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DR. HOWARD CASS
Assistant Professor & Music Director
331 & 332 Alexander
hcass@emich.edu
734-487-1263
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Degrees
BM, MM, DMA—Julliard School, NYC
Representative courses taught
CTAR 421/591: Musical Theatre Styles
CTAR 461: Musical Theatre Acting
CTAR 463: American Musical Stage
CTAR 568: Musical Theatre Performance Technique
MUSC 413: Orchestration
MUSC 475/554: Chamber Music
Biography
Dr. Cass has served as music director, conductor, and pianist
since 2000 for Ideation Productions
in New York, directing productions at Theatre Row’s Kirk
Theatre and Studio Theatre, Hecksher
Theatre, DR2 Theatre, Florence Gould Hall, Merkin Concert Hall,
Weill Hall and Zankel Hall at
Carnegie Hall. From 1988-1994 Dr. Cass was faculty of electronic
music at Juilliard School, and
music director for Juilliard electronic music concerts. He has
been guest lecturer at Juilliard
School, University of Alabama, and Keuka College, and also served
as guest music director for
Lincoln Center Institute, Adelphi University, and New York Players
Club. NBC-TV TODAY
Show performance and interview. He was a guest soloist with Mexico
City Philharmonic in
Saint-Saens’ Fifth Piano Concerto. Since 1990 Dr. Cass
has been pianist and composer-inresidence for Manhattan Chamber
Orchestra, performing in over 200 chamber music concerts
including Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, New Jersey
State Theatre, Aaron Copland School
of Music at Queens College, Rutgers University, Manhattan School
of Music, Weill Hall,
Merkin Concert Hall, and Symphony Space. He has recorded with
Manhattan Chamber
Orchestra on Newport Classics, Koch International, Mulatta, Kleos
Classics. He has also been
music consultant to Sony Music Entertainment, Capitol/EMI, RCA/BMG,
Polygram, Bourne,
Tree, Warner/Chappell, Casio, others. In 2011 he completed recording
his compositions based on
writings of Kurt Vonnegut with Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, featuring
recorded narration by
Mr. Vonnegut, and funded by EMU Provost’s Research Support
Award for New Faculty. He
received EMU CAS Dean’s Program Development Initiative
award.
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