Music

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    Catchphrase (2015) - 6’
    for DJ and orchestra
    commissioned by the New World Symphony

    86’d (2014) - 11’
    for countertenor and chamber orchestra
    commissioned by Alarm Will Sound

    Grand Central (2012) - 22’
    for chamber orchestra, electronics, and video
    commissioned by the San Francisco Conservatory of Music

    Assembly Lines (2011) - 6’30”
    for chamber orchestra
    commissioned by the Detour New Music Ensemble

    The Lunatic Fringe (2009) - 15’
    for chamber orchestra and pre-recorded voices

    Wind-Up (2007) - 8’
    for orchestra
    commissioned by the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra

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    Flash Mob (2011) - 7’30”
    for wind ensemble
    commissioned by the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Director’s Association

    Song of the Telegraph (2010) - 14’
    for wind ensemble

  • ROMAN (2021-2022) - 80’
    opera in two acts for four singers, string quartet, electronics, and video
    music and libretto by Ian Dicke
    commissioned by Synchromy with funding from the National Endowment of the Arts

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    All Star, But It’s… (2020) - 15’
    for electric guitar, percussion, and electronics
    commissioned by Miller || Phelps

    Fake Music (2019) - 14’
    for electro-acoustic ensemble and electronics
    commissioned by the Paul Dresher Ensemble

    Hit Subscribe (2018) - 15’
    for three electric guitars, electronics, and video
    commissioned by the Mobius Trio

    Superhighway (2018) - 10’30”
    for percussion quartet and electronics
    commissioned by the Los Angeles Percussion Quartet

    Walk Around You (2018) - 10’
    for tuba and electronics
    commissioned by a consortium directed by Chance Trottman-Huiet

    The Future Made Clear (2017) - 11’
    for vocal string quartet
    commissioned by Invoke

    User Agreement (2017) - 30’
    for soprano, chamber ensemble, and spacialized audio
    commissioned by the Digital Arts Center of the College of Arts and Architecture at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Latest and Greatest (2015) - 18’
    for chamber ensemble and video
    commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition

    Adrift (2014) - 14’
    for early music ensemble, live electronics ensemble, and video
    commissioned by the Vasa Museum

    Unmanned (2013) - 10’
    for string quartet and electronics
    commissioned by the Friction Quartet

    O Bury Me Not (2013) - 14’
    for bass trombone, chamber ensemble, and electronics
    commissioned by the New World Symphony

    Straphanger (2012) - 8’
    for tenor and baritone saxophones
    commissioned by a consortium directed by Ogni Suono

    Isla (2012) - 6’
    for flute, vibraphone, and electronics
    commissioned by the Peterson/Hayes Duo

    Eight Oh Eight (2011) - 8’
    for solo percussion and electronics
    commissioned by a consortium directed by Adam Groh

    Two Takes Three (2011) - 6’
    for clarinet, violin, violoncello, and piano
    commissioned by Redshift

    Missa Materialis (2010) - 16’
    for percussion quartet or trio
    commissioned by line upon line and Owen Weaver

    Musa (2010) - 8’
    for violin, trombone, and electronics
    commissioned by Molly Emerman and Steve Parker

    Drill, Baby, Drill (2010) - 5’
    for three saxophones and electronics
    commissioned by the Sissy-Eared Mollycoddles

    Snake Oil Salesman (2009) - 5’30”
    for tenor, violoncello, bass clarinet, and drum set
    commissioned by the Sissy-Eared Mollycoddles

    Chapter One, Page One (2008) - 7’30”
    for solo flute or soprano saxophone and electronics
    commissioned by Daniel Buscher

    Profiteering (2006) - 8’
    for two bass clarinets
    commissioned by Sqwonk

  • Telstar Loops (2021) - 14’
    for piano and electronics
    commissioned by Nadia Shpachenko

    How Small I Feel (2020) - 1’
    for melodica, toy piano, and piano
    commissioned by Hocket

    Counterpundit (2016) - 20’
    for piano, electronics, and video
    commissioned by Piano Spheres

    Cowboy Rounds (2016) - 40’
    for voice, piano, and electronics
    commissioned by the Hellman Foundation

    Postlude (2015) - 3’
    for piano
    written for David Conte’s 60th birthday

    Déjà (2009) - 17’
    for two pianos, four pianists
    commissioned by Regina Myers

    Get Rich Quick (2009) - 11’
    for piano and electronics

    White Parasol (2008) - 8’
    for piano

  • Comforting & Familiar (2020) - 1’30”
    for video
    commissioned by line upon line

    Never Odd Or Even (2018) - 5’30”
    for video
    commissioned by Franklin Gross in honor of Leonard Giles

    Grand Stage (2013) - 8’
    video (continuous loop)
    commissioned by the New York Transit Museum

Software

  • Staircase (2024)
    complex modulator

    Aisles (2023)
    harmonic arpeggiator

    Travelogue (2023)
    generative sequencer

    Seeds (2020-2021)
    complete modular system

    Deviate (2021)
    MIDI variation machine

    Linea (2018)
    counterpoint generator

  • Catch (2023)
    performance sampler

  • The Western Pattern (2014)
    interactive installation using Google Maps API

Purchase

PDF Score, Parts, and Media Price List

To make a purchase request, please email iandicke@gmail.com or visit the contact page.

Recordings

Ian Dicke | Cowboy Rounds

Hocket | #What2020SoundsLike | How Small I Feel

A/B Duo | Variety Show | Isla

Peterson/Hayes Duo | Visitor’s Pass | Isla

Ogni Suono | Invisible Seams | Straphanger

line upon line | Self-Titled | Missa Materialis

Kevin Norton | Americano | Chapter One, Page One

Jeffrey Jacob | Contemporary Eclectic Music
for the Piano | White Parasol

Sqwonk | Self-Titled | Profiteering