Matt Mason
Biography
Matt Mason is a Composer and Pianist from Lincoln, Illinois whose compositions represent an intersection of poetry, theater, and music creating a psychogram where melodic, harmonic, and intervallic elements are dictated by tense constellations and brooding undertones. Matt’s current work emphasizes research into dissociation, mental health, queer visibility, nostalgia, and ethics in contemporary composition.
Research areas
- Intersections of Poetry, Theater, and Music
- Psychograms
- Music and Mental Health
- Music and Queer Visibility
- Music and Nostalgia
- Ethics in Contemporary Composition