Tim Mason

Biography

Tim Mason is the Associate Director of Athletic Bands at Towson University. Director of Marching Winds for the 225-member World Famous Towson University Marching Band, he also co-leads the Pep Band program for Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball. Mason has taught various courses within the department of music, and mentors music education students in their practicum and full-time internships. Prior to his arrival at Towson, Mason earned a Master of Music in Wind Conducting Degree from the University of Delaware, where he was a teaching assistant for the University of Delaware Marching Band and was a student of Lauren Reynolds and Heidi Sarver.

As a music educator in the Maryland region, Mason has been invited to conduct honor bands, adjudicate assessments, and clinic various high school ensembles in and around the state. He made his European conducting debut in 2023 with the American Music Abroad Gold Tour, and remains an advocate for music performance travel, leading various programs as a tour specialist, including a selected performing ensemble tour for the 2023 Midwest Clinic, two Rose Parade tours, and additional tours to Florida, California, and New York. He is also on staff at American Music Abroad, an organization facilitating over a dozen annual performance tours of Europe, where he coordinates the DAI Staff Program, and is a conductor for the Collegiate Tour.

Previously, Mason completed a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education from Towson University. His teachers include Dr. Christopher Cicconi, James Hicks, John Miliauskas, and Noel Kunkle.

Mason has worked with various high school marching band programs in Maryland and Pennsylvania and has accumulated professional experience in live and recorded audio as well as professional photography and videography in portrait, outdoor, and concert hall settings. He is an active member of the Maryland Music Education Association, the National Association for Music Education, and the College Band Directors National Association.