Casey grew up in Liberty, MO, just north of Kansas City. After starting horn in 6th grade, he also spent time taking guitar and bass lessons. Through high school he took horn lessons from Shelley Peters - horn professor at William Jewell College - made the KC Metro All-District Band from 2008-10, and also made 6th and 3rd-chair horn in the Missouri All-State Band in 2009 and 2010, respectively.

From 2010 to 2014, Casey attended the University of Central Missouri (UCM) where he studied horn with Dr. Gary Moege and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Music in Instrumental Music Performance. He also completed the course requirements for an educational certificate in Emergency Management from UCM.

After a year of work and further study in Kansas City, he pursued a Master of Music under the tutelage of Dr. Yu-Ting (Tina) Su at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) from 2015 to 2017. During his final semester at UNI he performed first horn in UNI’s production of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel, and second horn on Carl Heinrich Hübler’s Konzerstück für vier Hörner accompanied by the UNI Wind Ensemble. Since then he has worked primarily as a freelance musician in the Kansas City area.

As of August 2024, Casey is pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree and working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Kansas School of Music.

In addition to playing horn in classical ensembles, Casey worked as a worship musician in Iowa playing bass guitar in bluegrass and gospel groups as well as handbells.

 

Rehearsing with the UCM Marching Mules in 2010. Photo by James Rubin

 

RECENT ENSEMBLE EXPERIENCE

Please see my C.V. for a full listing.

1st Horn - Liberty Symphony Orchestra

  • Spring 2022 to Present

2nd Horn - Cameron Municipal Band

  • Summer 2022 to Present

Horn/Co-Founder - Kansas City Wind Symphony Brass Quintet

  • Summer 2021 to Present

2nd Horn - Northland Symphony Orchestra

  • Fall 2019 to Present

Substitute 1st Horn and Section Horn - Kansas City Wind Symphony

  • Fall 2019 to Present

Low Horn - Kansas City Horn Club

  • Fall 2018 to Present

Substitute 3rd/4th Horn - Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony

  • Spring 2017 to Fall 2018

Assistant Principal Horn - Waterloo Municipal Band

  • Summer 2017

 

Gear

Horns

  • Engelbert Schmid Yellow-Brass Double

    • Wide Hand-Hammered Bell w/ Garland

    • Medium Spun Bell

  • Conn Elkhart 8D “N-Series”

Mouthpiece

  • Wedge Hybrid

    • 18.00 mm Rim

  • Houser San Francisco Cup w/ 14-E-2 Shank

    • Houser 18.00 mm P10G Rim w/ Gold H-Kote

Mutes

  • Straight Mute: Balu

  • Stop Mute: Tom Crown

  • Practice Mute: Okura