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 – 1989
  • Instruments 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 – 1999
  • Peace 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 – 2002
  • Sound 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 – 2005
  • Eagle River – 2006
  • Spa Rhythms – 2006
  • Golden Spa Tones – 2006
  • Spa Dreams – 2007
  • Wood Over Water − 2007
  • Healing 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 – 2010
  • Reiki 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 – 2012
  • 4 Earth: Natural Sounds of Ocean, Stream, River, Pond – 2013
  • 4 Earth: Scenic Vistas of Ocean, Stream, River, Pond – 2013
  • Dream Space – 2013
  • Chakra Meditations & Tones – 2014
  • Harmonic Way – 2014
  • Sonic Healing Meet the Masters Video Course – 2015
  • Desert Dawn Song – 2015
  • Golden Spiral – 2016
  • Stillness – 2016
  • Amber 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 ''