Rachel Mitchell

Rachel Mitchell (b.1989) is an American arranger and educator. Rachel has been educating students in music for 16 years. Her main instruments are the oboe and piano. She studied with Clara George, Susan Hughes, and Diane Soelberg on the oboe, and with Shirley Harris on the piano. After earning her Bachelor's in Music Education through Brigham Young University-Idaho she had the opportunity to teach lessons from her home. During that time, she saw a shortage of popular pieces arranged for beginning players. She began arranging the pieces her students were interested in and has found joy bringing a light to early student's eyes by giving them the opportunity to play their favorite songs from the beginning of their musical journey.

Rachel currently resides in Montpelier, Idaho and enjoys teaching a small studio of students, including four of  her five boys. She spends her free time with her family in the garden, in the mountains, and snuggled with a blanket for movie night or a good book. She hopes to share a love of music to all she can reach.

Michael Paul Mitchell

​Michael Paul Mitchell (b.1984) is an American composer and performer who received a PhD in music composition from Louisiana State University. He has studied composition with Dr. Dinos Constantinides at LSU and Dr. Daniel Kerr at Brigham Young University-Idaho. His music has been performed by the Louisiana Sinfonietta, Bear Lake High School and Davidson High School in Mobile, AL.  

Michael also enjoys studying and performing on the French horn and has performed with the Teton Chamber Orchestra and the Idaho Falls Symphony and participated in the Chamber Music Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the woodwind quintet BC Winds. He has studied horn with Seth Orgel, Dr. Jon Klein, Kendall Nielsen, and John Owen.

Michael has written for many different ensembles but especially focuses on music for middle and high school ensembles and chamber woodwind and brass. 

Michael currently teaches music at Bear Lake High School in Montpelier, Idaho. Courses he teaches are High School Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Choir, Show Choir, Guitar, Jazz and Pop History, and Music Appreciation.