Mitchell Lutch was appointed Assistant Teaching Professor of Music and Director of Wind Band Activities at WPI in 2020. He directs the Concert Band, coaches chamber ensembles, and teaches conducting, music theory and aural skills, and performance practice. The WPI Concert Band performs on and off campus, including Mechanics Hall, the metro region's top concert venue. In 2022, upon the invitation of Colonel Jason Fetting, Professor Lutch served as a guest conductor with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band at Mechanics Hall.

He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Instrumental Conducting at the University of Washington and earned his Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory (NEC), where he studied with Frank Battisti, serving as the graduate assistant for the NEC Wind Ensemble and assistant conductor of the Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble. His Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education is from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell.

Artists he has collaborated with in his teaching career include Frank Battisti, Donald Hunsburger, Eric Ewazen, Dana Wilson, Keith Brion, Jason Fettig, Ellis Marsalis, Frank Foster, Slide Hampton, and Marian McPartland. Professor Lutch is Past President of the New York State Band Directors Association. Conducting appearances and research presentations include concerts and conferences throughout the United States, Quebec, London, Japan, The People’s Republic of China, the former Soviet Union, Luxembourg, Prague, and Mexico. 

Under his leadership, next month/March 2025, the WPI Concert Band will embark on a performance tour to Prague. In 2024 he commissioned leading Massachusetts music educator, Thomas O’Toole to write The Ride, in 2023 he commissioned renowned composer, Thomas Duffy to write Falling Falling Alone Together both for the WPI Concert Band, and in 2022 he commissioned award-winning composer, Ian Wiese, to write Crossings for the WPI Wind Ensemble. In 2021 Lutch established the University-wide Student, Faculty, and Staff GO(A)T Talent Show to bring the community together to enjoy an evening of music, dance, comedy, and acting having come back together on campus following the isolation from the COVID pandemic. This year marks the event's 4th Annual Show.

In 2019 Professor Lutch authored In Search of Meaning: Frank L. Battisti The Conservatory Years and into the New Millennium. He is the lead contributor to Instrumental Music Education: Teaching with the Musical and Practical in Harmony (entering its 4th ed,), and also contributed to A Composer’s Insight, Thoughts, Analysis and Commentary on Contemporary Masterpieces for Wind Band (entering its 4th ed),