Butler is a recent graduate of California State University, Channel Islands, receiving his teaching credential as an Education Specialist. In 1996, he conducted the commissioned musical, David, based on the life of the biblical king, at the Citadel of David in Jerusalem, in honor of that city’s 3000th anniversary, and returned to Israel in 2000 for an encore performance in honor of Bethlehem’s 2000th anniversary.Ĭurrently living in Camarillo with his wife, a biology teacher at Rancho Campana High School, and young son, Mr. Butler toured the world for over 15 years conducting choirs throughout Europe, the Caribbean, Chile, and New Zealand for the nonprofit music organization, Continental Singers. Holding a bachelor’s degree in conducting and vocal performance from Carson-Newman University in Tennessee, as well as, a master’s degree in vocal pedagogy from Southern Theological Seminary in Kentucky, Mr. He is privileged to have performed many premier choral works under the batons of Robert Shaw, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Rutter and Jester Hairston along with the symphony orchestras of Knoxville, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Tampa. Butler has enjoyed his participation with several outstanding opera and choral repertory companies throughout the U.S., including the Knoxville Choral Society, Kentucky Opera, the Stephen Foster Drama Association, Louisville Master Chorale, Cincinnati May Festival Chorus, and Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. Butler equally shares a great love for musical theater having honed his craft performing principal roles in summer stock productions of Little Shop of Horrors, Annie Get Your Gun, Godspell, and Gilbert and Sullivan’s, The Pirates of Penzance. Butler’s operatic repertoire consists of Figaro in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Figaro in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and Don Pizarro in Beethoven’s Fidelio. John Passion, Handel’s Messiah, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Dubois’ Seven Last Words of Christ. Butler has been a featured oratorio and opera soloist with several regional programs and orchestras in multiple cities throughout the country with repertoire consisting of Bach’s St. 85080-6476.Dean Butler has enjoyed singing baritone in oratorio, opera and musical theater since the age of 19. In lieu of flowers, donations would be welcomed in Dean's memory to the Arizona Scouting Museum: PO Box 86476 Phoenix, AZ. A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, Septemat 2:00pm at Desert Springs Bible Church 16215 N Tatum Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85032. There will be a visitation on Friday, Septemfrom 5:30 to 8:00pm at Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary 6500 E Bell Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85254. Dean was also appointed to serve and chaired the Arizona Automobile Theft Authority by four Arizona Governors.ĭean is survived by his wife, Trudy, who was the love of his life his son and best friend, Sean, his brother John Butler and his sisters Shirley Wentzel and Valerie Sundermann. He was a member of the The Phoenix Air National Guard Patriots (PANG), a citizen support group for the men and women in the 161st Air Refueling Wing of the Phoenix area Air National Guard. He was a founder of the Arizona Scouting Museum and received The Silver Beaver Award in 2006 for his distinguished service to youth. He was born July 30, 1954, in Lima, Ohio, to LeRoy and Marian (Hill) Butler.ĭean worked for Farmers Insurance for 43 years, in both a corporate capacity as well as owning his own agency in Phoenix. Dean Butler passed away on September 15, 2019, after a brave battle with pancreatic cancer.
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