Dr. David Dickau is a choral conductor and composer residing in Mankato, Minnesota where he is Director of Choral Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato. 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.
 
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 served for thirteen years as music director of Magnum Chorum, a Twin Cities-based chamber choir.
 
David has been an active member of the American Choral Director's Association, having served 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 served a term as President of ACDA of Minnesota. Dr. Dickau has performed at four national ACDA conventions.
 
Dr. Dickau has filled commissions for choral festivals, churches, and schools. Some significant commissions have included Dresden Canticles, composed in honor of the rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, Germany, "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, and "Of Life and Love" commissioned by the Arkansas Chamber Singers in celebration of their twenty-fifth anniversary.