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

 

 

Assistant Professor of Conducting and Horn

Director of Instrumental Activities

Conductor and Music Director, Houghton Philharmonia

Conductor and Music Director, Houghton Symphonic Winds

 

Greatbatch School of Music

Houghton College

 

Bio

 

Vita

 

New book:  The Christian Assembly: Concepts, Trends, and Leadership with Purpose

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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 and Symphonic Winds

·         Director of Instrumental Activities

·         Chamber Music advocate/coordinator of programs

·         Courses taught

o    Applied Conducting (graduate and undergraduate)

o    Applied Horn

o    Basic Conducting

o    Instrumental Conducting

o    Orchestral Literature (graduate)

o    Aural Skills I and II (past)

·         Music Theory/Aural Skills Task Force (2007-2008)

·         Christmas Prism planning committee (2007-present)

·         Calendar Committee (2010-2012)

·         Chapel orchestrations and arrangements

·         Scholarship auditions—winds, strings, percussion, Presidential

·         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

·         Son Jedd (b. 2009)—the most perfect baby boy ever

·         Weekly Bible study hosted in our home

·         We spend three hours on the road every Sunday to be part of a church on the NW side of Rochester

·         Dog 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 in Washington state 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

Professional Memberships

·         CBDNA:  College Band Directors National Association

·         CODA:  College Orchestra Directors Association

·         CCLI

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

·         Board member, Southern Tier Symphony

·         LAO:  League of American Orchestras (past)

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)

·         Hornell Area Wind Ensemble (guest, spring 2010)

·         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 only)

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

·         Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City (audition only)

·         Roberts Wesleyan College Wind Ensemble (guest, fall 2009)

·         Rushford Concert Band (summers, 2008-present)

·         Southern Tier Symphony winds (guest, fall 2009)

·         Town Theatre of Short Tract pit orchestra (summer 2009, 2010)

·         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

Musical Theatre Experience

·         Music Director/Conductor

§  Godspell

§  Hello, Dolly

§  Meet Me In St. Louis

§  Nunsense

§  Oklahoma!

§  The Sound of Music

·         Pit Orchestra:

§  Fiddler on the Roof

§  Gypsy

§  Oklahoma!

§  Shenandoah

§  South Pacific

§  The Sound of Music

§  Assassins

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

o    Winter Forest

o    Still Life

o    Blackwater Memories

 

·         Discography:  Albums Co-Produced

o    Lights:  God With Us, 1994

o    Lights:  More Than Harmony, 1998

o    Lights:  Life Like No Other, 2000

o    Brian Casey with Randy Melick, Guitar:  Echoing Nature:  Original Acoustic Piano with Nature Sounds, 2005

 

·         Discography:  Additional Christian Original Songs Recorded on demo CD

o    An Hour In Your Presence

o    As for Me

o    Come To Me

o    Communion

o    Emmanuel

o    Father, Hear the Pray’r We Offer (original music)

o    Find Favor in Me

o    He Is Our God

o    I Am Not Ashamed

o    I Behold You

o    Jesus, Lord and Saviour

o    Lord of All

o    May Your Glory, Lord, Fill This Place

o    Remembering You

o    Rock of Ages (original music)

o    Sing Out To you

o    There You Are

o    To the One Who Sits on the Throne

o    We Meet To Remember You

o    Who May Ascend?

o    Worshipping You Alone

o    Yahweh-Rophe

o    You Are God

o    You Are Inescapable

o    Your Love

o    You Who Seek God

o    Your Will Is My Desire

 

Music:  Premieres of Instrumental Compositions, Transcriptions, and Arrangements

·         Across the Lands (Getty, arr. Getty/Casey) (Wesley Chapel, Houghton, NY, 2008)

·         Anvil Chorus (Verdi, transcr. Casey) (Foundation Brass, Greeley, CO, 2006)

·         At the Round Earth’s Imagined Corners (Spencer, transcr. Casey) (Foundation Brass, Greeley, CO, 2007; Wesley Chapel, Houghton, NY, 2008)

·         Chi Sigma Alpha (arr. Casey) UNC Brass Choir, Greeley, CO, 2007)

·         Conquest (Foundation Brass, Greeley, CO, 2007)

·         Denver Fanfare (Houghton College Brass Ensemble, 2010)

·         Festivity:  Fanfare No. 8 (Northern Colorado Concert Band, Greeley, CO, 2006)

·         Four Woodland Sketches (E. MacDowell, transcr. Casey) (Winds of Freedom Woodwind Quintet, Offutt Air Force Base, NE, 2003)

·         Homage March (Grieg, transcr. Casey) (Houghton College Brass Ensemble, 2010)

·         National Hymn:  March, Bravada, and the People’s Refreshing (Heart of America Wind Symphony, Kansas City, MO, 2002; Dallas Wind Symphony Brass, Dallas, TX, 2003)

·         O Filii et Filiae (Leisring, transcr. Casey) (Houghton College Brass Ensemble, 2010)

·         Peaceable Kingdom (Thompson, transcr. Casey) (Foundation Brass, Greeley, CO, 2007)

·         Provincia (Kansas City Brass Project, Prairie Village, KS, 2005)

·         Three-Ring Wind-up for Brass (Dallas Wind Symphony Brass, 2006)

 

Complete Catalog of Instrumental Compositions, Transcriptions, and Arrangements

Music:  Premieres of Christian Songs and Hymns

·         An Hour In Your Presence (Allentown [NJ] Presbyterian Church, 5/98)

·         As For Me (Delaware Valley Youth Advance, Three Little Bakers Dinner Theatre, Newark, DE, 4/94)

·         Come To Me (Mid-Atlantic Fellowship, Laurelwood [NJ] Church of Christ, 11/96)

·         Emmanuel (Cedars Church of Christ, Wilmington, DE, 1994; College Church of Christ, Searcy, AR, ca. 12/95)

·         Holy Fire (Cedars Fall Retreat, Camp Andrews, 11/96)

·         How Awesome Is His Name (Cedars Fall Retreat, 11/92)

·         I Behold You (Cedars Church of Christ, Wilmington, DE, ca. 1998)

·         In the Heavenlies (ca. 1994)

·         Joy to the World (SATB a cappella) (Highland Community College, 12/03)

·         Lord, I Call To You (Allentown [NJ] Presbyterian Church, 5/98)

·         May Your Glory, Lord, Fill This Place (Allentown [NJ] Presbyterian Church, 5/98)

·         My Soul Is Free (Newark Methodist Church, 1996)

·         Put Your Heart At Ease (Cedars Fall Retreat, 11/92)

·         Remembering You (Cedars Church of Christ, Wilmington, DE, ca. 1995)

·         Rock of Ages (Allentown [NJ] Presbyterian Church, 5/98)

·         Strong Is Our God  (Cedars Church of Christ, Wilmington, DE, ca. 1990)

·         Together We Can (Camp Manatawny, 4/94)

·         We Meet To Remember You (Westview Church of Christ, 2006; Lawson Rd. Church of Christ, 2009)

·         Who May Ascend? (Westminster Church of Christ, 1998)

·         Yahweh-Rophe (Allentown [NJ] Presbyterian Church, 5/98)

·         You Are Inescapable (Cedars Fall Retreat, 11/92)

·         You Are My Child (Cedars Mountain Retreat, 8/96)

·         Your Love (Rt. 230 Church Retreat, Camp Manatawny, Douglassville, PA, 9/00)

 

Complete Catalog of Original Christian Songs & Hymns

Writings & Interests

Other Publications:  Print

·         Dissertation:  Funeral Music Genres:  With a Stylistic/Topical Lexicon and Transcriptions for a Variety of Instrumental Ensembles (University of Northern Colorado, 2007).

·         “Händel’s Borrowing Practices.”  Colorado Early Music, Spring 2007.

·         Concert reviews—“Samite of Uganda” and “Syracuse Symphony Orchestra.”  Olean Times Herald, January and April 2008.

·         Worship CD reviews.  Worship Leader, 1998-2000.

·         “Finding Words, Finding a Voice:  Two Youth Experiences with Writing Original Worship Material.”  Co-authored by Jeff Nelson.  Worship Leader, Nov-Dec 1996.

·         “Come, Let Us All Unite To Sing.”  Image, ca. 1990.

·         Principal Proofreader/Editor, Cecil Hook:  Free in Christ (Beaverton, OR:  major revision for 8th printing, 1995).

·         Editor and Publisher, Principally Proskuneo (bimonthly worship digest newsletter), 1993-1998.

 

Other Scholarly Interests

·         Transcription of historical instrumental ensemble music

  • Musical arranging and composition—chamber instrumental and a cappella ensembles
  • Funeral music styles and genres (funeral march, elegy, equale, ode, “in memoriam” pieces, etc.)
  • The music of François-Joseph Gossec

Spiritual and Personal Interests

·         Biblical studies

§  Author and self-publisher of The Christian Assembly: Concepts, Trends, and Leadership with Purpose (2007-2009), a treatment of core concepts around worship, and of spiritual and logistical leadership of musical and spoken-word aspects of the Christian assembly

§  Biblical, historical, and theological studies of immersion and its correlation with conversion

§  Team advisor/proofreader for Dr. Gregory L. Fay, Inkblotitis:  How to Read the Bible to Get God’s Point (manuscript in progress, 2008-)

§  Intellectually honest, logically consistent study and application of scripture, free of compulsory “party line” thinking

§  Gently but firmly challenging traditional viewpoints

§  Scripture terms/concepts (Koiné Greek, Hebrew, English)

§  Gospel of Mark

·         The Christian assembly

§  Non-liturgical worship

§  Congregational singing

§  Hymnology

§  Mutual ministry

§  Oral reading of scripture

§  Small group ministry and house churches

·         The relationship of the Christian and civil government

·         Non-franchise, egalitarian (free of hierarchy, titles, and partiality) discipleship

 

 

Materials

Books Read, Scanned, or Reviewed  Recently

·         Mark:  Kata Mark (the gospel according to Mark)

·         N.T. Wright: Mark for Everyone

·         Ben Witherington III:  Mark:  A Social-Rhetorical Commentary

·         Kenneth Samuel Wuest:  Mark in the Greek New Testament

·         James Thurmond:  Note Grouping

·         Herrmann Keller:  Phrasing and Articulation: A Contribution to a Rhetoric of Music, with 152 Musical Examples

·         Elizabeth A.H. Green:  The Conductor’s Score

·         Dale Brown:  Biblical Pacifism

·         John Howard Yoder:  The Politics of Jesus

·         Clark Pinnock et al:  The Openness of God:  A Biblical Challenge to the Traditional Understanding of God

·         Thomas L. Friedman:  The World Is Flat

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·         Harold Best:  Unceasing Worship:  Biblical Perspectives on Worship and the Arts (Downers Grove, IL:  InterVarsity Press, 2003)

·         Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen:  Scholarship and Christian Faith:  Enlarging the Conversation (New York:  Oxford, 2007)

·         Thomas May:  The John Adams Reader:  Essential Writings on an American Composer

·         Robert Richardson:  Communings in the Sanctuary (Virginia:  Transylvania Publishing & Printing Co., 1872) (yes, you read that date correctly!)

·         Darryl Tippens:  Pilgrim Heart:  The Way of Jesus in Everyday Life (Abilene, TX:  Leafwood Publishers, 2006)

·         Favorite authors (i.e., those I tend to turn to frequently, in no particular order)

§  Mark (as in the evangelist, 1st century)

§  Philip Yancey

§  Frederick Buechner

§  Leroy Garrett

§  A.W. Tozer

§  the shepherd David et al (Psalms)

§  the apostle John (both the gospel and the revelation)

 

 

 

Recordings Acquired Recently

·         Borealis Wind Quintet:  Discoveries

·         Telemann:  Water Music

·         Beethoven:  Symphonies No. 5 and 7 (Gustavo Dudamel, Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela)

·         American Brass Band Journal

·         Liszt:  Hungarian Rhapsodies

·         Mozart:  Complete Piano Trios; Clarinet Trio

·         Bach:  Four Orchestral Suites

·         Manuel Barrueco Plays De Falla, Ponce, and Rodrigo

·         Liquid Ebony--Stars of the West Point Band

·         Kidsongs:  Play Songs

·         Hall & Oates, Greatest Hits

·         Willie Nelson, Greatest Hits

·         Bandances  (USAF Heritage of America Band)

·         Beethoven:  Early Quartets and Middle Quartets (Alban Berg Quartet)

·         Beethoven:  Triple Concerto, Choral Fantasy (Berlin PO, Barenboim)

·         Caedmon’s Call:  Long Line of Leavers

·         Keith Getty:  New Irish Hymns

·         Music of 20C American Composers (Howard Hanson and the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra)

·         Schubert Quartets, D18, D74, D94

·         Vivaldi:  The Four Seasons (English Concert, Pinnock, period instruments)

Videos and Other Resources Recently Reviewed (Summer 2010)

·         H. Robert Reynolds With Tim Lautzenheiser:  Some Things I Believe [Videorecording]

·         Weston Noble:  Achieving Choral Blend Through standing Position [videorecording]

·         T. and P. Paul, eds.:  Winds and Hymns:  Resource Guide to Hymns, Chorales and Spirituals in Selected Wind Literature

·         Edward Lisk:  The Creative Director

·         Robert Spradling:  Error Detection:  Exercises for the Instrumental Conductor

·         W. Scott, ed.:  A Conductor's Repertory of Chamber Music:  Compositions for Nine to Fifteen Solo Instruments

·         Julie Lyonn Liebermann:  The Creative Band & Orchestra

 

 

Websites (note:  most of these are links to sites outside the Houghton College web)

 

                 

Art (a/k/a Classical) Music Holdings (personal audio library—CDs, cassettes, and, yes, LPs [but not 8-tracks])

 

Contemporary Worship Music Catalog (personal library— audio, print, lyrics-only)

 

 

                COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS — CATALOGS

 

 

Catalog of Instrumental Compositions, Transcriptions, and Arrangements

 

Catalog of Original Christian Songs & Hymns

 

Catalog of Arrangements of Christian Songs & Hymns

 

 

Brian & Karly Casey

 

The Christian Assembly: Concepts, Trends, and Leadership with Purpose

 

Principally Proskuneo archives

 

Lawson Road Church

 

Leroy Garrett’s WritingsSoldier On, Once More With Love; Last Time Around; Restoration Review

 

 

Faith is the bird that senses the dawn and sings while it is yet dark.

– Landon Saunders