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 Gordon Mason (DMA, The University of South Carolina) is
highly regarded as a music educator, conductor, and clinician in both the
choral and instrumental areas, having collaborated with outstanding student and
professional musicians. His long experience as a certified student teacher
supervisor has given him great pedagogical insight when working with high
school and college ensembles.
Dr. Mason’s primary conducting mentors have been Larry
Wyatt (choral) and Donald Portnoy (orchestra). He has also studied with Donald
Hunsberger and Mark Scatterday (band) of the Eastman School of Music. Dr. Mason
has guest-conducted high school and university ensembles in North Carolina,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Colorado, in addition to his home state of South
Carolina and was chosen to give a conducting master class for the South
Carolina Music Educators Association in 2000. Other conducting and performing
engagements include collaboration with nationally-known composer Eric Ewazen
(Julliard School of Music) and Mark Kilstofte (Furman University and Prix de
Rome winner in composition).
Dr. Mason was Director of Choral Ensembles at Bob Jones
Academy in Greenville, South Carolina for 12 years, serving as department chair
for 11 years. His choral ensembles received statewide recognition, placing
first in the AA and AAA divisions of the South Carolina Choral Festival for
consecutive years. His students joined approximately 200 other singers from the
United States and Canada for a performance of Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass at
Carnegie Hall in New York City in May, 2001.
Dr. Mason taught both graduate and undergraduate conducting
at Baptist Bible College in Clarks Summit, PA and conducted the college Wind
Ensemble and Orchestra. Previously, he served as the Associate Conductor of the
Bob Jones University (SC) Symphony Orchestra, conducting a wide range of
repertoire from opera to classical standards. He has collaborated with pianist and
recording artist Emile Pandolfi in a Pops Concert with an audience of over 2000
in attendance.
Dr. Mason has a broad range of experience as a recording
studio producer, having produced numerous choral and instrumental recordings
during his years in the music publishing business. He has performed extensively
in the trumpet sections of the Northeast Philharmonic Orchestra (PA), the
Greenville (SC) Symphony, and the Toledo (OH) Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Mason is
a founding member of the Aurora Brass Quintet, and has performed with them
throughout the Southeastern United States and Northern Italy. He is a current
member of the Conductor’s Guild, PMEA, MENC, and The College Music Society.
Dr. Mason now resides in Orlando, FL with his wife Cherie,
an Interior Designer.
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