“…Quinn Mason, a brilliant composer just barely in his 20s who seems to make waves wherever he goes.” – Theater Jones

Praised as “One of the most sought after young composers in the country” (Texas Monthly) and “a composer who clearly understands the orchestra and knows how to take advantage of its many varied colors” (Tallahassee Democrat), composer and conductor Quinn Mason (b. 1996) has distinguished himself as an artist of national and international renown. He previously served a successful tenure as Artist in Residence of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra for the 2022-2023 season. He also served as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Classical Roots composer in residence in 2022 (the youngest composer appointed to that role) and as KMFA 89.5’s inaugural composer in residence.

His orchestral music has been commissioned and performed by over 170 professional, regional, community and youth orchestras in the US and Europe, including the San Francisco Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Utah Symphony, National Youth Orchestra of the United States and numerous others, including Italy’s Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, UK’s Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra and Scotland’s West of Scotland Schools Symphony Orchestra.

As a conductor, Quinn made his major orchestra debut with the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center at age 27. He studied conducting at the National Orchestral Institute with Marin Alsop and James Ross, at the Eastern Music Festival with Gerard Schwarz, José-Luis Novo and Grant Cooper and has also worked with Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Carl Topilow, Christopher Zimmerman and Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Quinn has guest conducted numerous orchestras around the country, including the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra, Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, Harmonia Orchestra, and the MusicaNova Orchestra. He has also served as the Houston Ballet Orchestra’s youngest ever guest conductor.

His chamber music has been presented by celebrated organizations such as Voices of Change, Midsummer’s Music, The Cliburn, One Found Sound, loadbang, MAKE trio, Atlantic Brass Quintet, Axiom Brass, and the Cézanne, Julius, Invoke and Baumer string quartets.

His music has also received significant radio play. He served as KMFA 89.5’s inaugural composer in residence and has had his music broadcast on NPR in the US, CBC in Canada, BBC in London, ORF in Vienna, RAI in Italy, in countries such as Switzerland, Hungary, Latvia, Israel and many others.

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, National Flute Association, 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 is a member of ASCAP and is professionally represented by Cadenza Artists.