Vincent Cassotta

Vincent Cassotta has been a professional musician and teacher since 1977. An accomplished trumpet player, he toured nationally with the Glenn Miller Orchestra and has performed as a free-lance musician with Frank Sinatra, The Manhattan Transfer, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Vinton, Sergio Franchi, The Four Tops, Sammy Davis, Jr., Andy Williams, and the Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey Orchestras. In addition, he has played in numerous pit orchestra for productions such as Annie, Grease, La Cage Aux Folles, and All That Jazz, and has performed with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra New England, and the Summer Festival Orchestra.

Mr. Cassotta received his B.A. in Jazz Studies from Westfield State College in Westfield, MA and his M.S. in Music Education from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT. In addition, he completed undergraduate coursework at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT.

Mr. Cassotta has been teaching music at the elementary and secondary levels since 1986 in the Enfield Connecticut Public School system. As a high school band director, his ensembles received several awards, including being a finalist at The Berklee Jazz Festival in Boston. Mr. Cassotta was the founder and director of the Enfield Community Jazz Ensemble. He currently teaches elementary instrumental and general music in Enfield.

Mr. Cassotta is an active member of ASCAP, NEA, and the American Federation of Musicians.