing, ear training and piano.

Chorister

Eternal Word Television Network
05.2021 - 09.2021
  • Chorister for International Daily Mass broadcasts.
  • Vocalist on EWTN Hymns album.

Education

Master of Music - Vocal Pedagogy

Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA
05.2024

Master of Music - Music Education (24 Credits Completed)

Samford University
Birmingham, AL

Bachelor of Music - Voice Performance

Samford University
Birmingham, AL

Skills

  • Vocal Instruction & Coaching
  • Solo & Ensemble Performance
  • Collaboration
  • Rehearsal and Audition Coordination
  • Music Notation & Engraving (Sibelius)
  • Direction for Musical Theatre & Choir Rehearsals

Accomplishments

  • Co-Investigator, "The Lombard Effect: Accompaniment Loudness and CCM Singers," The Voice Foundation, 2023
  • Guest Lecturer, "Three Audiences of Choral Arranging," Samford University, 2021 & 2022
  • Pearl Prize Composition Competition, Runner-Up, American Choral Directors Association, 2022
  • Winner, Walter Hussey Choral Composition Competition, 2020
  • Choral Compositions/Arrangements Published by Excelcia Music Publishing
  • 1st Place, Musical Theatre Scene, National Opera Association, 2020

Performance Experience

  • The Merry Widow, Birmingham Music Club
  • My Fair Lady, Red Mountain Theatre Company
  • The Ghosts of Gatsby (workshop & premiere), F. Scott Fitzgerald, Samford University
  • Opera Shots, Featured Vocalist, Opera Birmingham
  • The Magic Flute, Papageno, Samford University
  • A Christmas Carol, Bob Cratchit, Samford University
  • Little Women, Professor Bhaer, Samford University
  • Into the Woods, Baker, Samford University (cancelled-COVID)
  • Freaky Friday: The Musical, Mike, Samford University
  • Children of Eden, Shem/Storyteller, Samford University

Affiliations

  • National Association for Teachers of Singing
  • American Choral Directors Association
  • National Association for Music Education
  • American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Timeline

Tenor Section Leader

The Valley Chorale
01.2023 - Current

Vocal Instructor

Private Studio
08.2022 - Current

Graduate Assistantship

Samford University School Of The Arts
08.2021 - 05.2022

Chorister

Eternal Word Television Network
05.2021 - 09.2021

Composer

Blake R. Mitchell Music
08.2018 - Current

Tutor, Division of Music

Samford University School Of The Arts
08.2018 - 05.2022

Piano Accompanist & Music Director

08.2016 - Current

Master of Music - Vocal Pedagogy

Shenandoah University

Master of Music - Music Education (24 Credits Completed)

Samford University

Bachelor of Music - Voice Performance

Samford University

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