Samuel Mason is an emerging composer whose "evocative" and "soulful" (twincitiesarts.com) character-driven music has been performed nationally and abroad, including an international debut with the Osmose Festival in 2024. 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, a commission from the Cincinnati Song Initiative, and selection for the 2026 Source Song Festival. Honors also include runner-up in the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Kristin Pankonin Art Song Award and 2nd prize in Sparks and Wiry Cries' 8th Annual SongSLAM. 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, Libby Larsen, and Raphael Fusco.