Brian Casey, D.A.        ||    Conductor * Hornist * Composer/Arranger * Christian

 

 

Assistant Professor of Conducting and Horn

Director of Orchestral Activities

Conductor and Music Director, Houghton Philharmonia

Coordinator of Woodwind Chamber Music

Greatbatch School of Music

Houghton College

 

Bio

 

Vita

 

 

In necessariis unitas,

In dubiis libertas,

In omnibus autem caritas

 

(In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, charity.)

 

[attributed to Augustine (4th-5th centuries A.D.); appropriated by Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1852);

reappropriated by Isaac Errett and others connected with the frontier American Restoration Movement (a/k/a Stone-Campbell Movement) in the later nineteenth century]

 

 

Houghton College Activities. 2

Personal Information. 2

Professional Memberships. 2

Honor Societies and Fraternities. 2

Ensembles Conducted. 2

Current Ensembles (Hornist) 2

Publications—Audio. 3

Music:  Print 3

Music:  Discography. 3

Music:  Premieres of Instrumental Compositions, Transcriptions, and Arrangements. 4

Music:  Premieres of Christian Songs and Hymns. 4

Writings & Interests. 5

Other Publications:  Print 5

Other Scholarly Interests. 5

Spiritual and Personal Interests. 5

Personal 5

Recordings Acquired Recently. 5

Books Experienced Recently. 5

Websites. 6

 

 

Houghton College Activities

·          Music Director, Philharmonia

·          Director of Orchestral Activities and Coordinator of Woodwind Chamber Music

·          Courses

o         Applied Conducting (graduate and undergraduate)

o         Applied Horn

o         Aural Skills I and II

o         Basic Conducting

o         Instrumental Conducting

o         Orchestral Literature (graduate)

o         Philharmonia

·          Christmas Prism planning committee

·          Music Theory/Aural Skills Task Force

·          Chapel orchestrations and arrangements

·          Scholarship auditions—winds, strings, percussion

·          Undergraduate and graduate juries and degree recital evaluation—winds, strings, percussion

 

Personal Information

·          Wife Karly, works part-time at the Fillmore Pharmacy,; also enjoys quilting, crocheting, and gardening

·          Puppy Tessa, a German Shepherd/Yellow Lab mix

·          Raised mostly in Delaware; lived also in Southeast, Heartland, and West

·          Parents Gerald & Bettye live in Searcy, Arkansas

·          Sister Laura & husband Bruce live near Pittsburgh with three daughters and a son

·          Sister Greta & husband Neil live near D.C. with a daughter, a son, and a Golden Retriever

·          Vehicles include a bicycle and an old motorcycle that are collectively worth more than my pickup truck

  • Proud owner of two new (read:  used) gas-powered machines since we came to live in the Southern Tier:  a riding lawn mower and a snow blower
  • We spend three hours on the road every Sunday to be with a great church on the NW side of Rochester

Professional Memberships

·          ASCAP:  American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers

·          CBDNA:  College Band Directors National Association

·          LAO:  League of American Orchestras

 

Honor Societies and Fraternities

·          Alpha Chi

·          Phi Kappa Phi

·          Pi Kappa Lambda

 

 

Ensembles Conducted

·          Benedictine College/Atchison Community Orchestra (Music Director 1999-2001)

·          Cecil County Choral Society (Music Director, 2000-2001)

·          Chesapeake Silver Cornet Brass Band (Intern, summer 2001)

·          First State Symphonic Band (Assistant Conductor, 1991-1994)

·          Foundation Brass (Founder and Music Director)

·          Harding University Concert Band (Student Conductor)

·          Houghton College Philharmonia (Music Director)

·          Kansas City Brass Project (Conductor, 1999-2001)

·          Kansas City Wind Symphony (Associate Conductor, 1999-2001)

·          Lights (Music Director, 1992-2001)

·          Newark Community Band (Music Director, 1998-2001)

·          Newark Symphony Orchestra (audition)

·          Northern Colorado Concert Band (Music Director, 2006-2007)

·          Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City (audition)

·          Rushford Concert Band (Interim, summer 2008)

·          University of Delaware Wind Ensemble (Graduate Conductor)

·          University of Northern Colorado Concert Band (Graduate Conductor)

·          University of Northern Colorado Sinfonietta (Graduate Conductor)

·          University of Northern Colorado Symphonic Band (Graduate Conductor)

·          University of Northern Colorado Wind Ensemble (Graduate Conductor)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selected Orchestral Repertoire

 

Selected Wind Repertoire

 

 

Current Ensembles (Hornist)

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For Horn Players —

Notes on Tuning the Horn

 
Southern Tier Symphony

·          Houghton Brass Ensemble

·          Hornell Area Wind Ensemble

·          Wellsville Performing Arts Orchestra

Musical Theatre Experience

·          Music Director/Conductor

§          Godspell

§          Hello, Dolly

§          Nunsense

§          Oklahoma!

 

·          Pit Orchestra:

§          Fiddler on the Roof

§          Gypsy

§          Oklahoma!

§          Shenandoah

§          South Pacific

§          The Sound of Music

Publications—Audio

Music:  Print

·          Instrumental

o         Three-Ring Wind-up for Brass (Lovebird Music, http://www.lovebirdmusic.com, © 2006)

o         National Hymn Fanfare (Grand Mesa Music, http://www.grandmesamusic.com, © 2008)

·          Christian

o         I Behold You (Into Our Hands, © 1999)

o         Jesus, Lord and Saviour (Into Our Hands, © 1999)

o         To the One Who Sits on the Throne (Into Our Hands, © 1999)

Music:  Discography

·          Discography:  Original Christian Songs & Hymns

o         As for Me (Lights:  God With Us, 1994)

o         Behold the Glories (Harding A Cappella Alumni Chorus, ca. 1994)

o         Come To Me (Lights:  More Than Harmony, 1998)

o         Emmanuel (Ritchie Family:  Hymns, 1992)

o         I Behold You (Harding A Cappella Alumni Chorus, ca. 1994)

o         Jesus, Lord and Saviour (Harding A Cappella Alumni Chorus, ca. 1994)

o         You Are Inescapable (text by Rochelle Rose Waddill) (Lights:  God With Us, 1994)

o         You Who Seek God (Lights:  God With Us, 1994)

 

Complete Catalog of Original Christian Songs & Hymns

 

 

·          Discography:  Christian Arrangements

o         Ancient of Days (G. Sadler, J. Harvill) (Lights:  More Than Harmony, 1998)

o         Breath of Heaven (A. Grant, C. Eaton) (Lights:  God With Us, 1994)

o         Constant (C & S Dente, Out of the Grey) (Lights:  Testify, 2005)

o         Draw Me Close (K. Carpenter) (Lights:  Life Like No Other, 2000)

o         He’ll Do Whatever It Takes (D. Dean) (Lights:  More Than Harmony, 1998)

o         How Can I Keep from Singing? (trad., arr. Enya/Casey) (Lights:  Life Like No Other, 2000)

o         Immanuel (M. Card) ((Lights:  God With Us, 1994 and Lights:  Life Like No Other, 2000)

o         In Christ Alone/Crucified with Christ (S. Craig & D. Koch) (Lights:  Life Like No Other, 2000)

o         In the First Light (B. Kauflin) (Lights:  More Than Harmony, 1998)

o         Jubilee (M. Card) (Lights:  God With Us, 1994)

o         Keeper of the Door (T. Paris) (Lights:  God With Us, 1994 and Lights:  More Than Harmony, 1998)

o         The Blessing in Praise (worship medley) (Lights:  Life Like No Other, 2000)

o         The Reason We Sing (M. & D. Tunney, arr. J. Scott/B. Casey) Lights:  More Than Harmony, 1998)

o         We Declare that the Kingdom of God Is Here (G. Kendrick) (Lights:  More Than Harmony, 1998)

o         You Have Called Us Out of Darkness (L. DeShazo, M. Nystrom) (Lights:  God With Us, 1994)

 

Complete Catalog of Christian Songs & Hymn Arrangements

 

·          Discography:  Original Meditative Piano

o         Summer Afternoon

o         Blackwater River

o         Shepherd’s Meadow

o         Prairie Serenity

o         Retreat at Dusk

o         Shelter