Clinics with MasterClass Faculty
American Classic is providing one-time clinics for high school varsity bands, choirs, and orchestras in select locations!
Michael Dean
Michael Dean retired after 32 years as a secondary choral director in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD. After teaching eight years at Hurst Junior High, he moved to Trinity High School in 1998. While maintaining superior ratings at UIL competition, the choirs at Trinity were awarded “Best in Class” at various music festivals across the country. Mr. Dean’s choirs performed with the King’s Singers in the Morton Meyerson Symphony Center and Chanticleer in the Fort Worth Bass Hall. In both 2004 and 2012, Mr. Dean’s Trinity High School A Cappella Choir sang at the TMEA Convention as one of the 5A invited choirs. In 2009, the A Cappella Choir was chosen the National Mixed Choir winner for the Mark of Excellence Choral Honors Project.
Mr. Dean received his Bachelor of Music Education with honors and Master of Music in Conducting from Baylor University. There he was named ACDA Choral Musician of the Year in 1987 and 1990 as well as Outstanding Graduate Student in 1990. Mr. Dean was selected Teacher of the Year for Hurst Junior High School in 1998 and Trinity High School in 2007. In 2010, Mr. Dean was the recipient of the Score a Goal in the Classroom’s “Outstanding Choral Music Educator Hero” award. Most recently, Mr. Dean was awarded the TDCA Choral Excellence Award at the 2022 TCDA Convention.
Mr. Dean has over 31 years of experience as either a minister of music or church pianist in both Methodist and Baptist congregations. He is currently the church pianist at First Baptist Church in Hurst, TX.