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Cassio Vianna
Cassio Vianna is a member of the Jazz Education Network (JEN), the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC), and the Society of Composers (SCI). He is also a BMI composer.
Awards
Outstanding New Instrumental Composition: "Baião Moderno" International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC); University of South Florida, Tampa, FL (May 18-20, 2017) Performed by Chuck Owen’s Jazz Surge Big Band. Jazz Education Network (JEN) 8th Annual Conference, Young Composer Showcase Hyatt Regency Hotel, New Orleans, LA (January 4-7, 2017) Winner composition: "For the Rise of a New Day" Performed by the UNC Lab Band I. 2016 National Band Association Jazz Composition Competition McCormick Place, Chicago, IL (December 15, 2016) Winner composition: "April Song," by Cassio Vianna Performed by the United States Army Field Band - Jazz Ambassadors. 2015-2016 Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble Composition Contest Ithaca, NY (January, 2016) Winner composition: "For the Rise of a New Day" Performed by the Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble, featuring Tony Kadleck. 6th Open Space New Music Festival, Call for Scores University of Northern Colorado (January 2016) Selected composition: Winter Dances: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
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Cassio Vianna: Infância
by Jack Bowers
As composer / arranger Cassio Vianna was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, an argument could be made that there is rhythm in his genes. The notion is underscored on Infancia, Vianna's debut recording as leader of his well-schooled Jazz Orchestra, a bright and thematic excursion on which the seductive rhythms of his native Brazil carry the day. Infancia (Portuguese for childhood") opens with a handsome three-part suite focused on that singular time of life: The Nomad" ...
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Music
Tocando a Vida
From: No CaminhoBy Cassio Vianna
Like The First Time
From: Letters to Grace: A Song CycleBy Cassio Vianna