Michael Dean's Resources

• Desertscape: New Music for Clarinet CD. This CD features fresh and original clarinet music by Keith Bradshaw, Robert Fruehwald and Jeffrey Hoover. Pianist Tyson Wunderlich also performs on the CD with Michael Dean. Click on the link below for more information.
  Desertscape CD
  
• Red Mesa Trio CD. The Red Mesa Trio CD features chamber works for clarinet, violin, and piano. The CD also features Michael Dean performing Phillip Bimstein's "Half Moon at Checkerboard Mesa." In addition to Michael Dean on clarinet, the Red Mesa Trio CD has Philip Baldwin on violin and Carol Urban Stivers on piano. Click on the link below for more information.
  Red Mesa Trio CD
  
• Clarinet On Campus. This book is based on my Ph.D. dissertation at Texas Tech University on the subject of clarinet teaching at colleges and universities in the United States. Below are links for more information and on the book's availability.
  More Information about Clarinet On Campus Clarinet On Campus is Available at Van Cott Information Services
  
• Practice Routines, Practice Tips, and Performance Anxiety. My articles on these topics are available elsewhere on this web site - click on link below.
  Practice & Performing
  
• Applying to Graduate Schools. My article below appeared in WINDPLAYER magazine and is on applying to graduate music schools.
  Applying to Graduate Schools
  
• Basic Time Management. The reprinted article below offers ideas on how a musician (or a person in any field) can manage his/her time better and accomplish more.
  Basic Time Management
  
• Building ARTC Musicians: Approach. This short article appeared in the "It Works For Me" column of the Southwestern Musician. It considers the importance of the mind in the preparing and performing of music. The article includes a healthy dose of John Wooden's ideas on success.
  Building ARTC Musicians: Approach
  
• The Statement of Education Philosophy. The reprinted article below considers the importance of having a formal statement of one's own educational philosophy and suggests some guidelines for writing one.
  The Statement of Education Philosophy.
  
• See The Big Picture. In my teaching I work to make sure my students understand how information fits into the larger scheme of things, i.e. "See The Big Picture." The following short article appeared in the "Quick Tips" section of a journal.
  Do They See The Big Picture?