Jack Mitchener has concertized widely and received critical acclaim for his "expressive and original playing" and his "poetic style" (The American Organist). He has given recitals, lectures, and master classes for conventions of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, the Music Teachers National Association, the Association of Anglican Musicians, the Presbyterian Association of Musicians (Montreat Conference), the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music, and the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society. He has performed in notable venues such as St. Sulpice and the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, St. Thomas Church, New York City, the Augustinerkirche in Vienna, and the St. Jacobikirche in Lübeck. He also has collaborated with renowned musicians such as Nick Eanet (Concertmaster of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra), members of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, lutenist Paul O'Dette, baroque flutists Sandra Miller and Rebecca Troxler, and composer John Corigliano. A laureate in the Philadelphia American Guild of Organists Competition, Music Teachers National Association National Organ Competition, and Dublin International Organ Competition, his performances have been heard in concert and in broadcasts (such as Pipe Dreams) throughout the USA and in Austria, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland, and Switzerland. His work as a collaborative artist can be heard on five compact discs, and his solo recordings are available on the Raven label. His CD Dulcet Tones: Jack Mitchener Plays the Salem Tannenberg has garnered praise by the critics: "Superb... an impressive and rather moving listening experience" (International Record Review, London).

Jack Mitchener's repertoire includes the complete organ works of J. S. Bach, many major compositions of the 19th century, and premières of new works by Emma Lou Diemer, Dan Locklair, Margaret Vardell Sandresky, and Robert Ward (winner of the Pulitzer Prize). A former student of Marie-Claire Alain, Guy Bovet, David Craighead, David Higgs, Susan Landale, John Mueller, Robert Murphy, and Russell Saunders, he also studied improvisation with Gerre Hancock. He studied piano with James Cobb, Louise Leach, Kimberly Kabala, and Clifton Matthews and harpsichord with Arthur Haas and Huguette Dreyfus. He holds three degrees and the prestigious Performer's Certificate in both organ and harpsichord from The Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. During his two years studying in Paris, he won the Médaille d'or (Gold Medal), Prix d'Excellence, and Prix de Virtuosité at the Conservatoire National de Rueil-Malmaison, France.

Formerly on the faculties of the Eastman School of Music Community Education Division, the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (where he was the Kenan Professor of Organ and Chair of the Keyboard Department), and Salem College, Jack Mitchener is currently Associate Professor of Organ at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. He has served on competition juries including the recorded round of the AGO National Competition (NYACOP) and the Biarritz International Organ Competition in France.

In addition to teaching and performing, Jack Mitchener has had a long career in the field of church music, serving several congregations including the American Cathedral in Paris and St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, NC, where he played the historic E.M. Skinner, Opus 712. For the American Guild of Organists, he has been a chapter dean and a member of the National Committee on Professional Education. In addition, he was President of the Board of Trustees of the Moravian Music Foundation, is a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and has been cited in numerous Who's Who publications. Jack Mitchener is represented by WindWerks Artists, Henson Markham, manager.

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