 Grayson
Masefield was born in Auckland, New Zealand on the 10th September 1987
to accordion playing parents Ian and Heather Masefield.
His musical career began at 3 years of age with Fay Schaw, then developed into the entertainment field with Maurice Jones. He played in the North Shore Accordion Orchestras, starting in the Novices, progressing to the NSAO. Grayson began classical training at Auckland University with Stephanie Poole. Grayson went to France for seminars and tuition with Frédéric Deschamps in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Additionally, Grayson has been invited to perform in several European countries during 2007, 2008 & 2009. France, Spain, Germany, UK, Portugal and 2009, Slovakia, Germany, Italy, USA and Portugal, China, New Zealand, Finland. 
Grayson attended Takapuna Primary School, leaving with the Rotary Prize for "The Child most likely to succeed." At Takapuna Normal Intermediate School, he took the lead part in the school show and began playing tennis. He later attended Rangitoto College representing the largest school in New Zealand in volleyball and tennis. He lead all of the New Zealand volleyball teams into the arenas at the Australasian Schools Volleyball Tournaments with a Maori challenge. He also won his schools Speech Competition when only 16 years. Accordion Competitions
Experience
Grayson has competed internationally in Virtuoso Entertainment and Classical
categories. His successes include:2010 1st Place, Spoleto Senior Variete and Senior Classic 2009 1st Place, Roland International V-Accordion Competition & Festival 2009 1st Place, Coupe Mondiale 2009 1st Place, Coupe Mondiale Virtuoso Entertainment 2009 1st Place, Primus Ikaalinen International TV Competition - Finland 2009 2nd Place, Trophée Mondiale Senior Classique 2009 2nd Place, Klingenthal Category 6, Virtuoso Entertainment 2008 1st Place, Castelfidardo Category D Senior Classical 2008 1st Place, Trophée Mondiale Senior Varieté, picture of prize giving above right 2008 2nd Place, Trophée Mondiale Senior Classique 2007 3rd Place, Coupe Mondiale Piano Accordion Category 2007 3rd Place, Category D, Castelfidardo International Competitions 2007/8 1st Place, New Zealand and South Pacific Accordion Champion 2007/8 1st Place, National Accordion Organisation of the UK, International TV Experience Several performances on TV in France, Sata Hame Soi Festival in Finland http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7g4vw_au-bonheur-de-nacre-avec-grayson-ma_music TV1 in New Zealand, Breakfast Show TV3 in New Zealand Magazines Magazine Strumenti Musica (Italy) article - Acrobat file 7.7MB about the Trophée Mondial de l'Accordéon 2008 where Grayson, the only contestant in both top categories won a 1st and a 2nd place. Download this pdf file 7.7MB. 
Workshops
Attended:
Frédéric Deschamps
Viatcheslav Semionov Kevin Friedrich Romano Viazzani Tania Lukic-Marx Alexander Shirunov Mary Tokarski Fang Yuan Contact:
Grayson Masefield Email gmasefield@gmail.com |
