Early life

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Iain Masson (born Dundee, 1981) is a composer, conductor, musician and music educator based in Birmingham. ​ He grew up in the seaside town of Carnoustie, Scotland. 

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His poetry was published at the age of 10 in 'Through the Hoop', a book of children's poetry compiled from across East Scotland. 
 

As a Carlogie Primary School pupil, Iain played keyboard, piano, recorder, tuned percussion and sang in the school choir and school assemblies, with his school choir enjoying competitive success and singing on BBC Radio Scotland's 'Woman's Hour'. 

As a pupil of Carnoustie High School, Iain won the Miss K.H. McLauchlan Cup for Piano Performance, the Evelyn Forbes Ruark Memorial Scholarship, the Challenge Cup for Brass Ensemble playing. He took part in two tours of France and Switzerland, as well as playing concerts as a member of the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland Reserve Band and the National Youth Brass Band of Scotland.

At 17 years old, he was commissioned to write the opening chorus number for the school's Christmas Show. 

At school, Iain was the recipient of the Music Prize and the Dr Kenneth Brown Memorial Award for Citizenship, presented to him by Angus Council.

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