Dean Boysen serves as the Artistic Director for the 10-piece brass ensemble, BRAZZISSIMO! Through his twenty-five years with the ensemble, Dean has composed and arranged music thus infusing an element of his artistic identity within the BRAZZISSMO! sound. Additionally, he writes and arranges music for brass quintet and trio, woodwind ensembles, big band, and orchestra.
As a professional trumpeter and flugelhornist Mr. Boysen has performed, recorded, and contributed horn arrangements and compositions for many popular national music artists including: Collage, Con Funk Shun, Carl Carlton, Bill Summers and Summers Heat, Full Spectrum Jazz (Stiletto – composition), The Whispers, Sylvester, and more. He also performed in shows such as the The Bay Area Music Awards (Bammies) and in numerous concerts: The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Whispers, Sylvester, Huey Lewis and the News, Third World, Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeño Band, etc. Discography at Discogs.com
Retired in 2024 from a thirty-six year technical career with Xerox Corporation, Dean fills his time with music activities, family and friend visits, hiking, motorcycling, and online chess competition.
Trumpet Studies:
Claude Gordon – trumpet virtuoso and pedagogue (1979-1984)
Carl Leach – C.G. protegè and former Bay Area Circle Star Theater and Las Vegas Flamingo Hotel lead trumpeter (1978)
Marvin Nelson – Principal/Assistant Principal Trumpet – Oakland Symphony, Music Director/Trumpet Professor – California State University Hayward (1977)
Music Affliations/Associations:
Diablo Symphony Orchestra – Principal Trumpet & Board Director
The California Pops Orchestra, Black Tie Jazz Orchestra, The “BrassFire!” brass quintet, BrassWorks Quintet, Gabriel’s Trio, and The Musical Toy Soldiers, The Hayward Municipal Band and The Oakland Municipal Band
A.F.M. Local 6, and A.S.C.A.P. memberships
Education:
University of Phoenix (BSBM – grad. 1998) Bachelor of Science in Business Management
Control Data Institute, San Francisco, Ca – (grad. 1985) – Computer Technology, Electronics and Microprocessors
De Anza College, Cupertino, Ca (1978-79) – Music theory & counterpoint (George Olsen), Jazz studies (Tom Hart)
California State University, Hayward (1976-77) General Ed. and music performance
Retired in 2024 – Xerox Corporation (1988 – 2024)