Leadership

Mr. Casagrande currently serves Music for All/Bands of America as a Music Education Consultant as the coordinator for the National Festival, as well as the Affiliate Regional Music Festivals and Affiliate Marching Band Event programs. He is also an Educational Consultant for MusicFirst software and serves as an administrator for the Music Education Alliance and the Dr. William P. Foster Project involving the College Band Directors National Association, National Band Association and Music for All serving bands in under-served communities.    

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He currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the VanderCook College of Music.

 

Mr. Casagrande is a Past-President of the National Band Association and served the NBA as a member of the Executive Committee for eight years.  He also served the NBA as a member of the Revelli Composition Contest Selection Committee and as a contributor to the popular Selective Music List. Mr. Casagrande has been nominated and inducted into the prestigious American Bandmasters Association as well as the Phi Beta Mu International Band Fraternity and American School Band Directors Association.