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This CD features Dale Dykins' "Symphonic Suite." Dykins died April 22, 2009.
He was born in Flora, Indiana, and spent his early years in Illinois, Vincennes, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio. He began studying piano at the age of 12, and by the time he was in high school was supplementing his family's income by playing in big bands.
He was a scholarship student at the College of Music of Cincinnati from 1937 to 1941, earning a Bachelor of Music Degree with a Diploma in Piano and a Certificate in Organ. He spent four years in military service, including service as a bombardier in the 8th Air Force, and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, an Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters, and ETO ribbon with three battle stars and a pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon.
In 1946 Dykins returned to the College of Music to study four more years through the generosity of the GI Bill of Rights. During that time he won the Springer Gold Medal in piano and the Martin G. Dumlar Prize in composition, and earned a Master of Music Degree in Composition and a Post Graduate Degree in Piano.
From 1950 to 1983 Dykins taught piano, music theory and composition at the University of Northern Colorado. During his last 15 years there, he was Chairman of the Department of Theory and Composition. During a sabbatical leave in 1955 and 1956 he was a composition student of Vittorio Gianinni at Juilliard. Upon his retirement in 1983, his colleagues and students founded a scholarship which is still being awarded annually to promising students in musical composition.
He retired to Seattle in 1983, where he continued to work on various music projects, including serving as accompanist for several theater groups, among them Arts West and the Civil Light Opera. For many years he gave performances at senior centers, retirement communities, convalescent centers, and political events. He was working on new song arrangements for a program for friends on the day he passed away of sudden heart failure at the age of 91.
Dykins is survived by his partner of 40 years, Jerry Shipler, and his cousin Rebecca Sprague Bryant.
He was born in Flora, Indiana, and spent his early years in Illinois, Vincennes, Indiana and Cincinnati, Ohio. He began studying piano at the age of 12, and by the time he was in high school was supplementing his family's income by playing in big bands.
He was a scholarship student at the College of Music of Cincinnati from 1937 to 1941, earning a Bachelor of Music Degree with a Diploma in Piano and a Certificate in Organ. He spent four years in military service, including service as a bombardier in the 8th Air Force, and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross, an Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters, and ETO ribbon with three battle stars and a pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon.
In 1946 Dykins returned to the College of Music to study four more years through the generosity of the GI Bill of Rights. During that time he won the Springer Gold Medal in piano and the Martin G. Dumlar Prize in composition, and earned a Master of Music Degree in Composition and a Post Graduate Degree in Piano.
From 1950 to 1983 Dykins taught piano, music theory and composition at the University of Northern Colorado. During his last 15 years there, he was Chairman of the Department of Theory and Composition. During a sabbatical leave in 1955 and 1956 he was a composition student of Vittorio Gianinni at Juilliard. Upon his retirement in 1983, his colleagues and students founded a scholarship which is still being awarded annually to promising students in musical composition.
He retired to Seattle in 1983, where he continued to work on various music projects, including serving as accompanist for several theater groups, among them Arts West and the Civil Light Opera. For many years he gave performances at senior centers, retirement communities, convalescent centers, and political events. He was working on new song arrangements for a program for friends on the day he passed away of sudden heart failure at the age of 91.
Dykins is survived by his partner of 40 years, Jerry Shipler, and his cousin Rebecca Sprague Bryant.
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ERM Media with its Masterworks of the New Era series, conducted by Robert Ian Winstin, has provided us with outstanding new recordings. This three-disk set of Vol. 13 is a little too large, but it has some real gems. One is "Cindy, O Cindy" Variations on an Appalachian Civil War Folksong, a very melodious and dramatic piece. Winstin has mostly avoided the utterly cacophonous compositions that are often prevalent among new music. Buy this Cd set!
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