Quinn Mason
Shine Time

The Essentials:
Composer: Quinn Mason (b. 1996)
Composed: 2022
Genre: Contemporary concert overture
Style: Bright, energetic, and celebratory
Orchestration highlights: Prominent brass fanfares and rhythmic drive
What to listen for: Sparkling orchestral colors, infectious rhythms, and a sense of optimism from beginning to end
Fun Fact: Mason visited Binghamton for the 2025 performance of his “Petite Symphony.”
Estimated duration: ca. 5 minutes

The music of Quinn Mason represents a vibrant and confident voice in contemporary American composition. Written in 2022, Shine Time is a short work celebrating brilliance, momentum, and the full energy of the orchestra. Mason, a Dallas-based composer, conductor, and educator, has earned national attention for music that blends classical traditions with rhythmic vitality and accessibility.

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture to Coriolan, Op. 62

The Essentials: 
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Composed: 1807
Inspired by: A tragedy by Heinrich Joseph von Collin based on the Roman hero Coriolanus
World premiere: March 1807, Vienna
Key contrast: The hero's uncompromising determination versus the pleas of his family
What to listen for: Forceful opening chords, dramatic conflict between themes, and the unusually quiet ending
Estimated duration: ca. 9 minutes

The Coriolan Overture is one of the most concentrated and dramatically powerful works of Ludwig van Beethoven’s middle period. Composed in 1807, it was written not for Shakespeare’s Coriolanus, but for a play by the Austrian dramatist Heinrich Joseph von Collin based on the Roman hero Coriolanus. Though the play has faded from the stage, Beethoven’s overture remains a concert favorite for its intensity and psychological depth.

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