Biography

     David Mason is a Denver based freelance cellist.  Versed in many styles of music, David especially enjoys playing new works, and collaborating with composers.  Originally from the LA area, where he freelanced and recorded with various artists, he now lives in Denver and is Principal Cellist of the Denver Phiharmonic and Pueblo Symphony Orchestra. He can be seen on the television series Hells Kitchen, The Amazing Race, and Millionaire Matchmaker.

David is the founder of the Euler String Quartet (2015) who made a name for themselves among up and coming composers in the Los Angeles area. Before David moved to Denver, CO, the quartet collaborated with Art-Share LA, California State University Northridge, and the Los Angeles Composer’s Collective, to premier composer’s new works.

     David has worked with composers and artists such as David Newman, Burt Bacharach, Michael W Smith, Jeff Russo, Gerard Schurmann, Alan Parsons, Wolfgang von Schweinitz, Michael Skloff, Jae Deal, John Biggs, and many others in the film, experimental, and pop music industries.  

     In early 2017, David was fortunate enough to perform with members of the captivating LA-based Calder, Lyris, and Formalist quartets.  They worked together with Monday Evening Concert Series' artistic director Jonathan Hepfer to recreate and perform a transcription of Julius Eastman's 10 cello piece entitled "The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc".  A one-of-a-kind piece, it has been described as "Gripping... hardcore, process-oriented Minimalism" by the LA times. 

     Recruited for his professionalism and attention to detail, David was hired by singer/songwriter AJ Mitchell and his production team to arrange, perform, and contract a string quartet cover of "Say you Won't Let Go" by James Arthur.  The music video now has over 500,000 views on Youtube.

David has been featured in the soundtrack for the documentary film "With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story" which was recorded at Capitol Records in Los Angeles.  He was also a regular soloist of the "Lamb of God" concert series in Ventura County, CA, hosted by Witness Music.  Composed by Rob Gardner, this is a contemporary, neo-romantic depiction of Jesus' life, performed each year around Easter.

He has recorded at Capitol Records, EastWest Studios, The Bridge, Westlake Studios and many other recording studios in Los Angeles area.  David has performed in Carnegie Hall, Staples Center, The Forum, Ball Arena (The old Pepsi Center in Denver), Royce Hall, Zipper Hall, the Fox Theatre in Riverside, ArtShareLA, Coaxial, The Echo, and the Roxy,  to name a few.

He performs on a 1995 Stradivarius Model Cello made by Hans & Nancy Benning from Los Angeles.