Congratulations Timothy Mitchum!

On Saturday, June 4, Rochester Community Television awarded the First Annual RCTV Black Achievement Music Award to singer-songwriter Timothy Mitchum.

Timothy Mitchum, was born July 26, 1992.  He began his career at age four when he performed in a modeling convention in Buffalo, NY.  At age seven, his performance of Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” at his school’s annual talent show launched a career of music, dance and modeling that has taken him on to perform in many other talent shows, charity events and beauty pageants around the city of Rochester.

 After winning Best Child Vocal” and second place for “Best Child Actor” from among thousands of contestants in the 2003 AMTC Talent Convention, Timothy  had the opportunity to audition for the national Broadway tour of Disney’s The Lion King. He was selected to play the role of the young Simba.

 Timothy also has a number of media appearances to his credit, including the films Across the Universe, August Rush and episodes of the television program Law and Order CI as well as on Conviction and other television programs.

 Recent career highlights include singing “Let It Be” alongside Carol Woods at the 2008 Grammy Awards, playing harmonica with his musical idol, Stevie Wonder, and appearing on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.”  In 2009, he performed at The Noble Awards, an awards show for celebrity charities.

 Timothy Mitchum is a singer-songwriter who plays piano and chromatic harmonica.  Timothy graduated from Rochester’s School of The Arts with a double major. He hopes for a successful career as a recording artist and actor.

Congratulations, Timothy, and we look forward to continuing to see great things from you!