QUINN MASON
QUINN MASON (b. 1996) is a composer and conductor based in Dallas, Texas. Quinn has been described as “a brilliant composer just barely in his 20s who seems to make waves wherever he goes.” (Theater Jones) and "One of the most sought after young composers in the country" (Texas Monthly).
His orchestral music has received performances by many orchestras in the US, including the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Utah Symphony Orchestra, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Experiential Orchestra, Mesquite Symphony Orchestra, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, Akron Symphony Orchestra, West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, South Bend Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of the United States (NYO), University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, the River Oaks, Reno, Mission and Lowell chamber orchestras, Scotland's Nevis Ensemble, Italy's Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI and numerous others.
His compositions for winds has been performed by the Cobb Wind Symphony, Encore Wind Ensemble, Metropolitan Winds, and bands of Southern Methodist University, University of North Texas, Texas Christian University, Penn State, University of West Georgia, Purdue University, University of Minnesota, and Northern Illinois University, as well as other bands throughout the United States and Canada.
His chamber music has been performed and presented by the Voices of Change, Midsummer's Music, The Cliburn, One Found Sound, loadbang, MAKE trio, Atlantic Brass Quintet, and the Cézanne, Julius and Baumer string quartets and his solo music has been championed by distinguished soloists such as David Cooper (principal horn, Chicago Symphony), Holly Mulcahy (concertmaster, Wichita Symphony) and Jordan Bak and Michael Hall (viola soloists).
A multiple prize winner in composition, he has received numerous awards and honors from such organizations as the American Composers Forum, Voices of Change, Texas A&M University, ASCAP, the Dallas Foundation, Dartmouth College Wind Ensemble, the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York, the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, the Heartland Symphony Orchestra and the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra. In 2020, Quinn was honored by the Dallas Morning News as a finalist for 'Texan of the Year'.
Quinn has studied composition with Dr. Lane Harder at the SMU Meadows School of the Arts, Dr. Winston Stone at University of Texas at Dallas and has also worked with renowned composers David Maslanka, Jake Heggie, Libby Larsen, David Dzubay and Robert X. Rodriguez.
As a conductor, Quinn has guest conducted Orchestra Seattle, MusicaNova Orchestra and the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra. Quinn studied conducting at the National Orchestral Institute with Marin Alsop and James Ross, and with Miguel Harth-Bedoya (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra) and Will White (Harmonia Orchestra). He also counts Richard Giangiulio (Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra), Edwin Outwater (San Francisco Conservatory) and John Axelrod (City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra) as mentors.
Upcoming performances will be by the New World, Fort Worth, Mesquite, Amarillo, Auburn, South Bend, Seattle Youth, Boca Raton, Syracuse, Fort Dodge, Wheeling, Central Wisconsin, Heartland, Canton, Silicon Valley and West Virginia symphony orchestras, and Houston Ballet Orchestra.
Quinn is a member of ASCAP and the Conductor's Guild. He is professionally represented by Cadenza Artists.
CURRENT PROJECTS
Christmas Eve Festivities - orchestra
Journeys III - wind ensemble
SELECTED MEDIA
A Joyous Trilogy (2019/rev. 2021)
Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI
John Axelrod, conductor
Changes/Transitions for Brass and Percussion (2020)
WORLD PREMIERE
Musicians of the Utah Symphony
Soul to Soul (2017/rev. 2019)
University of West Georgia Wind Ensemble
Dr. Josh Byrd, conductor
In Memory for solo viola (2020)
Michael Hall
Reflection on a Memorial (2020)
Mesquite Symphony Orchestra
Felix Torres, conductor
Across a Golden Sky (2019)
St. Olaf College Norseman Band
Dr. Arthur Haecker, conductor