Composer of the Month February 2023: Quinn Mason

Quinn MasonQuinn Mason (b. 1996) is a composer and conductor based in Dallas, Texas. He currently serves as Artist in Residence of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He also recently served as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Classical Roots composer in residence—the youngest composer to fill that role—and as the inaugural composer-in-residence for the Austin radio station KMFA. His music has been performed and commissioned by numerous renowned orchestras, including the San Francisco, Detroit, Seattle, Utah, Dallas, Fort Worth, Vermont, Memphis and Amarillo symphonies, Minnesota Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic, Italy’s Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, UK’s Sheffield Philharmonic, and numerous others. He has also won multiple awards from several organizations including ASCAP, American Composers Forum, International Clarinet Association, the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra and more. As a conductor, Quinn studied with Marin Alsop, James Ross, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, and others. He has appeared as a guest conductor with many orchestras around the country, including the Houston Ballet Orchestra, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles and more. In April 2023, he will debut with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center as both conductor and composer. His works are published by Masonian Publications.

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