Dr. Alexander Casimiro teaches music at the University of New Haven and Choate Rosemary Hall. He received his D.M.A. from the University of Texas at Austin, M.M. from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has performed with the Austin Symphony, Ballet Austin, Omaha Symphony, Round Rock Symphony, Norwalk Symphony, Ridgefield Symphony, Wallingford Symphony, New Haven Symphony, Springfield Symphony, Hartford Chorale, Yale Glee Club, Yale School of Drama, Menuhin International Violin Competition, and the U.S. Coast Guard Band. Some notable performances include concerts with Aretha Franklin, Ben Folds, Kansas, the Joffrey Ballet, and the world premier of Stuart Saunders Smith’s Drum Set Suite. Alex has also formerly served as the Assistant Director of Athletic Bands at Duke University and was the percussion teacher at Creighton University. He is currently the shekere player for a New York-based Afrobeat band called Aqua Ife, led by Dr. Michael Veal, who authored the biographies of Fela Kuti and his drummer Tony Allen.

During his undergraduate degree, Alex performed in the UMass Minuteman Marching Band under the direction of George Parks, Thom Hannum, and Colin McNutt, and served as the section leader of the UMass drumline from spring of freshman year through senior year. Alex has also been a member of numerous competitive marching ensembles including the Cadets (‘08-’09), Madison Scouts (‘06), Boston University Winter Percussion Ensemble (‘05), Spartans (‘04-’05), Targets (‘03), and Silver Knights (‘01-’02).

Casimiro has taught or arranged for a variety of marching ensembles including the Jersey Surf Drum and Bugle Corps, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Texas at Austin, Texas State University, Duke University, University of New Haven, and Yale University. Alex was the writer and instructor for the Trash Tones percussion group at Six Flags New England for fifteen years, while also having been an original member of the group.

Alex is a frequent adjudicator and clinician for organizations such as USBands, MAC, NESBA, Music in the Parks, and Great East Music Festivals. He has taught numerous percussion clinics throughout the United States, Portugal, and Brazil.

Alex Casimiro has studied with Dr. Thomas Burritt, Dr. Tomm Roland, Ayano Kataoka, Thomas P. Hannum, Tony Edwards, Ken Yoshida, Dana Murray, Wayne Salzmann II, and Ian Hale. He is a member of the Percussive Arts Society Marching Percussion Committee and endorses Pearl Drums, Zildjian Cymbals, Vic Firth Sticks and Mallets, and Remo Drumheads.