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Mason Bates Mercury Soul: An Electro-Acoustic Evening

Mason Bates

The music of Mason Bates moves fluidly between contemporary concert music and electronica. He has performed his orchestral works with orchestras ranging from The Atlanta Symphony to The Los Angeles Philharmonic, at venues such as The Kennedy Center and Disney Hall. Active as a DJ and electronica artist, he has performed his live electronica at San Francisco spaces including 111 Minna and SFMOMA, and internationally at Rome’s Metaverso and Berlin’s Roter Salon. A recipient of the Rome and Berlin Prizes, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.


Awards & Accomplishments

  • 2008

    Commission

    The San Francisco Symphony awards Bates a commission to write The B-Sides, a 20-minute work for spring 2009 premiere

  • 2008

    Fellowship

    Bates receives John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

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