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Jan. 6, 2025
29. A Joyous Trilogy - Quinn Mason
This episode of the Theorist Composer Collaboration features the composer Quinn Mason alongside his piece A Joyous Trilogy. Music theorist Aaron D’Zurilla talks with Quinn about his background, finding success in collaboration, writing for orchestra, textural storytelling, the potential of modern music theory and much more!
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A Joyous Trilogy was performed by the Kansas City Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Stern
Aaron D'Zurilla
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Aaron D'Zurilla is the primary host and founder of the Theorist Composer Collaboration. Aaron holds a Bachelor's of Music in Music Theory from the University of Florida, and is a current Graduate Music Theory student at Florida State University.
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Quinn Mason
Composer
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 180 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
Als…
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