John M. Mason (musician)

He then attended Douglas Ewert High School in Newton Stewart, and graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a law degree.

[2] Both of Mason's parents were musicians, his father played the fiddle and his mother the piano, and he took up both instruments in childhood.

Upon his father's insistence, he left his fiddle at home while attending University so he could focus entirely on his studies, but he picked it up again during the summer holidays.

Following his passing, his eldest son, Rognvald Mason, assumed the position of Director at Waddell and Mackintosh solictiors, alongside solicitor Darren Murdoch[4].

Under John's leadership, the orchestra played concerts all over the United Kingdom, as well as a handful of international tours, in order to raise money for various charities.