As a music educator, Dr. Mitchell is the woodwind department chair and a flute faculty member with Levine Music, the Washington D.C. region’s preeminent center for music education.

Ceylon serves as a member of the Arts Advocates Network of Maryland, an under-40 age group striving to build and sustain the arts sector in the state of Maryland by developing and promoting programs which create growth, development, and vitality for the entire sector. The AANM role with Maryland Citizens for the Arts (MCA) is to act as an advisory group to help with the development and implementation in MCA programming, as well as state and local advocacy initiatives.

Through a partnership between Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and the University of Maryland School of Music, Ceylon serves as a flute mentor for the Young Artists orchestra. He coaches weekly sectionals, creates reference recordings of student music with modeling and click tracks, and provides short pedagogical videos.

Ceylon serves as the Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra flute choir conductor and flute sectional coach. For over four years, he has provided education, community, suitable programming, and a love of music for young flutists, grades 6-12. PVYO provides talented top young musicians in Maryland the best top band & orchestra performance opportunities in highly educational & inspiring ensembles.

Ceylon serves as a professional member with the DC chapter of The Recording Academy. As the world’s leading society of music professionals, the Recording Academy is dedicated to celebrating, honoring, and sustaining music’s past, present, and future. The Washington D.C. Chapter of the Recording Academy engages the wide-ranging music communities in Maryland, Virginia and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Working with varied genres including rock, Latin, hip-hop, R&B, go-go, gospel, folk, classical, and jazz, the D.C. Chapter is a vital connection and touchstone for music makers throughout the Mid-Atlantic region.

Ceylon serves as a former Marketing Committee Chair and Marketing Advisor with the Umoja Flute Institute, an organization dedicated to creating a safe space for celebrating, unifying, and empowering a community of flutists of African descent. The Umoja Flute Institute also addresses a significant cultural gap in educational, professional development, and performance opportunities that have historically prevented Black flutists from being seen and achieving success.