Dean McNeill.
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Dean McNeill has been contributing to the Canadian music scene in a variety of capacities for decades, as an award-winning musician/educator and arts administrator. Dean has been a Professor of Brass & Jazz for over 25 years at the University of Saskatchewan, 9 of which also serving as Head of the Music Department. Dean attended MacEwan University (M.dip.), McGill University (B.Mus.Jazz), and the University of North Texas (M.Mus.Jazz). He’s been the recipient of the UofS’s Dwaine Nelson Teaching Award & Student’s Union Teaching Excellence Award, the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival’s Special Recognition Award, the Saskatchewan Choral Federation’s Outstanding Administrator’s Award, and, the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (Saskatchewan). Dean is honored to have shared the stage with the likes of Jon Ballantyne, Tommy Banks, David Braid, Dee Daniels, Phil Dwyer, Hugh Fraser, Mark Fewer, Guy Few, Wycliffe Gordon, Kelly Jefferson, Ingrid Jensen, Michael Kaeshammer, Alastair Kay, Bob Mintzer, PJ Perry, Maria Schneider, Denzal Sinclaire, and Brad Turner. Dean was a member of the Saskatoon Symphony for 23 seasons and he is currently the A.D. of the Saskatoon Jazz Orchestra which is in the SJO’s 11th season. Dean has been involved in many interdisciplinary projects and CD music projects, most notably six USASK Jazz Ensemble ‘Bumper Crop’ CDs (as conductor), the Western Canadian Music Awards-nominated CDs The Saskatchewan Suite: The Story of Us (performer), The Complete Rebirth Of The Cool (performer), O Music (performer) which won a Western Canadian Music Award (classical composition of the year).
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