James Mason, oboe

James Mason, oboe
	James Mason is highly regarded as one of Canada's most prominent oboists. He is celebrating his 25th season as Principal Oboe of the Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony and Canadian Chamber Ensemble. Prior to that Mr. Mason was Principal Oboe with the Saskatoon Symphony and Assistant Principal Oboe with the Virginia Symphony. He has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in Germany, Holland, Spain, South America and Japan as well as the United States and Canada. Mr. Mason has many recordings to his credit and is heard regularly on CBC radio, for which he has recorded most of the standard chamber music and solo oboe repertoire, along with several new works for oboe and orchestra written specifically for him. He also appears regularly as soloist with various orchestras in Canada. During the summer months, Mr. Mason is active in music festivals around the country. Along with being a member of the Festival Winds at the Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound, Ontario and a regular performer at the Elora Festival in Elora, Ontario, Mr. Mason and his wife, violinist Julie Baumgartel are Co-Artistic Directors of the Grand River Baroque Festival near Ayr, Ontario. He also performs at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival and has performed at the Wolf Trap Festival in Virginia and the Flagstaff Festival of the Arts in Flagstaff, Arizona. Mr. Mason has appeared as Principal Oboe with the Boston Symphony, Toronto Symphony and Montreal Symphony Orchestras, along with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Mr. Mason teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he has the largest oboe class in Canada. He plays a Yamaha oboe and is generously sponsored in many of his musical endeavours as a member of the Yamaha Artist program.

James Mason is highly regarded as one of Canada's most prominent oboists. He is celebrating his 25th season as Principal Oboe of the Kitchener- Waterloo Symphony and Canadian Chamber Ensemble. Prior to that Mr. Mason was Principal Oboe with the Saskatoon Symphony and Assistant Principal Oboe with the Virginia Symphony.

He has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician in Germany, Holland, Spain, South America and Japan as well as the United States and Canada. Mr. Mason has many recordings to his credit and is heard regularly on CBC radio, for which he has recorded most of the standard chamber music and solo oboe repertoire, along with several new works for oboe and orchestra written specifically for him. He also appears regularly as soloist with various orchestras in Canada.

During the summer months, Mr. Mason is active in music festivals around the country. Along with being a member of the Festival Winds at the Festival of the Sound in Parry Sound, Ontario and a regular performer at the Elora Festival in Elora, Ontario, Mr. Mason and his wife, violinist Julie Baumgartel are Co-Artistic Directors of the Grand River Baroque Festival near Ayr, Ontario. He also performs at the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival and has performed at the Wolf Trap Festival in Virginia and the Flagstaff Festival of the Arts in Flagstaff, Arizona. Mr. Mason has appeared as Principal Oboe with the Boston Symphony, Toronto Symphony and Montreal Symphony Orchestras, along with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Mr. Mason teaches at Wilfrid Laurier University, where he has the largest oboe class in Canada.

He plays a Yamaha oboe and is generously sponsored in many of his musical endeavours as a member of the Yamaha Artist program.