Mason Bates is an American composer, DJ, and curator whose music brings orchestral instruments into contact with electronic sound. He has held composer residencies with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Kennedy Center, where he developed the concert series KC Jukebox. His opera The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs received a Grammy Award for its recording. Bates’s work also extends to film, including his score for Gus Van Sant’s The Sea of Trees. He studied at Columbia University, The Juilliard School, and the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his doctorate. His teachers included John Corigliano, David Del Tredici, and Samuel Adler. He teaches composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.