DMA, Boston University; MM, Longy School of Music; BM, Hartt School of Music.
Casinghino composes in a variety of genres, striving to create works that are lyrical, rich in harmony and possess a sound structural integrity. Also a performer in the jazz and popular idioms, this influence is often present in his music, but commonly at subtle levels. His studies of composition include work with, amongst others, Gunther Schuller, Lukas Foss, Theodore Antoniou and Richard Cornell. Casinghino is an affiliated artist in the MIT theory department, is the Assistant Director of the Young Artists’ Composition Program at Boston University’s Tanglewood Institute, taught for several years in BU’s electronic music studio, and teaches theory, composition and general music in several public and private schools in the greater Boston area.