Mario Godoy is a composer, saxophonist, sound designer, and music educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Godoy’s compositional style has been described as "rhythmically brilliant" and "imaginatively colorful.” He has written works for soloists, chamber ensembles, voice, wind ensemble, works with electronics, and music for film and video games. Groups he has worked with include Friction Quartet, Mobius Trio, The Living Earth Show, Akropolis Reed Quintet, Nomad Session, and the Del Sol String Quartet among many others.

As a saxophonist, he has performed professionally across the gamut of musical genres having played with the Redlands Symphony Orchestra, the SFCM orchestra, various chamber ensembles, jazz big bands, musical theater orchestras, jazz combos, and rock bands.

He resides in Oakland, CA where he teaches private and group lessons to musicians of all ages. He currently teaches Scoring for Film and Media at Las Positas College in Livermore, CA, as well as Music and Spanish at Maybeck High School in Berkeley, CA. He also teaches composition through Crowden Music Center's John Adams Young Composers Program.