Craig Mason attended the University of Wisconsin at Platteville, where he received a Comprehensive Music Education Degree (Vocal, Instrumental, and General). Craig also earned a Master’s Degree in Music Education at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He has taught and conducted many wind bands, brass bands, choirs, theater productions, pit orchestras, music theory courses, jazz ensembles, marching bands, drum and bugle corps, and chamber ensembles in public and private schools, as well as at the university, collegiate, and adult level.

Craig has extensive experience with jazz education and a rich history with the drum and bugle corps genre, dating back to 1976. He was a performer and teacher for the Madison Scouts until 1992, taught several music ensembles in Europe, and is actively involved with the Madison Scouts Alumni Association as both a performer, conductor, and music arranger.

Craig was selected for the Kohl Fellowship in 1989 and has been selected for Who's Who in America's Teachers numerous times, as well as being selected for Who's Who in America, and has been selected as the most influential music teacher in Wisconsin, by School Band and Orchestra magazine. All of his public school bands have earned many awards, including performances at the Wisconsin State Music Conference and the National Band Association Wisconsin Conference.

Craig has taught many band clinics, judges marching band contests and solo & ensemble festivals. He is a published composer and has arranged and composed for many marching bands, concert bands, chamber ensembles, brass bands, and drum and bugle corps around the United States, Europe and Japan. He also writes marching band drills for bands in Wisconsin and Nebraska. 

Craig is also an active performer with the Brass Knuckles Brass Quintet, the Craig Mason Combo and local orchestras and pit orchestras.

Learn more about Craig Mason and his music at: https://masonmusique.webs.com/