Megan Mason

  • Assistant Professor of Music

Education

  • Bachelor of Music with Highest Honors, Music Performance, University of Michigan, 2006 
  • Master of Music, Music Performance, The Juilliard School, 2009 

I love teaching collaboration and a new way of working together through Chamber Music as well as helping students learn the basics of theory and aural skills. I believe music is a great lens through which we can view our world and each other. Southern Virginia University provides the perfect laboratory for making great music together. 


Education

  • Bachelor of Music with Highest Honors, Music Performance, University of Michigan, 2006 
  • Master of Music, Music Performance, The Juilliard School, 2009 

Courses

Music Major: Chamber Music, Music Theory, Aural Skills, String Pedagogy 


Teaching Positions & Professional Experience

  • Joined the Southern Virginia University faculty in 2018 
  • Adjunct Viola Instructor and Orchestral Section Coach, Washington & Lee, 2019-present 
  • Orchestra Coordinator, Intermountain Suzuki String Institute, 2015-present
  • Head of Viola Department, Viola and Violin Instructor, and Director of Summer Camps, Gifted Music School, 2013-2018
  • Principal Violist, Ballet West Orchestra, 2016-2018
  • Member, Orchestra at Temple Square, 2012-2018
  • Founding Violist, Tesla Quartet, 2008-2013

Scholarship & Creative Work

  • Completed a three-year professional residency at the University of Colorado at Boulder, studying under world-renowned Takacs Quartet 
  • Composer, arranger and recording artist for many soundtracks of movies, video games, commercials, and albums across genres
  • Guest performer and/or faculty member at music festivals in Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Michigan, New York, California, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Maine, Arkansas, Montreal, France, England, and Germany 

Awards, Leadership & Service

  • Gold Medal recipient at 2012 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition 
  • Awarded prizes at the 2012 London and 2013 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competitions and 2008 J. C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition 
  • First Place, Concerto Competition at the University of Colorado in Boulder, 2010
  • First Place, Regional and MichiganState Competitions of the Music Teachers National Association, 2007