Education:A degree in music composition at Columbia University and the Juilliard School-United Kingdom literature. Teacher: John Corigliano-composition, David Del Tredici, Samuel Adler. Further study at the University of California, Berkeley (Center for new music and Audio technology).
The big boys in Chi-town:Composer-in-residence, Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
A feather in the CAP:Performances by the San Francisco, Chicago, Pittsburgh, national (Washington), Los Angeles Symphony. Rome and Berlin prize.
At 34, Mason Bates is one of the most successful composers of the generation, best known for combining electronic to his orchestral scores. Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director Leonard Slatkin fight for Bates, and this weekend the Orchestra will perform “The B side: Five Pieces for Orchestra
Question: what does it mean to bring the “b-side” to Detroit given that the birthplace of techno music?