KASSEY OLIVER CASTRO (he/they) is a Seattle-based conductor, composer, singer, voice teacher, and music educator.Â
Kassey has conducted all types of choral groups, from K-12 school choirs to community ensembles and beyond. He currently serves as the conductor for the Seattle Video Game Orchestra. He is also the former director of the Level Up! Vocal Ensemble, a choir specializing in singing arrangements of video game music.
As a composer, Kassey has written an opera about robots, arranged soundtracks from video games for choir, and even scored a documentary about a famed Los Angeles mountain lion.
Outside of music, Kassey enjoys cooking dishes passed down from his Filipino mother, planning cocktail parties, and consuming ice cream.
Kassey holds a degree in Music Education from the University of Washington.