He is a bass singer born in Paisley, Scotland, who studied renaissance and baroque music at Oxford and became a lay clerk in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.
He sang with various consorts and early English music ensembles and in 1982 he took over from Brian Kay as the bass singer for the King’s Singers, remaining with them until 1987. His knowledge of early English music was such that his influence resulted in two King’s Singers recordings of works by Lassus.
His Austrian wife was a member of the Wiener Blockfloten Ensemble and after they were married he moved to Vienna. He changed his pitch to high baritone and sings with several ensembles as well as the Vienna Radio Choir.
Here is with the King’s Singers singing “The Twelve Days of Christmas” to Julie Andrews. He is the one on the far right…
Source:
- http://vokalensemble-nova.com/EN/singers/mason.html
- http://www.kingssingers.com/aboutus/pastsinger_colinmason.htm