ORCHESTRA
 
Wind-Up (2007) – orchestra (2(picc.),ob., E. hn., cl., b.cl., bn., cbn.– 2,2,2,1– timp, perc.(3), pno. – strings) (7:00); premiered by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra under the direction of Marin Alsop, Santa Cruz, CA 8/1/07.
Click here and listen to my explanation of Wind-Up at the premiere.
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Wind-Up.mp3
 
Motion Picture (2007) – orchestra (2(picc.),2,2,2– 4,3,3,1– timp, perc.(2) – strings) (7:30); premiered by the University of Michigan’s Philharmonia Orchestra at Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI 1/24/07.
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Motion Picture.mp3
 
Crooks and Ladders (2003) – orchestra (2(picc.), 2, 2, b cl, 2 – 4, 3, 2, 1 – timp, perc(2), mar, pno. - strings) (10:00); received First Place in the annual Jim Highsmith Composition Competition. Premiered by the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra - Brad Lubman, conductor in Hellman Hall, San Francisco, CA 5/1/04.  “The five short movements were colorful, well-designed, and deftly scored…Dicke has a definite ear for orchestral sonorities.”
- San Francisco Classical Voice
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Movement IV: Largo e rubato.mp3

 

CHAMBER MUSIC     
 
Southern Songs (2008) – guitar solo (12:00); premiered at the 2008 Midwest Composers Symposium,
Iowa City, IA 2/9/08.
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I. Açaí.mp3
II. Porteña.mp3
III. Koh Samui.mp3
IV. Diamonds are Forever.mp3
V. Monroe.mp3
VI. Sir Humphrey Gilbert.mp3
Joshua Bornfield, guitar
Blonde Buddha (2007) – two trumpets, electric guitar, two trombones, electric bass, percussion (10:30);
premiered at the 2008 Switchboard Music Festival, San Francisco, CA 3/30/08.
Blonde Buddha Excerpt.mp3
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Profiteering (2006) – 2 bass clarinets (8:00); premiered at the Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI 3/22/07.
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Profiteering.mp3
Jon Russell and Jeff Anderle, bass clarinets
(recording courtesy of Sqwonk's upcoming full length album)
 
Stick Figures (2006) – violoncello, double bass (8:00); premiered in Britton Recital Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 2/18/07.
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On A Wire (and it’s tapped) (2006) – SAATTB a cappella chorus (5:00); awaiting a premiere.
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Quarks (2006) – violin, cello, piano, marimba (6:00); premiered at the Kerrytown Concert House, Ann Arbor, MI 3/22/07.
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Jennifer Walvoord, violin
Eileen Brownell, cello
Daniel Pesca, piano
Michael Swain, marimba
 
Press Play! (2004-2005) – alto saxophone, electric guitar, electric bass, electric piano, drum set (optional) (20:00); premiered by Ooogog at the Canvas Gallery, San Francisco, CA 6/14/05.
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Movement I: Side A.mp3
Jon Russell, alto saxophone
Ian Dicke, electric guitar
Ryan Brown, electric bass
Benjamin Gribble, electric piano
 
Talon (2003-2004) – guitar solo (5:00); premiered in Hellman Hall, San Francisco, CA 2/7/04.
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Talon.mp3
Daniel Crawford, guitar

 

ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Outside the Easy Sway of Either Or (2007) – 2 channel stereo playback (4:00); premiered at "When Five Collide" choreography/dance recital at the University of Michigan Betty Pease Studio Theater, Ann Arbor, MI 11/8/07-11/10/07.
Outside the Easy Sway of Either Or.mp3
 
Here's a video of the premiere:
Outside the Easy Sway of Either Or
Sam Stone, choreographer and solo dancer
 
Schism In Your -Ism (2006) – 2 channel stereo playback (4:00); premiered at the University of Texas at Austin’s Gamma UT conference, Austin, TX 3/24/07.
Schism In Your -Ism.mp3
Ranaat Eek (2006) – 2 channel stereo playback (1:00); premiered at the Vox Novus 60x60 Midwest Minutes Mix, Romeoville, IL 10/12/06.
Ranaat Eek.mp3
 
Three Electronic Pieces (2006) – 2 channel stereo playback (6:00); premiered at the Midwest Composer’s Symposium, Urbana, IL 2/25/06.
Movement I. Killer Consumer.mp3
Movement II. Sailing the Sea with Morty.mp3
Movement III. Matrices.mp3