About Anthony Casolari
Anthony Casolari
Music Teacher, Master
Location:
Lewisville ,
TX
Speaks:
English
Instructs:
Bass Guitar, Cello, Guitar, String Bass, Viola, Violin
Get to know Anthony Casolari
Anthony Casolari is a Master's grad from UNT's Jazz studies program. While at UNT, Anthony played in the One, Two, Three, and Four O'clock lab bands as well as the Latin jazz lab. He worked with Lynn Seaton in both his undergrad and master's at UNT and worked with Gudrun Raschen for 4 years during his undergraduate degree. He served as a teaching fellow for the jazz division and taught several courses including applied bass lessons, jazz improvisation, jazz history, jazz small groups and more. As a member of the One o'clock lab band and the UNT jazz lecture series program, Anthony got to record bass on Lab 2024, the Two O'clock's album "Born Two Swing!", and perform alongside Helen Sung, Matt Wilson, Anisha Rush, Billy Childs, Steve Davis, Nicole Zuraitis, Helen Sung, Lyle Lovett, Delfeayo Marsalis, Zach Brock, Camille Thurman, Miki Yamanaka, Miguel Zenon, Darmon Meader, Ashlin Parker, Sylvester Onyejiaka, and many more. Anthony was a member of the 2025 JAS academy big band session where he worked with Christian McBride, Brian Lynch, and Chuck Bergeron for two weeks and then performed alongside Jose James, Alicia Olatuja, Brian Lynch, and Christian Mcbride. Prior to attending UNT, Anthony worked as an active sideman in the South Florida jazz scene and was fortunate to have been asked to play alongside many local greats throughout the state of Florida like Ira Sullivan, Jason Hainsworth, Paul Ayick, Melton Mustafa, Bob Dogan, Billy Ross, and Dr. Lonnie Smith. In addition to his work in the jazz idiom, Anthony has also held down the low end for American Idol Season 23 finalist Breanna Nix and is the current bassist for DFW based country artist Cash Byers and Big Valley.
Anthony has taught for over 15 years, and many of his former students have gone on to be accepted and receive scholarships to attend schools like the University of North Texas, Florida State University, the Manhattan School of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of music and more.
Anthony Casolari teaches at:
360 E Round Grove Rd Suite 820
Lewisville, TX 75067
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