Stephen Mitton

Stephen Mitton is an accomplished musician and composer from Saratoga Springs, Utah, and is the co-founder of Leading Tones Music. He holds a Master's degree in composition from Arizona State University and has written for a wide variety of genres ranging from contemporary dance to full orchestra. His music has been performed in concert halls across the country, and his string quartet, Caricatures, was recently selected as a finalist in ASCAP’s Morton Gould Young Composers’ Awards.

Stephen is also an active performer, having received a Bachelor’s degree in cello performance at Utah State University where he studied chamber music with the Fry Street Quartet. He has participated in master classes with such groups as the Emerson, Ying, and Brentano String Quartets, and has given performances with various chamber and orchestral groups throughout Utah and Arizona. Several of his own recordings are available for purchase on iTunes, Napster, and other distributors.

Stephen is currently working toward his Doctorate in composition at the University of Michigan where he has studied with Bright Sheng and Michael Daugherty.