Head and shoulders image of Dean McNeill, professor, Department of Music.

Bio/Historical Note: Image appeared in 17 Sept. 1998 issue of OCN.

Bio/Historical Note: Dean McNeill holds music degrees from the University of North Texas (Masters), McGill University (Undergraduate), and Grant MacEwan University (Music Diploma), He has taught a variety of brass and jazz courses at the University of Saskatchewan for the past 23 years while performing and adjudicating throughout Canada and the United States. McNeill has led many music education special projects such as the U of S’s Brass Days celebrations & High School Select-Jazz educational weekend. McNeill has served as an educational contributor to the Saskatoon Jazz Society’s Jazz Ensemble Workshops (2013-2015), the Saskatchewan Jazz Festival’s Jazz Intensive student jazz camp (since 2000) and, the International Music Camp’s jazz week (i.e. conducting both student ensemble and IMC’s jazz faculty big band). McNeill is head of the Department of Music (2023).