Brendan Mason is an active teacher, performer, composer, and clinician in the New England area. He
currently teaches general and instrumental music at East Shoreline Catholic Academy in
Branford, CT (previously Saint Mary School) and serves as the Assistant Marching Band
Director for Jonathon Law High School in Milford, CT. He provides private lessons to many
students of all ages in the New England Area. Brendan also has served as caption head or
technician to several area drum lines and percussion sections including the Cheshire High
School Marching Band, Col. John Chester Drum Corps, Connecticut Patriots Drum Corps, The
Stony Creek Drum Corps and the 7th Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps. He has provided clinics
and workshops all over the United States and Europe, including a 2014 presentation for the
Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, a series of performances
throughout China, a week of clinics in Singapore for the Singapore Armed Forces Band and for
The Royal Marine School of Music in Portsmouth, UK.
Brendan is a student of Ed Rhodes, Bob Rush, Paul Cormier, Mike Gagnon, Matt Mayotte, Tim
Cecil and later studied under Ken Green while attending Northwestern State University of
Louisiana where he pursued a degree in music education and percussion performance.
Brendan started playing rudimental snare drum at the age of 6 as a member of the Col. John
Chester Drum Corps. He soon began competing individually through the Corps, winning honors
at the Connecticut, Massachusetts, Hudson Valley, and Northeastern States Championships. At
age 9, Brendan became the youngest drummer to hold The Dan English Trophy as the
Connecticut State Junior Snare Drum Champion, a distinction he has won more times than any
other individual.
In addition to teaching, Brendan is a member of the Connecticut Patriots Drum Corps. He has
also performed with the Middlesex County Volunteers and The Top Secret Drum Corps of Basel,
Switzerland. Through these groups, Brendan has toured both nationally and internationally,
performing in Switzerland, France, Germany, and Australia. He has individually performed with
notable musicians, such as Shania Twain, and was featured on an ESPN recording. Brendan is
a proud member of The Company of Fifers and Drummers, USARD and NARD. He is also an endorsee of The Cooperman Drum
Company, Innovative Percussion, ProLogix Percussion, and Loyal Drums.