South Bend Symphony will perform Mason’s Ode. Also programmed is Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and Carter Pann’s Slalom. 

Colorado Symphony will perform Mason’s Liquid Interface under the baton of Carolyn Kuan. 

Colorado Symphony will perform Mason’s Liquid Interface under the baton of Carolyn Kuan. 

Colorado Symphony will perform Mason’s Liquid Interface under the baton of Carolyn Kuan. 

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra will perform Mason’s Philharmonia Fantastique: The Making of the Orchestra. 

Mercury Soul returns to Saint Joseph’s Arts Society with sets by DJ Masonic (Mason Bates), DJ Justin Reed (illmeasures Chicago), and special guest DJ Gavin Hardkiss are interspersed by performances of Renaissance chorales by Gesualdo and Lotti and music by modern masters Arvo Pärt, Aphex Twin, John Cage, and Philip Glass conducted by Arun Saigal.

The Handel Choir of Baltimore will perform Mason’s Mass Transmission as part of their ‘Visions, Dreams & Flying Machines’ program. 

The Metropolitan Wind Symphony will perform Mason’s Chicago 2012 (from Alternative Energy)

San Diego Symphony will perform the West Coast Premiere of Mason’s Violin Concerto performed by Gil Shaham and conducted by Rafael Payare.

Orchestre symphonique de Montréal will screen Mason’s animated short film, Philharmonia Fantastique.