Dean Woodward Haist

Background

Haist, Dean Woodward was born in 1953 in Lincoln, Nebraska, ENTERTAINMENT0.

Education

Bachelor of Music, U. Nebraska, 1975; Master of Music, U. Nebraska, 1984.

Career

Graduate assistant, U. Nebraska, Lincoln, 1975-1977, 82-83; co-founder, Neoclassic Jazz Orchestra, Inc, 1976; music teacher, Lincoln Public Schools, 1978-1981; music teacher, Pius X High Schools, Lincoln, 1981-1986; instructor jazz, brass, trumpet, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, since 1983; trumpet teacher, Union College, Lincoln, since 1986; founder, executive director, The Nebraska Brass, 1987; co-founder, executive director, Nebraska Jazz Orchestra, 1987; founder, executive director, Nebraska Symphony Chamber Orchestra, since 1995. Executive director Lincoln Civic Orchestra, Lincoln Midwest Ballet Company, Lincoln Civic Choir, Lincoln Municipal Band. President Dean Haist Enterprises.

Co-founder, 1st trumpet Monday Night Big Band, 1996.

Achievements

• Dean Woodward Haist has been listed as a notable Musician, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member International Trumpet Guild, National Association Jazz Educators, American Federation Musicians (board directors 1980-1990), Music Educators National Conference.