"Show worked great! The music was fun and the kids really dug it."

Robert Rizzo
Director of Bands
Indiana High School
Indiana, Pennsylvania

"The music has worked out great this year. The band earned the highest score in Marshalltown history. Thanks for your work."

Bret Lee
Director of Bands
Marshalltown High School
Marshalltown, Iowa

"I was very pleased with your writing. One of the things that was positive about our show this year was our ensemble sound. Thanks again."

James Southern
Director of Bands
Martinsburg High School
Martinsburg, West Virgina

"Fresh, interesting, musically appropriate always on time! The arrangement of W. Roy Mitchell are simply outstanding! I have used Roy's arrangements for years and I can always count on his writing to distinguish us musically. The sound is unique, caters to our individual ensembles and never sounds 'stock.' His many years of experience allow him to feel at home with any medium; jazz ensemble, chamber music, vocal arranging, brass choir, and more. Roy's custom arrangements are always exactly what I am looking for!"

Dr. William Stowman
Chairman of Music
Messiah College
Grantham, Pennsylvania

"Roy Mitchell has that rare talent for writing excellent arrangements for any ensemble requested. Students ask for his arrangements. Administrators and school board members really notice the difference."

Sandra Becker
Director of Bands
Burrell High School
Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania

"The band won their championships this weekend and swept the captions. That means that they went undefeated through the season. I wanted to congratulate you on a well well written book and thank you for all that you provide this band."

Chad Mummert
Director of Bands
Fairview High School
Fairview, Pennsylvania

"Roy's charts are our students favorites! All the performers get interesting lines, and the scoring really makes our band sound bigger than we are."

Jeffrey Steiner
Director of Athletic Bands
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, Illinois

"I am totally pleased with the quality of the charts and wish that I had used them sooner. The charts maintain the integrity of the original compositions and are accessible to quality high school musicians."

Steven Barraclough
Director of Bands
Elizabethtown High School
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania

"The 'Green Brigade' has thoroughly enjoyed the charts that Roy has styled for us. 'Chase', 'Moulin Rouge', and the 'Tower of Power' charts were well received by our football crowd and our seriuos exhibition fans. Roy Mitchell knows how to score for our band so that we can 'tee off' an perform fresh and exciting shows."

Alfredo Velez III
Associate Director of Bands
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

"The arrangements of Roy Mitchell are some of the highest quality arrangements I have seen written for the medium of marching band, or jazz ensemble. Roy has a great knack for knowing the best ranges, keys, and registers for each instrument/section in allowing the piece to sound the best that it can. Roy always has good ideas and innovative ways in making an arrangement interesting to both the players and also the audience. I highly recommend him."

Dr. Christian Zembower
Director of Bands
East Tennessee State State University
Johnson City, Tennessee

"I really like what you have done! You are such a true professional! Thank You!"

John Marszalek
Director of Bands
General McLane High School
Edinboro, Pennsylvania

"Roy's arranging is right on the money. I know that whatever I throw at him will be scored to allow my band to sound great and it will be tailored to my band's strengths and weaknesses."

Rob Starrett
Director of Bands
Red Land High School
Lewisberry, Pennsylvania

"I was in need of an arranger because my previous arranger was no longer available. Roy was recommended to me so I called him. He was very cooperative and easy to work with. I am pleased with the quality of the arrangements I received from him."

Mark Napolitan
Director of Bands
Eisenhower High School
Russell, Pennsylvania

"Roy has one of the best gifts or orchestration in the business. He always knows exactly how to voice everything I give him to provide the maximum musical phrasing. His arrangements are not just chopped together bits, but thought out phrases superbly orchestrated to give a GE moment, yet, not sacrifice your musical integrity."

David Knott
Dickinson College
Carlisle, Pennsylvania

"Roy Mitchell's jazz arrangements are fantastic! They swing really hard because of Roy's incredible sense of jazz style and harmony."

Jeremy Kondrat
Director of Bands
Plano Senior High School
Plano, Texas

"With over 300 members we are the largest band in the NFL and perform regularly in a 70,000 seat stadium. Wen we play we need power, lots of power. Roy's arrangements give us what we need, highly recognizable melodies with well thought out instrumentation and voicing."

Todd Clontz
Musical Director
Baltimore's Marching Ravens

"This past year's funk show was awesome, we won two of the four shows we were at and took second at the other two. Thanks!"

Stephen Smeitana
Director of Bands
Springfield High School
Springfield, Pennsylvania

"Roy Mitchell is the finest arranger I know. No matter the genre or ensemble, his work is first class and he always makes the ensemble sound great! I have used him while at Redbank Valley High School through the University of North Texas. You cannot go wrong with his work!"

Dr. Bradley Genevro
Director of Bands
Messiah College
Grantham, Pennsylvaniaa

"I dig the charts! The kids are really going to enjoy playing this show! There's a lot of challenging stuff in there so that kids won't get bored so easily."

James Southern
Director of Bands
Martinsburg High School
Martinsburg, West Virgina

"Roy Mitchell's work for ISU Marching Band has been outstanding. The charts alwys fit the ensemble perfectly. His professional approach makes him very easy to work with."

Chad P. Simons
Director
Idaho State University Marching Band
Pocatello, Idaho

"Roy's arrangements have solid scoring that make my band swing!"

Dr. James Colonna
Director of Instrumental Studies
Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne, Indiana

"A Roy Mitchell chart is a guaranteed winner! We feature at least one arrangement of Roy's in every concert."

Dr. Kevin E. Eisensmith
Director, Jazz Ensemble
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, Pennsylvania

"This is fantastic. I can't wait to get it into the hands of the quartet. Thanks again!"

Jeff Styborski
Trombonist
Erie, Pennsylvania

"The band can only sound as good as the arrangement. Roy Mitchell keeps the sounds alive."

Dr. Roderick T. Booker (retired)
Director of Bands
Hempfield Area High School
Greensburg, Pennsylvania

"The music has worked out great this year. The band earned the highest score in Marshalltown history. Thanks for your work."

Bret Lee
Director of Bands
Marshalltown High School
Marshalltown, Iowa

"Roy's arrangements are always fitted for your group. My students always enjoyed the challenge of the next piece of music and they always had success with it."

David Jeckavitch
Director
Indiana, Pennsylvania

"This arrangement is great, perfect, exactly the way I wanted it."

John Ziemann
Baltimore Ravens
Baltimore, Maryland