Allan Dean

Allan Dean (born April 29, 1938) is an American trumpeter who has spent much of his career working as a chamber music player in the United States. Mr. Dean's career is particularly well established in the New York musical scene—primarily because of his long involvement with the New York Brass Quintet. While in New York City, he was a prolific commercial trumpeter, recording jingles for everything from ABC Nightly News to the Olympics. He is also a founding member of Summit Brass, and currently plays with the Saint Louis Brass Quintet. His arrangements are often featured on recordings with these ensembles.

Dean was also involved in the period instrument revival in the 1960s and '70s in the United States. He was one of the first American trumpeters to master the natural trumpet and the cornetto. He was a charter member of Calliope (Renaissance band), the groundbreaking period instrument group, which is no longer active.^{[citation needed]}

Mr. Dean has taught at the Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, and the North Carolina School of the Arts. In 2019 he retired from the Yale School of Music in New Haven, Connecticut and is on faculty at the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival in Norfolk, Connecticut.^{[citation needed]}

Partial discography[]

• American Brass Quintet, A Storm in the Land; Music of the 26th N.C. Regimental Band^{[full citation needed]}
• American Brass Quintet, Cheer Boys, Cheer! Music of the 26th N.C. Regimental Band^{[full citation needed]}
• Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Spectrum^{[full citation needed]}
• Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Weill/Milhaud^{[full citation needed]}
• New York Cornet and Sacbut Ensemble, Alleluia^{[full citation needed]}
• New York Cornet and Sacbut Ensemble, When Heaven Came to Earth; German Brass Music from the Baroque^{[full citation needed]}
• Anthony Plog, Colors for Brass^{[full citation needed]}
• Bobby Shew/Allen Vizzutti/Vincent DiMartino, Trumpet Summit^{[full citation needed]}
• David Taylor, Rzewski, Liebman, Ewazen, Dlugoszewski^{[full citation needed]}

With Calliope

• P. D. Q. Bach, Classical WTWP Talkity-Talk Radio (1991)^{[full citation needed]}
• Calliope, Diversions (1994)^{[full citation needed]}
• Calliope, Dances - A Renaissance Revel (1992)^{[full citation needed]}
• Calliope, Calliope Swings (1999)^{[full citation needed]}
• Calliope, Bestiary, A Music Theater Piece for Renaissance Ensemble^{[full citation needed]}

With New York Brass Quintet

• New York Brass Quintet, Bach and Before^{[full citation needed]}
• New York Brass Quintet, 50 Years^{[full citation needed]}

With Saint Louis Brass Quintet

• Daniel Perantoni, Daniel in the Lion's Den (1994)^{[full citation needed]}
• Saint Louis Brass Quintet, Fascinating Rhythms (2007)^{[full citation needed]}
• Saint Louis Brass Quintet, Baroque Brass^{[full citation needed]}
• Saint Louis Brass Quintet, Colors for Brass^{[full citation needed]}
• Saint Louis Brass Quintet, Pops^{[full citation needed]}
• Saint Louis Brass Quintet, Renaissance Faire^{[full citation needed]}

With Summit Brass

• Paul Hindemith, Complete Brass Works (1995)^{[full citation needed]}
• Summit Brass, American Tribute^{[full citation needed]}
• Summit Brasas, Delights^{[full citation needed]}
• Summit Brass, Paving the Way^{[full citation needed]}
• Summit Brass, Spirits of Fire^{[full citation needed]}
• Summit Brass, Summit Brass Live^{[full citation needed]}
• Summit Brass, A Summit Brass Night^{[full citation needed]}
• Summit Brass, Toccata & Fugue^{[full citation needed]}

External links[]

• Official Website
• Saint Louis Brass Quintet
• Summit Brass^{[permanent dead link]}
• Yale Faculty Page