Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: II. Andante by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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 3 - Antonio Vivaldi

Boccherini owes his celebrity to more than just the Minuet of the Quintet op.11 no.5 (although that can be heard here too)!
This recording proves the fact with stunning brilliance: from the castanets of the Fandango to the much more Viennese style of the String Quartet, the musicians of the Cuarteto Casals and their guests demonstrate the infinite creative resources of the composer. It culminates in the Night Music of the Streets of Madrid, a vivid example of musical realism in which, as Boccherini put it, ‘the strict rules of counterpoint' would be out of place! 
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Full track: String Quartet in G minor / sol mineur / g-moll G.205, op.32 no.5- III. Menuetto con moto - Trio

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Full track: String Quartet in G minor / sol mineur / g-moll G.205, op.32 no.5- III. Menuetto con moto - Trio

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