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Performers

Ceylon Mitchell, flute
Sarah Taylor Cook, vocals/coro
Taisha Estrada, vocals/coro
Michael Paxton, saxophone
Christine Kharazian, violin
Amyr Joyner, violin
Erin Murphy Snedecor, cello
Ellington Carthan, piano
Michael Bowie, bass
Fran Vielma, percussion (congas)
Dominique Patrick Noel, percussion (timbales)
Bruno Lucini, percussion (drum set, guïro, claves)

The Woodwinds Department Chair with Levine Music, Dr. Ceylon Mitchell II serves the arts ecosystem as a multi-hyphenate arts leader: contemporary classical flutist, educator, and entrepreneur. On a mission to celebrate marginalized identities in music, especially Black and Latine voices, his diverse repertoire spans from Western European classical to living cultural traditions across the Americas, along with everything in between.

Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Dr. Mitchell earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Maryland School of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Sarah Frisof. He has performed in venues such as Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Music Center at Strathmore, the Arts Club of Washington, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts with Robert Glasper.

​​Dr. Mitchell leads Raíces Negras, a music collective celebrating Black and Latine voices across the Americas with chamber music repertoire spanning from contemporary classical music to contemporary Pan-American jazz. The group respects traditional genres while also bending and blending them with improvisatory intersections. The collective consists of world-class musicians hailing from the United States, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Brazil, Bulgaria, Haiti, and beyond.