This is Mr. Cassedy's fifth year teaching in the Windham School
District. His first four years were spent as the middle school's concert and jazz band director and
teacher of music appreciation. Mr. Cassedy has left Windham Middle School to become Windham High Schools first band director.
He graduated Summa cum Laude from the
University of New Hampshire - Durham where he received his Bachelor's of
Music Degree in Music Education with a specialization in wind ensemble and
choral conducting/pedagogy. His instruments of primary study were piano and
clarinet. He was also the drum major of the UNH Wildcat Marching Band for
three years. Mr. Cassedy has been the musical director of many collegiate
and semi-professional shows in New Hampshire. He has also acted as the
assistant marching band director for both the Exeter High School and
Pinkerton Academy marching bands. In January of 2007, Mr. Cassedy was hired
as the conductor of the Windham Community Band, which is a wind ensemble
involving community musicians of all ages and abilities. Mr. Cassedy is
an alumnus of Salem High School in Salem, NH where he conducted the Blue
Devil Marching Band and Color guard for two years. Teaching music
is his greatest passion where he hopes to
continue showing students the importance of music in their lives.
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