Mason Cox

🚨Double bar line 🚨
A new double reed sextet for 2 oboes, 2 English horns, and 2 bassoons!

My sincerest apologies and condolences Annie 🫶🏼🫰🏼
Terrible things by mayday parade
And Strange by Celeste are some of my go tos

It was amazing getting to work on and record this amazing new duo!! Check it out! It’s perfect for a bunch of performance opportunities and SUPER fun to play!

Auditions done! Recording for a festival this week and then we play the wait game for a lot of things 😮‍💨

Hahaha heyyyyy :)

An absolutely BEAUTIFUL Zoom convo last night with the composer posse!

The longer I’m in academia the more I feel like I’m the Charlie XCX Brat version of a modern bassoonist…

Every several months or so, I have a list of TED talks and interviews with artists who speak for me that I like to go back and rewatch. I’d like to post one on here today that has revolutionized the way I’ve approached life since I first watched it (last Spring).

YouTube video by TEDx Talks The game has no winners | Drew Dudley | TEDxTraverseCity

If you have 15 minutes and want to kill time, or feel like getting philosophical today, or want to have some insights on how to approach scarcity in job markets, or want to rethink your approach to pedagogy, I highly recommend the following video 🫰🏼

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Literally

Snow week in Louisiana = more practice time 🤭😋

Anytime I feel a little burned out or disappointed in myself I watch “The Devil Wears Prada” there’s so much discussion about hustling and career mindsets that’s oddly…comforting?? 🤷🏼‍♂️

Hey! I’m Mason :) I play bassoon and compose! I run Mason Cox Music and am about to finish my MM in bassoon at Louisiana State

Back to mulling over ideas and decisions in my head for a new piece…the clearer the mental image the better the performance 😅