Mr. Casano is on the piano faculty of the Punahou Music School (Honolulu, HI). He has also been a lecturer in Music Theory and Piano Pedagogy at the music department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Mr. Casano is a nationally certified teacher of music in piano through the Music Teachers National Association and is certified by the Royal Conservatory of Music in both Piano and Music Theory. He has served on the executive boards of the Hawaii Music Teachers Association and the Honolulu Piano Teachers Association. His principle teachers of piano were Lisa Kim, Morton Estrin, Rose Tanner, Dolores Johnson (piano pedagogy), and Frank Iogha. He has also had special coaching sessions with David Breitman, Igor Kipnis, Eugenia Tsarov, Gregory Partain, Sanford Margolis, and Martin Canin. He received his BM in Piano and Music Education from the Crane School of Music (SUNY, Potsdam) and graduate degrees from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (M.A., MLISc). In 2020, Mr. Casano received the great honor of being awarded a Teacher of Distinction for his work in piano teaching by the Royal Conservatory of Music. His students have performed in Carnegie Hall and have won top prizes many international and local competitions including the Steinway Piano Competition, the American Virtuoso International Music Competition, the London International Music Competition, and International BTHVN Wien Music Competition.
