Alex Mason is a freelance lighting designer and Assistant Professor of Lighting Design at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi. His professional work explores strong lines, vibrant colors, novel angles, and innovative applications of technology to create immersive, accessible artworks that engage a wide variety of audiences. Favorite recent credits include productions of The Rite of Spring, Into the Woods, Die Walküre, Le Nozze di Figaro, Pippin, and The Barber of Seville, with dance, opera, and theatre companies around the United States. Mason holds degrees in violin performance, orchestral conducting, and lighting design.