Dr. Margaret Donaghue Flavin, Professor of Clarinet at the University of Miami, Florida Hey! I’m sponsoring a Free Texas All-State Clarinet Master Class! Our master clinician will be Dr. Margaret Donaghue Flavin, eminent clarinet professor at the University of Miami, Florida. She will work with my students on the Texas All-State etudes on Zoom on Thursday, November 9 at 6 pm CT (UTC 23:00). Email me (mike@clarinetmike.com) or message me on social media if you or your students want to attend and I’ll send the Zoom link. Free Texas All-State Clarinet Zoom Master Class Thursday, November 9, 2023 ..read more

FLORIDA! As a NACWPI past president and former officer on the NACWPI National Board, I’m proud and excited to pass along the following announcement from the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors [NACWPI]! The National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors’ 2024 National Conference will be held January 13-15, 2024 at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. NACWPI 2024 National Conference Frost School of Music University of Miami Coral Gables, Florida, USA January 13-15, 2024 Call For Performance and Presentation ..read more

ClarinetMike in Vipiteno, Italy, home of Orfeo Music Festival 2023. Hey! As previously posted, I will be returning as Clarinet Artist Faculty in Residence at the internationally renowned Orfeo Music Festival 2023. This highly anticipated event will take place in the picturesque Italian Alps of Vipiteno, Italy (Sterzing), from July 3rd to July 14th, 2023. During Orfeo 2023, I am honored to be performing three captivating clarinet works. This includes a World Premiere, a European Premiere, as well as a special performance of a beautiful work by a dear friend who recently passed away. Blues ..read more

“Digital Assets and Music Career Development”Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” Friday, January 6, 2023, 1 pm central time (UTC -6) clarinetmiketexas@yahoo.com Ultimate Music Business Summit 2023 January 5-7, 2023 Live Online Tickets: Click Here Abstract: Noted clarinetist Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” will consider the emerging world of new digital assets and technologies and their possible uses to advance a music career. In a personal and user-friendly way, Mike will consider the past, present, and potential future of Web3, NFTs, blockchain, decentralization, token-based economics, onl ..read more

NEWS! I’m again returning as Clarinet Artist Faculty in Residence at the international Orfeo Music Festival in the beautiful Italian Alps of Vipiteno, Italy (Sterzing) this coming summer, July 3-14, 2023. Check It Out! Orfeo Music Festival 2023 Website:  www.orfeomusicfestival.com. Festival concerts are held at historical venues such as Vipiteno’s Medieval and Renaissance churches as well as at a beautiful modern theater. The study program takes place in one of the best music schools in the region located in a beautiful 13th-century historical building. Festival parti ..read more

“Digital Assets and Music Career Development”Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” Friday, January 6, 2023, 1 pm central time (UTC -6) clarinetmiketexas@yahoo.com Ultimate Music Business Summit 2023 January 5-7, 2023 Live Online Tickets: Click Here Abstract: Noted clarinetist Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” will consider the emerging world of new digital assets and technologies and their possible uses to advance a music career. In a personal and user-friendly way, Mike will consider the past, present, and potential future of Web3, NFTs, blockchain, decentralization, token-based economics, onl ..read more

Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” New ClarinetMike Digital Collectible! In support of my upcoming presentation, “Digital Assets and Music Career Development” at the Ultimate Music Business Summit 2023 on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 1 pm central time (UTC -6) [click here], I’ve dropped my first ClarinetMike Digital Collectible! I’m trying out this exciting new tech with a beautiful work from one of my CD’s: Jeffrey Hoover’s Dreaming featuring me and pianist Tyson Wunderlich. Click here to check out the ClarinetMike Digital Collectible. Also, inside the collectible, there is exclusive future conten ..read more

Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” Hey! Learn about the emerging new world of digital assets! On Friday, January 6, 2023 at 1 pm central time (UTC -6), I will be speaking on digital assets at the live online Ultimate Music Business Summit 2023 (UMBS 2023) occurring January 5-7, 2023. Tickets to hear me and entire 3-day conference are available HERE. FYI, I get a percentage of the net profits. The below is from the presentation handout: Digital Assets and Music Career DevelopmentUltimate Music Business Summit 2023 January 5-7, 2023 Live Online Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” clarinetmiketexas@yaho ..read more

Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” 7 Time Management Tips by Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” 1. Get a Plan! Make some kind of schedule or time plan and DO IT! I have found that having a plan and following it (even if it’s a so-so plan) results in great success. Don’t wait until you have the “perfect plan” to start. 2. Goal! Relate your plan to a goal or two, not just putting out fires. One or two things actually accomplished is better than ten things not done. 3. Hey, How’s It Going? Handle texts, email, Facebook messages, regular mail, etc. only once. Read ..read more

Dr. Michael Dean “ClarinetMike” On Tour! Next week I’ll be giving performing, teaching, presenting, and more on a short solo tour of Southern California! Below is venue and program information. Southern California Tour 2022 Michael Dean, clarinet Tour Itinerary California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Valencia, California Monday, September 19 Recital and Presentation, 2 pm pt (online) Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Culver City High School Culver, City, California Thursday, September 22 Recital, 1:30 pm Master Class, 2:30 pm University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, C ..read more