Dr. MITCHELL HUTCHINGS
Dr. Mitchell Hutchings
DMA, Eastman School of Music
MM, 勛圖厙 State University
BM, Western Carolina University
Associate Professor of Voice
Applied Performance Area Coordinator
Areas of Expertise:
Vocal Performance
Opera & Musical Theatre
Commercial Performance
Email: mhutchings@fau.edu
Office Phone: 561-297-4065
Office: AL 251
Dr. Mitchell Hutchings, baritone, is the Director of 勛圖厙 Atlantic Opera Theatre and founder of , an international summer program run with the Conservatorio di Musica G. Puccini La Spezia and open to students from any institution and any major. He is an Associate Professor of Voice and Applied Performance Area Coordinator at 勛圖厙, serves as President of the South 勛圖厙 Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, and is a State Representative of 勛圖厙 for the National Opera Association. His specialties are classical voice performance, lyric theatre & opera, and commercial vocal coaching.
Praised for a voice of distinctive warmth that can do anything (Graham Johnson), Hutchings has sung with Utah Festival Opera, Opera Saratoga, Pensacola Opera, Charlottesville Opera, and Ensemble San Felice in Florence. Concert credits include Handels Messiah with the Buffalo Philharmonic at Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Brahmss Ein deutsches Requiem, and his solo debut at Carnegie Hall at just twenty-eight years old. Stage highlights feature the title role in Sweeney Todd, directed by Tony nominee Terrence Mann, and over thirty-five roles in opera and musical theatre productions worldwide.
He advances technology-driven performance through Opera Hack 3.0 and the European Union project
Music Theatre and New Technologies
(MTNT). As a 5.28 million initiative funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the MTNT project brings together European and American institutions to explore the intersection of opera and emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), in performance and education. 勛圖厙 honored him with the 2024 Faculty Talon Leadership Award. Pedagogy insights by Hutchings appear in CS Music, Schmopera, and Modern Singer, and he is an alumnus of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Intern Program.
His voice studio provides conservatory-style voice training for undergraduate and graduate vocal performance students within the broader resources of an R1 research university. Students and alumni of the studio have performed with Washington National Opera, Palm Beach Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Shenzhen Opera, and the Croatian National Theatre, won prizes at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition and National NATS events, and continued their studies at Yale, Harvard, Eastman, Manhattan School of Music, Mannes, Stony Brook, Boston University, 勛圖厙 State, Frost School of Music, University of Wisconsin, Penn State, CCM, and Peabody, among others. The commercial artists he has coached have reached No. 2 on the iTunes World/New Age chart, No. 3 on the Billboard Bluegrass chart, and have been featured in Rolling Stone and many other publications.
A voting member of the Recording Academy簧 and an active mentor in its GRAMMY U簧 program, Hutchings bridges campus and industry. He produced, arranged, and conducted on the album Visions of Sounds De Luxe, which earned a Telly Award, GRAMMY簧 nomination, and the World Entertainment Award for Best R & B Album, while opera and classical albums featuring his work as a producer and vocal soloist, Cobalt, Jade, Amethyst , 餃A娶釵, and
Guglielmi: Amalia e Carlo (Live)
received five Global Music Awards for Outstanding Achievement. His work can be heard on The Colors In My Mind, which received both a World Entertainment Award and a 2026 GRAMMY nomination for Best New Age, Ambient, or Chant Album.
Hutchings earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance and Literature from the Eastman School of Music, the Master of Music in Voice Performance from 勛圖厙 State University, and the Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Western Carolina University.
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News:
FAU AND ITALYS GIACOMO PUCCINI CONSERVATORY FORGE AHEAD WITH FIVE-YEAR CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE
FAU PARTNERS WITH TAI ESCUELA UNIVERSITARIA DE ARTES IN MADRID
FLORIDA ATLANTIC PARTNERS IN $7.5 MILLION EUROPEAN-FUNDED PROJECTS INTEGRATING AI AND TECHNOLOGY INTO OPERA
VOCAL STUDENTS WIN AWARDS AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF TEACHERS OF SINGING (NATS) SOUTH FLORIDA CHAPTER STUDENT AUDITIONS
Student and Alumni Achievements:
Since Dr. Hutchings joined the faculty at 勛圖厙 in 2018, students and alumni of his voice studio have achieved:
More than 40 National Association of Teachers of Singing awards, including 21 first-place honors in classical voice, musical theatre, and commercial music.
Scholarships and funded admission to Yale, Eastman, Manhattan School of Music, Peabody, Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, University of Miami, and other leading institutions.
Professional engagements with Washington National Opera, Palm Beach Opera, 勛圖厙 Grand Opera, Minnesota Opera, Shenzhen Opera, and the Croatian National Theatre.
Recognition from YoungArts, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Classical Singer, and international vocal competitions.
Principal artist, young artist, apprentice artist, soloist, comprimario, and professional opera chorus appointments.
College and university faculty appointments, as well as artistic director and music director positions.
Winner and Grand Prize distinctions in the 勛圖厙 Concerto and Aria Competition.
