Charles Norman Mason

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Charles Norman Mason (born January 10, 1955 in Salt Lake City ) is an American composer and music teacher.

Mason studied music at the University of Miami and the University of Illinois . His teachers included Donald Erb , Lukas Foss , Milton Babbitt , Roger Reynolds , Ben Johnston , Salvatore Martirano , John Melby, and Jacob Druckman . He teaches composition and music theory at Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. As managing director of the Living Artist Foundation , he is particularly dedicated to promoting contemporary composers and their music. He served as editor of the Living Music Journal for 15 years and was a co-founder of the Birmingham Art Music Alliance . He was also Vice President of the American Society for Electro-Acoustic Music for six years and is director of the Alabama Music Teachers Association Composition Commissioning Program and founder and director of the Living Artist Recordings record company .

For his compositions Mason u. a. 1995 with the Delius Prize and 2005-06 the Samuel Barber Rome Price Fellowship . At the International Festival for Electroacoustic Music in Bourges in 1989 he was honored with an honorable mention. He received composition commissions a. a. from the American Composers Orchestra , the Miami String Quartet , the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra , the Greg Smith Singers and the Danish Corona Guitar Kvartett, and from musicians such as the violinist Karen Bentley Pollock , the cellists Madelaine Shapiro and Craig Hultgren , the guitarist Paul Bowman , pianist William DeVan, and singers Robert Black and Rick Ferguson . He also worked with video artists Sheri Wills and Alex Schweder and photographer Richard Barnes .

Works

  • Windage for organ, 1987
  • The Caged Skylark for soprano and electronics, 1988
  • Amalgam I for oboe and electronics, 1990
  • The Blazing Macaw for piano and electronics, 1991
  • I Feel the Fell of Dark for soprano, cello and percussion, 1991, 2008
  • Schism: THemes and Variations for clarinet, 1992
  • From Shook Foil for mixed choir and digital sound, 1992
  • Kat-e-wi-key for vMIDI percussion, synthesizer and wind controller, 1996
  • Anthem of Dispair and Hope for mixed choir, 1996
  • Mirrors, Stones, and Cottons for guitar and electronics, 1996
  • Antigone , eight choirs for chamber ensemble and male choir, 1997
  • Hradcanska for large orchestra, 1998; for flute, violin, cello and piano, 2000
  • Daphne at Sea , Chamber Opera, 1999
  • Echo , youth opera, 1999
  • Fishing Through the Open Door for flute and electronics, 1999
  • Senderos Que se Bifurcan for clarinet and piano, 2001
  • Three-Legged Race for violin, cello and piano, 2001
  • Pantograph for piano, 2001
  • All Four One for saxophone quartet, 2002
  • Songs of Desire for mezzo-soprano, two saxophones and electric guitar, 2002
  • The Artist and his Model for cello and electronics, 2002
  • Expressway for large orchestra, 2003
  • Filibuster for guitar quartet, 2003
  • A Completet Portrait of Picasso for tenor, violin, cello, bassoon and piano, 2003
  • Fast Break for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano and digital sound, 2004
  • Thimblerigger for double bass and electronics, 2004
  • The Leaden Echo, the Golden Echo for mixed choir and digital sound, 2005
  • Fanfare for Human Dignity for large orchestra, 2005
  • Oh Wat a Beautiful City , string quartet, 2006
  • Incantesimi for violin and piano, 2006
  • Entanglements for violin, cello and digital sound, 2006
  • Ospedaletto for cello and electronics, 2006
  • Il Prigionero for piano, 2006
  • Murmurs with video artist Alex Schweder and photographer Richard Barnes, 2006
  • Cor Cordium for guitar quartet and chamber orchestra, 2007
  • Addition for orchestra and electronics, 2008
  • Sonora for flute, guitar and digital sound, 2008
  • Scraping for flute, guitar and digital sound, 2008
  • Flutter Arrhythmia , video installation with Sheri Wills, 2008

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personal data
SURNAME Mason, Charles Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Salt Lake City