
Bart Mason is a Tupelo-born guitarist and educator with more than three decades of professional stage experience and a lifelong commitment to the music that put his hometown on the map.
He has spent thirty-five years studying the instrument and thirty of those performing — from church sanctuaries and listening rooms across North Mississippi to blues clubs in Memphis and bluegrass sessions throughout the Mid-South. His playing is rooted in the American canon: rock, blues, and bluegrass, with the country, folk, and gospel traditions that connect them.
By day, Bart teaches science at Tupelo High School, where he has built a reputation for translating complex material into clear, confidence-building instruction. He brings the same approach to the guitar studio: structured fundamentals, real repertoire, and a curriculum tailored to the goals of the student in front of him — whether that's the first open chord or a fluent improvised solo.
A husband and father of three, Bart teaches students of all ages and skill levels from his studio in Tupelo, Mississippi.
No method-book treadmill. No "you have to learn classical first." If you want to strum around a campfire by summer, that's the lesson. If you want to nail the solo from Texas Flood, that's the lesson. Bart teaches the player in front of him.