Dean Evenson


Dean Evenson is an American new-age musician, composer, producer, flutist, and videographer. Dean plays several instruments including the Western concert flute, Native American flute, synthesizer, and keyboard. His music generally features sounds of nature combined with flute melodies and other instruments for ambience, massage, meditation, yoga and relaxation.

Work and collaboration

Evenson has collaborated with many artists, including Li Xiangting, master of the guqin, Sergey Kuryokhin, Russian avant-garde composer, and Native American elder Cha-das-ska-dum. He has also collaborated with Hungarian pianist Tom Barabas, trance guitarist Scott Huckabay, harpist d'Rachael, and Tim Alexander, innovative drummer from the rock group Primus. In 1969, Evenson played flute for the psychedelic rock group The Blues Magoos on their album Never Goin' Back to Georgia.
He worked in Manhattan as a recording engineer for Regent Sound with many Atlantic recording artists, including Eric Clapton, Mose Allison, and Roberta Flack.
In 1970, he and his wife Dudley Evenson became involved in the portable-video movement. They worked under grants from the New York State Council on the Arts with Raindance Foundation and helped publish a magazine called Radical Software. During the 1970s, the Evensons traveled the country in a half-sized converted school bus, documenting the emerging new-age consciousness. They produced hundreds of hours of half-inch black-and-white video.
His work has also been included in the PBS series "The Way West" and the preview for ''"The Jungle Book"''

Life

He was born in Denver, Colorado, United States.
Evenson's hometown is Staten Island, New York.
Evenson got his master's degree in Molecular Biology in 1968 from the University of Maine. He currently lives with his wife, Dudley, in the Pacific Northwest by a wild river in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. They have three children and one granddaughter.
In 1979, Dean and Dudley Evenson founded the independent record company Soundings of the Planet in Tucson, Arizona.
In 1992 Evenson perform with the American singer-songwriter and environmentalism John Denver in Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.

Partial discography, DVDs, and books

Soundings Tapestry – 1986 ''''Joy to the World – 1986 Peaceful Pond – 1986 Soaring – 1987 Echoes of the Night – 1987 Music Makes the Snow Melt Down – 1988 What Child Is This – 1988 Ocean Dreams – 1989Instruments of Peace – 1989 Desert Moon Song – 1991 Wind Dancer – 1992 Forest Rain – 1994 Ascension – 1995 Dreamstreams – 1996 Arctic Refuge: A Gathering of Tribes – 1996 Reflections: Gentle Music for Loving – 1996 Back to the Garden – 1997 Prayer: A Multi-cultural Journey of Spirit – 1998 Sound Healing – 1998 Healing Waters – 1999Peace Through Music 20th Anniversary Sampler – 1999 Tao of Healing – 2000 Sonic Tribe – 2000 Butterfly – 2000 Native Healing – 2001 Music for the Healing Arts – 2001 Healing Dreams – 2001 Ascension to Tibet – 2001 Angel's Calling – 2001 Healing Sanctuary – 2002Sound Massage – 2002 Tao of Peace – 2002 Spirit Rising – 2002 Sound Yoga – 2003 Mountain Meadow Meditation – 2003 A Gift For Mother – 2003 Raga Cycle – 2004 Sacred World Chants – 2004 Eagle River – 2005Eagle River – 2006 Spa Rhythms – 2006 Golden Spa Tones – 2006 Spa Dreams – 2007 Wood Over Water − 2007Healing The Holy Land – 2007 Soundings Global Rhythms Collection – 2008 Chakra Healing – 2008 Meditation Moment: 52 Weekly Affirmations – 2008 Healing Suite – 2009 Meditation Moods – 2010 Meditation Moods DVD – 2010 Sacred Earth – 2010Reiki Om – 2011 A Sound Sleep: Guided Meditations With Relaxing Music & Nature Sounds – 2011 A Year of Guided Meditations – 2012 2 U.N. Earth Summits – 2012 Relaxation Zone – 20124 Earth: Natural Sounds of Ocean, Stream, River, Pond – 20134 Earth: Scenic Vistas of Ocean, Stream, River, Pond – 2013Dream Space – 2013Chakra Meditations & Tones – 2014 Harmonic Way – 2014 Sonic Healing Meet the Masters Video Course – 2015 Desert Dawn Song – 2015 Golden Spiral – 2016 Stillness – 2016Amber Sky – 2017 Quieting the Monkey Mind: How to Meditate with Music – 2018 Prayers on the Wind: Native American & Silver Flutes – 2018 Net of Indra – 2018 Peace Through Music 40th Anniversary Collection – 2019 Tropical Relaxation – 2019
  • ''Healing Resonance – 2020 ''