Mr. Charles R. Cassey

Tim Lautzenheiser (Conductor, ABC Grad Faculty), Mike Levine (Ensemble Performance Tech), Ralph Hultgren (Composer, Australia), ABC grad faculty), Randy Eyles (Percussion, Percussive Arts Society), Daryl Durran (Bassoon, Penn State), Ray Chapa (Clarinet, Houston, Texas), Charles Cassey (Hollwood Composer).

This special arrangement by Max McKee with vocal syllables by Hollywood composer, Charles Cassey, was premiered as the grand finale at the 2005 American Band College under the baton of Mike Bankhead.

Charles Cassey, Hollywood composer and conductor, is the vocal soloist.

The grand finale of the second half features all 220 band members performing the "Voice of Asia" under the baton of Akhmetov.

"Visions" was composed by Charles Cassey, orchestrator and conductor in the television industry for several decades, who moved to Ashland in 1995.
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Cassey attended the premiere of his work Saturday night and was loudly applauded by audience and performers alike.

Charles Cassey
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Chuck Cassey
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Charles R. Cassey

Charles R. Cassey has had a lifelong career in professional music as an arranger, composer, singer and business executive.After earning B.S. and M.S. degrees in music (University of Illinois), he spent his Army service as assistant conductor and soloist with the U.S. Army Chorus in Washington D.C. From there he moved to New York City where he performed on many TV Variety shows most prominently as arranger, choral director and later music director of The Jimmy Dean Show.In 1977 he moved to Los Angeles where he was active in the film and television industry as composer, orchestrator and conductor on such shows as The Incredible Hulk, Kojak, Today's FBE, Matlock, Father Dowling and numerous others.During these years he was often called upon to sing operatic tenor arias off camera on many of these same shows.In 1988 he accepted the position as Music Supervisor for Viacom Productions where, among his many duties, he oversaw a three million dollar budget covering some two hundred fifty recording sessions yearly.At present Mr. Cassey is a partner in Amplitude Music Publishing Co. with offices in Paris and the United States and continues to compose and arrange on a freelance basis.