Live from my bachelor's concert, June 2022

Beethoven - Piano Sonata op 90 (live)

The Antonio Vivaldi Collection

L'estro armonico  Op. 3  Concerto No. 12 in E Major  RV. 265 - I. Allegro

L'estro armonico, Op. 3, Concerto No. 12 in E Major, RV. 265 - I. Allegro

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 1 - Antonio Vivaldi

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

Blue Skies

Ocean Spray

Ballet Class: Piano Music for Dance Lessons – Relaxing Piano Songs and Classical Piano Pieces for Ballet Exercises for Beginners and Advanced Class

The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act I: No. 8. Coda

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I: No. 2. Marche

Cello Suite Classical Relaxation Music – Ambient & Classics Soothing Cello Music with Nature

Music for Meditation by the Sea

The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act I: No. 2. Marche

Russian Ballet Collective