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Schubert: Winterreise

Die Winterreise, D. 911: XXIV. Der Leiermann

Rachmaninoff: Piano Masterpieces

10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 4 in D Major

Träumerei, No.7 from Kinderzenen by Robert Schumann

Mr. Dicker has earned degrees from UCLA, The University of Michigan, and The Juilliard School where he was the recipient of the Juilliard Alumni Scholarship in Performance. His teachers have included Norman Herzberg, Harold Goltzer, Mitchell Lurie, and Mehli Mehta.

Mr. Dicker's performing career began with the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. He served as Principal Bassoonist with the Wichita Symphony. His European experience began as bassoonist with the Belgian Radio Symphony in Brussels after which he spent several years in Germany as Associate Principal Bassoon of the Gelesenkirchen Philharmonic. During his years in Germany, Mr. Dicker also performed with numerous ensembles including Dortmunder Oper, Essen Philharmonic, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Philharmonia Hungarica, and Deutsche Bach Solisten.

Fox Products Corporation, prominent maker of bassoons and oboes, has engaged Mr. Dicker as International Representative and Clinician since 1979. In this capacity, Mr. Dicker has presented clinics throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Japan. He has performed bassoon service/acoustical clinics in Wels, Austria and in Tulsa, Oklahoma on behalf of Fox. Most recently Mr. Dicker has served as recitalist and clinician for Fox at the first Asia Double Reed Society Convention in Bangkok, Thailand. 

Mr. Dicker has taught at Wichita State University, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp, Musikschule Bochum (Germany), Orvieto Musica (Italy), and Illinois State University. He has presented masterclasses at the International Double Reed Society and in several conservatories and universities throughout the United States, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Japan, Portugal, and Switzerland. Mr. Dickerís former bassoon students currently hold positions in New Mexico State University, Angelo State University, Moorhead State University, The National Orchestra of Portugal, the Nordwest-Deutsche Philharmonie, and The New York Philharmonic.

Mr. Dicker has been a member of the faculty of the Illinois State University School of Music since 1986. He has performed with the Sonneries Quintet in Europe and Japan and throughout the Midwest United States. Mr. Dicker serves as Principal Bassoonist of the Peoria Symphony Orchestra and of the Heartland Festival Orchestra.  He serves as contrabassoonist of the Illinois Symphony.

Michael is married to Judith Dicker, Assistant Prof. of Oboe at Illinois State University.  Their daughter Erica is a professional violinist and daughter Talia is a professional cellist.


Michael Dicker - Concerto For Bassoon In C, RV 472 Mvt 2 - Antonio Vivaldi

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Helen Jane Long - Just

Full album tracks from Helen Jane Long's "Embers" album, released in April 2010

Besides

Bells

Wishes

Everything

F. Liszt Rondo Fantastique  'El Contrabandista'  by Valentina Lisitsa

Quiet City - Aaron Copland
Soloist: Cameron Johnson (Trumpet), Alec Harmon (Cor Anglais)
Ensemble Novus conducted by Bertram Yap
As recorded in Ensemble Novus Debut Concert, 29/1/2013 at King's College Chapel

Quiet City - Aaron Copland

J. S. Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043
3. Allegro

Hannah Choi and Yoo Jin Chang, violins
FKCC String Ensemble

Recorded Live May 3, 2013 at First Korean Church in Cambridge

Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 - 3. Allegro

Ensemble Novus. A new and visionary music group based at King's College London. Promoting refreshing sounds forever - from the best of twentieth-century music to the new works of the present day.

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Quiet City - Aaron Copland

Ensemble Novus

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