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Dean Dalton grew up in a musical family in a smallish town in Missouri. Having sung in church and school choirs from early on, he began to study piano at 8, and took up the viola at 11.
Very active in both musical and theatrical activities in high school, he majored in music, graduating with a BA, B. Music, and a Master of Music degree from the University of Arkansas.
He spent 10 years in Washington, where he worked in both public and commercial classical music radio. He also wrote on music and the arts for the Washington Post and Washingtonian magazine, appeared as performing arts critic on several television programs, and lectured on music history and appreciation for the Smithsonian Institution.
In Houston, he was director of human rights activities at the Rothko Chapel and produced the performances surrounding the opening of the Menil Collection, before joining KUHF in 1989. He has also written on the arts for Ultra and Houston City magazines. Since 1987, Dean has served as music director at the First Unitarian Universalist Church.
At KUHF, Dean is the producer and host of the daily arts magazine program, The Front Row and of broadcast concerts by the Houston Symphony. As Cultural Programming Director, directs and coordinates cultural programming and production activities and supervises the classical music announcing staff. He also plans and hosts KUHF's popular music and arts tours.