Matthew Casazza's Clarinet and Sax Studio

Upcoming Performances:

7/5:  Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra at the Highland Center for the Arts

7/11-7/13:  Oliver at the Chandler Center for the Arts

7/17-8/3: The Drowsy Chaperone at the Lost Nation Theater

8/10:  Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra at the Moose Meadow Lodge

8/17: Champlain Philharmonic Orchestra at Middlebury Marbleworks

Matthew Casazza is a clarinet and saxophone player, actively teaching and performing in the Vermont area. Originally from New Hampshire, he recently spent the last decade in Texas performing and teaching middle and high school students. Mr. Casazza's students in Vermont and Texas consistently place in District, Region, and State Bands. He is an active performer in the New England area, and can be heard playing clarinet with several local Vermont Orchestras, and a variety of woodwind instruments for musical productions. Mr. Casazza received his master’s degree at the University of North Texas, where he studied under Dr. Kim Cole Luevano and performed with the renowned North Texas Wind Symphony under the direction of Eugene Migliaro Corporon. During his time at UNT he also served as principal clarinet for the Concert Orchestra. He can be heard on numerous GIA Windworks and Teaching Music through Performance recordings. Mr. Casazza is also a graduate of the University of New Hampshire where he studied under Dr. Elizabeth Gunlogson and Stephanie Ratte-Jenkins. During this time, he spent two summers abroad in Berlin, Germany studying with Jurgen Kupke at the prestigious Bethanien Kunstlerhaus. In 2016, Mr. Casazza was a finalist for the Orchestral Audition competition hosted by the International Clarinet Association in Lawrence, Kansas. Mr. Casazza lives in the Burlington area of Vermont with his husband, dog named Peach, cat named Biscuit, and enjoys playing clarinet in the woods and mountains.