Mason Jones (16 June 1919, Hamilton, New York – 18 February 2009, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) was an American horn player and music educator who had a lengthy association with the Philadelphia Orchestra as principal hornist under conductor Eugene Ormandy.
He also served as principal hornist of the United States Marine Band during World War II and was the head of the horn faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music from 1946–1995.
[1] Born in Hamilton, New York, Jones began his professional studies in 1936 at the Curtis Institute of Music as a pupil of Anton Horner.
[1] In 1947 Jones returned to the Philadelphia Orchestra as principal hornist, this time serving in that position until his retirement 31 years later in 1978.
Among the many recordings he made with the Philadelphia Orchestra was the music for the 1940 Disney animation film Fantasia.