Artistic Director, Trumpets and Flugelhorn, Composer and Arranger
Dean Boysen is a trumpeter, composer, and arranger who serves as Artistic Director for the BRAZZISSIMO! 10-piece brass ensemble. Throughout his twenty-four year association with the ensemble Dean has contributed his compositions and arrangements, thus adding to the group’s unique identity. In addition to brass dectet music, Dean also composes and arranges for the brass quintet and trio, woodwind ensembles, big band, and orchestra. Dean began playing jobs at the age of sixteen (1974) which involved nightclub Top 40 band work, Marriott’s Great America theme park musician, and that of studio musician (1976 -1983). He was a signed recording artist with the group Collage under the SOLAR Records label (1981-84). Mr. Boysen recorded with many popular national recording artists and has sidemanned for various shows such as the The Bay Area Music Awards – Bammies (1979 – 1982), and in concerts including The Four Tops, The Temptations, Sylvester, Huey Lewis, Third World, Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeño Band, etc.(Discography link below).
Trumpet studies:
(1979-1984) Claude Gordon – trumpet virtuoso and pedagogue
(1978) Carl Leach – C.G. protegè and former Bay Area Circle Star Theater and Las Vegas Flamingo Hotel lead trumpeter
(1977) Marvin Nelson – Music Director/Professor – California State University Hayward, and Principal/Assistant Trumpet of the Oakland Symphony
Current Associations:
Diablo Symphony Orchestra – Principal Trumpet
The California Pops Orchestra, The Black Tie Jazz Orchestra, Gabriel’s Trio (brassworksband.com), The Musical Toy Soldiers (brassworksband.com), The Hayward Municipal Band
A.F.M. 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, jazz studies
California State University, Hayward (1976-77) General Ed. and music performance
Retired: Xerox Corporation (Nov. 1988 – Feb. 2024)