Ian Dicke is a composer, musician, and software designer inspired by the intersection of technology and social-political culture.

Praised for his “refreshingly well-structured” (Feast of Music) and “uncommonly memorable” (Sequenza 21) catalogue of works, Dicke’s music has been commissioned and performed by ensembles and soloists around the world, including the New World Symphony, Alarm Will Sound, Paul Dresher Ensemble, Invoke, Hocket, and pianists Vicky Chow, Nadia Shpachenko, Vicki Ray, and Aron Kallay, among others. His work has been featured on several international festivals, including MATA, the Cabrillo Festival, and the ISCM World New Music Days. In 2022, Dicke’s two act opera Roman received two fully staged performances produced by the Los Angeles organization Synchromy. His debut album Cowboy Rounds was recently released on the label Bright Shiny Things.

Dicke has received grants, awards, and recognition from the Hellman Foundation, Barlow Endowment, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, New Music USA, New York Youth Symphony, ASCAP, and BMI, among others. He was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to research interactive musical interfaces and environments in Stockholm, Sweden and has served as an artist in residence at various institutions, including the MacDowell Colony and Atlantic Center for the Arts.

From 2013-2023 Dicke was the founder and curator of the Outpost Concert Series, which connected Riverside, California’s musical culture with groundbreaking artists across the national contemporary music landscape.

Dicke is a Professor of Composition at the University of California, Riverside and founder of Novel Music, a software company that distributes innovative Max for Live devices.