Mitchell Wechsler
Trumpet
Experience
2005-present
Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Toledo, OH
Michigan Opera Theater, Detroit, MI
Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor, MI
Windsor Symphony Orchestra, Ontario, Canada
2002-2005
Broadway Theater Guild Orchestra, DeVos Hall, Grand Rapids, MI
West Shore Symphony Orchestra, Muskegon, MI – Principal
2005
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Kalamazoo, MI
Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Jackson, MI – Acting Principal
2001-2002
Macon Symphony Orchestra, Macon, GA
Augusta Symphony Orchestra, Augusta, GA
2000-2001
Charleston Symphony Orchestra, Charleston, SC - 2nd Trumpet
1999-2000
Miami City Ballet, Miami Beach, FL - Principal
Gold Coast Opera, Palm Beach, FL - Principal
New World Symphony, Miami Beach, FL
1995-1997
Bulldog Brass Quintet, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Summer Season
2005, 2006 Grant Park Music Festival, Chicago, IL 2006 Toledo Concert Band, Toledo, OH – substitute Principal West Shore Symphony Orchestra, Muskegon, MI Motor City Brass Quintet, Detroit, MI 2003 Viva Vivaldi Festival, Mexico City – Hartwick Brass
Quintet 2000, 2001 UBS Verbier Festival Orchestra, Verbier, Switzerland Teaching Positions 2006 Plymouth Symphony Brass Quintet (MI), Outreach concerts 1998-99, 2002-05 Hartwick College Music Festival, Brass
Faculty 2005 West Shore Youth Symphony, Clinician 1997-99, 2001-02 University of Georgia, Graduate Teaching Assistant
1995-97 Rice University, Graduate Teaching Assistant Education
2002 University of Georgia, Athens, GA. D.M.A. (coursework) Assistantship
1997 Rice University, Houston, TX. M.M. Full Scholarship
1995 University of Hartford, Hartford, CT. B.M. Scholarship
1991 LaGuardia High School of Music & Art, New York, NY. Diploma
Teachers
• Fred Mills (University of Georgia) • Armando Ghitalla (Rice University)
• Chris Gekker (University of Hartford) • James Pandolfi (Metropolitan Opera)