He Spends Summers ‘Bowl’-ing With Some of Entertainment’s Biggest Stars
by Gail Matsunaga

From Dateline (March 18, 2004)

Mitch Hanlon, pictured back stage at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim during rehearsal for this year’s Front & Center gala, spends his summers as assistant conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. This summer, he’ll be working with such artists as the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Brothers Cazimero and dancers from the Moulin Rouge.

Mitch Hanlon not only works with tomorrow’s stars here on campus (on such high-profile events as Front & Center), but with today’s stars of the stage, film, television, opera and rock and roll each summer as assistant conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.

Though his formal training is in music, he “resides” in the Department of Theatre and Dance. Unusual as it may be, he clearly enjoys this unique position.