Mason Bates moves fluidly between the worlds of classical concert music and underground electronica. His symphonic work Omnivorous Furniture, for symphonietta & electronica, was commissioned by The Los Angeles Philharmonic and premiered at Disney Hall. The Biava Quartet gave the premiere of his chamber work in New York's Alice Tully Hall, a string quartet commissioned by The Naumburg Foundation. Active as a performer, Bates has played his concerto for synthesizer with The Atlanta and Phoenix Symphonies, and he also stays busy as a DJ of underground hip-hop in the San Francisco and Rome scenes. As Masonic, he has often appeared at c