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He is a horn player and teacher born in Hamilton, New
York, to a family where his father was Professor of Romance Languages at
Colgate University. He studied
at the Curtis Institute of Music and during those years, in 1939, he was taken
on as a member of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Going into service during WWII he joined the Marine Band
in Washington D.C. and served as Principal Horn. After leaving the service he returned to the Philadelphia
Orchestra and remained with them for the rest of his professional career
until he retired in 1978. After
his retirement he remained in the position of Personnel Manager of the Orchestra
and held the post of President of the International Horn Society from 1986
to 1987. Alongside his
performances with the orchestra he was also part of the offshoot group, the
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, with whom he achieved two Grammy Award winning
albums, and he was co-founder of the Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet. The numerous recording made
throughout his career include his Mason Jones: Solo Performances
1951-1954, Mozart, Heiden Turina: Chamber Works, Mozart: Legendary
Interpretations, Saint-Saens: Greatest Hits, The Godfather and Other Move
Themes, Hindemith's Sonata for Trumpet with Glenn Gould and the
Grammy Award Winning The Glorious Sound of
Brass and The Antiphonal Music of
Antonio Gabrieli with the Philadelphia Brass Ensemble. As a teacher he joined the faculty
of the Curtis Institute of Music in 1946 and as a writer he published books
such as Solos for Horn Player with Piano.
Philadelphia Brass Ensemble recordings
Angels We Have Heard on
High (Traditional French/James
Chadwick/Edward Barnes)
CBS MK 7033 (CD: A Festival of Carols in Brass)
Sources:
- http://www.sotone.com/111-Jones.htm
- http://www.hornsociety.org/content/view/80/lang,en/
- http://www.amazon.com/Solos-Player-Piano-Mason-Jones/dp/0793554004
- http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=320125#
- http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Mason%20Jones:1927073749?sort=az
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