Daniel Mitchell
Biography
Danial (Danny) Mitchell (b. 1983, Wisconsin) is an American composer, instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter.
Danny moved to Nashville shortly after earning his bachelor’s degree in jazz piano and composition. Since then, he has worked steadily as a freelance musician in and around Nashville, and across the country. Solo career highlights include being a featured performer at the Bluebird Café and on Home by Dark’s “A Song Can Change Your Life” series broadcast, among others. Currently [2025], he is keyboardist, bandleader, and vocalist with multiplatinum recording artist Miranda Lambert.
As a composer and arranger, Danny’s work runs the gamut from small chamber pieces to full symphonic works. His The Dawning of a Soul has been performed by the National Wind Ensemble in New York City’s Carnegie Hall under the direction of H. Robert Reynolds. In 2021, Danny was commissioned by the University of Wisconsin to compose a piece of music that reflected the hardship we experienced during the pandemic of 2020 and beyond. From the Depths We Rise received its world premiere by the University of Wisconsin-Madison wind ensemble under the direction of Scott Teeple in April 2022.
Mitchell is also the creator of Music on a Mission, an annual holiday concert to raise funds for local charities in his hometown of Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The eleventh-annual event was held in December of 2024.
Works for Winds
- Arise (2020)
- The Dawning of a Soul 2005)
- From the Depths We Rise (2021)
- The Home of the Great Spirit (2008)
Resources
- Danny Mitchell, personal correspondence, October 2025
- Danny Mitchell website. Accessed 6 September 2022
- Nagle, Jeanne. "With a Song In His Heart." The Cupola Post, 26 January 2022 – Accessed 6 Septemer 2022