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2 unusual facts about Romeo Cascarino


Romeo Cascarino

He served for many years as professor of music at the (now-defunct) Combs College of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

His music is generally tonal, and his magnum opus is the opera William Penn, whose life had fascinated Cascarino since childhood.


Combs College of Music

A partial list of notable faculty during the 1970s and 80s also included the duo-piano team of Toni and Rosi Grunschlag, performers and pedagogues Jacob Neupauer, Michael Guerra, Donald Reinhardt, Anthony Weigand, Romeo Cascarino, Dolores Ferraro, Frank Versaci, Joseph Primavera, Keith Chapman, Morton Berger, Howard Haines, William Fabrizio and John McIntyre.

Under her direction an impressive faculty was assembled which included Jean Casadesus, Leo Ornstein, Philadelphia Orchestra members Jacob Krachmalnick, Carl Torello and William Kincaid, musicologist Guy Marriner and composer Romeo Cascarino.


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