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Dean Westman currently serves as the
Orchestra Director for the Avon Community School Corporation in Avon,
Indiana. Prior to coming to Avon, Dean spent 2 years as the Educational
Director for Bands of America and Orchestra America. Prior to his work
with Bands of America, Dean served for 6 years as Director of Bands at
Stephen F. Austin High School in Sugar Land, Texas. Westman also
Co-Conducted the award winning SFA Symphony Orchestra. Under Dean’s
leadership, the SFA Marching Band was named Bands of America Houston
Regional Champion in 2002, 2003, and 2004. The SFA Band placed 5th
at the 2002 Bands of America Grand National Championships and 4th
at the 2004 Bands of America Grand National Championships, winning both
Outstanding Music Performance and the Al Castronovo Memorial Esprit de
Corps award. The marching band has performed at 4 consecutive Texas UIL
State Championships. Dean’s concert ensembles at SFA have performed at
Carnegie Hall, the Moores Opera House, the Meyerson, and the prestigious
Midwest Clinic in Chicago. Mr. Westman has also held band director
positions at Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas and Indian
Prairie School District in Naperville, Illinois. Dean was reunited with
the SFA Marching Band in the fall of 2007; where he now works as Program
Coordinator along side dear friend and mentor, Ralph Hardimon.
In 2002, Dean was named the Texas Young
Bandmaster of the Year at the Texas Bandmaster’s Association
Convention. He has taught the Tenrikyo Aimaichi Marching Band from
Nagoya, Japan, which has won the All-Japan Marching Band Championship in
1998, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006 and 2007. Mr. Westman served on the
teaching staff for the 2005 Bands of America Rose Parade Honor Band of
America. In 2007, Dean became the wind arranger for the award winning
Winston Churchill High School Marching Band from San Antonio, Texas. He
continues to present clinics throughout the United States and Japan,
including presentations to the Midwest Clinic, the Texas Bandmaster’s
Association Convention, the Colorado Bandmaster’s Association
Convention, the Texas Music Educator’s Association Convention, the DCI
Judges and Instructor Clinic, and the Texas Dance Educator’s Association
Convention. Dean has conducted district honor ensembles in Cobb County,
Georgia and Jefferson County, Kentucky.
Dean has been an active instructor and
arranger in the drum corps activity for 16 years. Westman served as
Brass Caption Head for the nine-time Drum Corps International World
Champion Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps in 2003 and 2004. He spent 7 years
as a brass arranger and instructor for the six-time Drum Corps
International World Champion Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps.
Dean taught on the brass staff for the seven-time Drum Corps
International World Champion Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps, and was the
Brass Caption Head during the Cavaliers 1995 DCI World Championship
season. Dean is honored to begin working as the brass arranger for The
Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps for the 2008 season and looks forward to
becoming part of an organization with such a rich history.
Dean is a native of Park Ridge, Illinois
and a proud alumnus of the University of Illinois. He lives in
Plainfield, Indiana with his wife Adrianna and their 9-year-old
daughter, Abigail.
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