American clarinetist Michael Dean performs and teaches internationally and across the U.S. His career is headlined by appearances at Carnegie Hall, ClarinetFest, NACWPI, Eastman School of Music, and Royal Northern College of Music with recent recitals and master classes in Italy, Spain, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas. He serves as clarinet artist faculty in residence at Orfeo Music Festival. He is featured on 5 commercial CDs and on New Media, such as YouTube. He is currently preparing another new clarinet CD, Postcards from Silver Lake.