Background
Cassino, Peter Frank was born on April 18, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Cassino, Peter Frank was born on April 18, 1940 in Brooklyn.
Attended, Julliard School Music, New York City, 1958—1960. Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance, Boston University, 1973. Master of Music in Afro-American Music Performance, New England Conservatory, Boston, 1975.
Freelance jazz pianist Germany, New York City, 1961—1969. Jazz studies instructor Committee Music Center, Boston, 1976—1979. Pianist, director Boston Jazz Trio, Cambridge, 1979—1985.
Chair jazz department Longy School Music, 1980—1996, chair department modern American music, since 1996. Instructor jazz piano All-Newton Music School, Massachusetts, 1977—1985. Project director, music consultant Massachusetts Dept.Correction, 1978—1979.
Project director Committee Music Center, Boston, 1979. Faculty Dean Junior College, Franklin, Massachusetts, 1979—1980, University Mass, Harbor Campus, 1980—1982. Freelance jazz pianist, Boston, since 1969.
Member of International Association Jazz Education.