MASON KELSO
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Mason has worked over the past decade as a music director and freelance music arranger/accompanist.  His music directing credits include: Musical Theatre Styles Cabaret (Music Director/Arranger, MSU); 21st Century Musical Theatre Cabaret (Music Director/Coordinator, MSU); I Love You, I Love You Not Cabaret (Music Director/Coordinator/Arranger, MSU); and Spring Dance Concert, A Love Letter (Music Director/Arranger/Performer).  Outside of Missouri State University Mason's music direction credits include My Fair Lady (Assistant Music Director, Tent Theatre); Avenue Q (Assistant Music Director, Lawrence Arts Center); and Avenue RST Cabaret (Music Director, Lawrence Arts Center).   

As a freelance musical arranger, Mason has written numerous piano/vocal arrangements for musical theatre, pop/rock, and jazz.  His arrangements have been seen in Missouri State University's Spring Dance Concert, Musical Theatre Styles Cabaret, and ​I Love You, I Love You Not Cabaret. Mason has also worked as a musical typist for award winning composer Craig Carnelia on his original score written for MSU's production of Twelfth Night.​  In addition Mason specializes in arranging 16-bar and 32-bar cuts for audition purposes.  
For inquiries about arrangements, contact Mason here.

Testimonials

"I love Mason's arrangements!  They're always so clear and sound amazing!  It's so nice that I can simply send him a song and let him know how I want it, and get exactly that in just a few days!"
-Mary Kim
"Mason provided me with a top notch arrangement that beat out all other sources I researched.  Not only that but he got it to me in incredibly impressive time.  He has an exceptional sense and appreciation for detail."
-Darian Bengston
"Mason made a wonderful arrangement of an audition cut for me of a song I had always wanted and I get so many compliments on it at every audition I use it for!"
-Logan Laree

A Love Letter
A Love Letter was arranged and performed by Mason for Missouri State University's 2017 Spring Dance Concert
Choreography: Sarah Wilcoxon, Dancers/Singers: Molly Higgins, Olivia Jones
Musical Arrangement/Pianist: Mason Kelso 
**Original Source Material: "I Get A Kick Out of You" and "You're the Top" Cole Porter; "Zing Went the String of My Heart" James F. Hanley, and "The Way You Look Tonight" Dorothy Fields/Jerome Kern
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