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Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony Release Mason Bates Album

Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) will release a new album, Mason Bates: Works for Orchestra, featuring Bay Area composer Mason Bates's three largest electro-acoustic orchestral works on the Orchestra's SFS Media label on Friday, March 11, 2016. The first full album of Bates's orchestral works features the first recordings of the SFS-commissioned "The B-Sides" and "Liquid Interface," in addition to "Alternative Energy."

By Shane Jordan

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces 2015-16 Season, New Composers-In-Residence

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra recently announced its 125th Anniversary Season, during which the CSO will take a fresh look at some of the works the Orchestra has premiered over the past 125 years. The CSO also announced a renewed focus on the Austro-German orchestral repertoire, from Handel to Mahler, in 2015-16.
By Louise Burton
Mason Bates Named First Ever Composer-in-Residence at The Kennedy Center

Composer Mason Bates has been appointed The Kennedy Center’s first ever composer-in-residence for its 2015-2016 season.
By Jaime Prisco

Michael Tilson Thomas & San Francisco Symphony Release Mason Bates Album

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces 2015-16 Season, New Composers-In-Residence

Mason Bates Named First Ever Composer-in-Residence at The Kennedy Center

People's Climate Change: San Francisco Symphony Percussionist Jacob Nissly, Composer Mason Bates Shop at Henry Ford Junkyard for 'Alternative Energy'

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers to Release New Album, 'The American Masters,' Featuring Works by Barber, Corigliano and Mason Bates

Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s 2014-15 MusicNOW Series Features Music by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead and Anna Clyne Premiere

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers Makes Her Chicago Symphony Orchestra Debut with Mason Bates' Violin Concerto

From Bach to Boulez: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Announces Brilliant 2014-15 Season

Riccardo Muti Extends Contract as Music Director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Through 2020

EXCLUSIVE: Composers Mason Bates and Anna Clyne on Re-Imagining the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's MusicNOW Series

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Trombonist Michael Mulcahy Talks Brass Tributes to Bud Herseth, Edward Kleinhammer

From John Luther Adams to Mason Bates, Today's Composers "Do" the Environment