Samuel Mason is an emerging composer whose character-driven music has been performed nationally and abroad. His setting of William Blake’s “A Poison Tree” and his solo piano work "An Old Garden" were featured at the 2024 Osmose Festival in Brussels, and, as a composer living with cerebral palsy, he received an honorable mention in the Boston New Music Initiative’s Historically Excluded Composers Competition. His recent activities include participation in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Mentorship Program; selection for the 2026 SongSource Festival; and a commission from Cincinnati Song Initiative. Most recently, he was honored as the runner-up for the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Kristin Pankonin Art Song Award. As a performer, Mason has presented his music at venues including Feinstein’s/54 Below, SFCM, and New York’s Central Park as part of the Young Adults Institute’s Seeing Beyond Disability initiative. In addition to his work as a composer and performer, he has served as a moderator for Ensemble for These Times, presented research for the National Opera Association, and taught in the San Francisco Unified School District through the San Francisco Symphony’s Music & Mentors program since 2024. Mason is a graduate of SFCM, where he studied with David Conte. His mentors also include Tom Cipullo and Raphael Fusco.