Cassio Vianna

Today I’m sharing a very personal and dark story with you. I haven’t spoken much about this since the day it happened -- only a handful of close friends know about it, and mostly without much detail. It is a…

I love the freedom of composing for my own projects, but receiving commissions has always helped me stretch my ideas and get out of my comfort zone. As soon as I receive a commission, I begin immersing myself into that…

Deciding the repertoire for a CD is always difficult: what's the best blend of music styles? Do old charts work well with the new ones? What story do I want to tell on this particular album? 

Even though most of…

One of the charts we have recently recorded for our upcoming CD is called “Flight 962,” an upbeat samba tune with a memorable melody and an intro that features a “busy little line”-- in the words of our pianist David…

This is my first blog entry! I am excited to share the behind-the-scenes of my work as a composer, my upcoming projects, the reasoning (and eventual lack of reasoning) for doing the thing I dreamed of doing since I was…