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Pacific Lutheran University

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Cassio Vianna serves as Associate Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington, where he directs the University Jazz Ensemble, coaches jazz combos, and teaches courses in jazz theory, jazz history, jazz piano, and jazz composition. A native of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Vianna began his musical journey at age nine, playing traditional hymns on the organ at a Presbyterian church and studying classical piano. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uni-Rio) in 2003, focusing on Brazilian popular music and arranging. After moving to the United States in 2009, he obtained a Master of Music degree from Western Oregon University in 2011 and a Doctor of Arts degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Northern Colorado in 2017, studying under David Caffey. Prior to his appointment at Pacific Lutheran University in 2019, Vianna held faculty positions at Western Oregon University, Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, and the University of Northern Colorado. In Brazil, from 2004 to 2008, he taught at Instituto Villa-Lobos and several music academies while actively performing and recording in the Rio de Janeiro music scene, co-leading the Brazilian jazz group Dialeto Brasileiro.