Dean is a founding member of BRAZZISSIMO! and has held the position of Artistic Director since 2012.  He has composed and arranged music for BRAZZISSIMO! for over twenty-three years resulting in a forty-plus substantial personal library.  Dean writes and publishes his music for brass dectets, quintet and trios, woodwind ensembles, and big band, and has recently completed a few orchestrations with more scores in the “works”.  Early professional trumpet experience included substantial studio recording work 30-plus LPs and live soul/funk/Latin music performances. ( Discography below)

Mr. Boysen’s trumpet studies include:
Five years of study with trumpet virtuoso and pedagogue Claude Gordon, (1979-1984), Carl Leach (1978) the sensational lead trumpeter for the former Bay Area Circle Star Theater and Las Vegas hotel orchestras, and Marvin Nelson (1977) Music Professor – California State University Hayward, and Principal/Assistant Trumpet of the Oakland Symphony.

Mr. Boysen is Principal Trumpet for the Diablo Symphony Orchestra, and performs regularly with The California Pops Orchestra, The Black Tie Jazz Orchestra, Gabriel’s Trio – a formal attired performing trumpet/flugelhorn trio (brassworksband.com), and with local Bay Area holiday favorite, The Musical Toy Soldiers (brassworksband.com)

Education and Employment:

Education:
University of Phoenix (BSBM – grad. 1998 ) Bachelor of Science in Business Management Degree

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

Business Occupation:
Newly Retired! formerly employed with Xerox Corporation  (35 full years) Woohoo!