David Dickau

David Dickau (born 1953, Bellingham, Washington) is a choral conductor and composer residing in Mankato, Minnesota where he has served as Director of Choral Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato since 1991. As a part of his duties, Dr. Dickau conducts the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers and teaches conducting and composition. He recently received the Distinguished Faculty Scholar award from his university.
Biography
Dr. Dickau holds advanced degrees in Choral Music from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) and the University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA.) He has taught choral music on both the high school and college levels and has conducted community and church choirs. He also served for thirteen years as music director of Magnum Chorum, a Twin Cities-based chamber choir.
David Dickau has been an active member of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), serving as a national Repertoire and Standards Chair from 1987 to 1991. He has appeared as a clinician at ACDA national and regional conventions and has conducted several regional festivals. He also served a term as President of ACDA of Minnesota. Dr. Dickau has performed at four national ACDA conventions. His choirs have performed at regional conventions in Omaha and Minneapolis and at a national convention at Orchestra Hall in Chicago.
Dr. Dickau’s published compositions appear in a number of catalogues. He has filled commissions for choral festivals, colleges and universities, community choirs, churches, and schools. Significant commissions have included “Dresden Canticles,” composed in honor of the rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany and “View from the Air” commissioned by the Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Foundation in honor of the seventieth anniversary of Charles Lindbergh’s historic trans-Atlantic flight.
Dr. Dickau appears frequently around the country as a clinician and guest conductor. In addition to guest conducting, his areas of expertise include teaching conducting, teaching composing and arranging, teaching choral techniques, and exploring the roles of the composer and the conductor. On request, he frequently discusses his compositions. In recent years, he has appeared as a guest conductor or clinician in New York, Arkansas, California, Nevada, Iowa, New Mexico, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Minnesota, and Alaska.
Compositions
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*"Come, O Come, My Life's Delight" words by Thomas Campion From the suite: Of Life and Love
*"Echo" words by Christina Rossetti From the suite: Of Life and Love
*"in time of daffodils" words by E. E. Cummings From the suite: Of Life and Love
*"Go Lovely Rose" words by Edmund Waller
*"If Music Be the Food of Love" words by Henry Heveningham
*"Psalm of Praise"
*"To Musique" words by Robert Herrick
*"Stars I Shall Find" words by Sara Teasdale
*"O My Luve's Like A Red, Red, Rose" by Robert Burns
*"Footprints," words by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, commissioned for Dr. J. Richard Dewey, Principal of Eastview High School 1997-2007
*"Heart, We Will Forget Him" Text by Emily Dickinson, commissioned by the 2000-2001 Lyons Township High School Treble Choir
*"I carry your heart with me" e.e. cummings
Commissions
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Dr. Dickau has completed over thirty commissions for schools, colleges and universities, churches, community ensembles, and foundations, tailoring each piece to the specific needs of a particular ensemble.
The most recent include:
* Atherton Family (2008) -- i carry your heart (Walton 2009)
* Meade County High School (2007) -- Silent Noon (SBMP fall 2008)
* Eastview High School (2007) -- Footprints (SBMP 2008)
* Apple Valley High School (2007) -- Come Live With Me and Be My Love (Walton 2009)
* Musicorum (2007) -- Chickadee (unpublished)
* New Mexico State University (2007) -- Two Blake Songs for Chorus, Flute, and Piano: Piping Down the Valleys Wild (SBMP 2007); Laughing Song (SBMP 2007)
Music in the Night (2011)
Companies Published Through
*Walton Music
*Pavane Publishing
*Gentry Publications
*Santa Barbara Music Publishing
*Colla Voce Music, Inc.
*Neil A. Kjos Music Company
*Shawnee Press, Inc.

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