Robert Dick (born January 4, 1950) is a

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, composer, teacher and author. His musical style is a mix of classical, world music,

electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...

and

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. 2014, the

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awarded Dick its

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. The ''New York Times'' said his “technical resources and imagination seem limitless" while ''JazzTimes'' called him “revolutionary.” Dick invented the "

glissando In music, a glissando (; plural: ''glissandi'', abbreviated ''gliss.'') is a glide from one pitch to another (). It is an Italianized musical term derived from the French ''glisser'', "to glide". In some contexts, it is distinguished from the co ...

headjoint" a custom flute modification allowing the player to achieve effects similar to the

whammy bar A vibrato system on a guitar is a mechanical device used to temporarily change the pitch of the strings. Instruments without a vibrato have other bridge and tailpiece systems. They add vibrato to the sound by changing the tension of the string ...

of an electric guitar.

Early life and history

Robert Dick was born and raised in

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. He began playing the flute in the fourth grade, after hearing the

piccolo The piccolo ( ; Italian for 'small') is a half-size flute and a member of the woodwind family of musical instruments. Sometimes referred to as a "baby flute" the modern piccolo has similar fingerings as the standard transverse flute, but the so ...

on the radio in the

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hit “Rockin’ Robin". His primary teachers were Henry Zlotnik, James Pappoutsakis,

Julius Baker Julius Baker (September 23, 1915 – August 6, 2003) was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players. During the course of five decades he concertized with several of America's premier orchestral ensembles including the Chicago Sympho ...

and

Thomas Nyfenger Thomas Daniel Nyfenger (October 6, 1936 – June 12, 1990) was an American flutist and teacher known for his "intense and caring emotion for the flute" and described as “a thorough professional who programs interesting music and is not above havi ...

. As a teenager, Dick wanted to become an orchestral flutist, and played first flute in the Senior Orchestra at the High School of Music and Art and also the New York All-City High School Orchestra. “Studies with him (

) were geared toward becoming an orchestral player, and that was my dream at the time. But as I grew out of that dream, I realized that my training really hadn’t provided a look at music from the inside, which is what I needed—particularly the idea that music is generated from hearing within and recognizing what you are hearing.” He became a soloist and composer. At

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

, Dick earned a BA degree, and met Robert Morris, a composer and theorist, who mentored him as he wrote his first compositions. While at Yale, Dick wrote his first book: ''THE OTHER FLUTE: A Performance Manual of Contemporary Techniques'', and then earned his master's degree in composition, studying with Morris as well as electronic music with Bulant Arel and

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. While attending Yale’s graduate school, Dick composed “Afterlight,” a flute piece that used multiphonics as its basis. “Afterlight” received a BMI Oliver Daniel Prize.

Career

After leaving school in Spring 1973, Dick lived in

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until September 1977, when he moved to

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to join the contemporary music group, the Creative Associates. Dick was a member of the group until June 1980. While in New Haven, he wrote his second book ''Tone Development through Extended Technique'' and began to develop himself as an improviser and composer. Dick spent six months in

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from July - December 1978 working at I.R.C.A.M. (Institute of Research and Coordination, Acoustics and Music) developing his idea for a new flute mechanism. The first prototype was made by Albert Cooper in London in 1984. This design remains unfinished. From Fall 1980 until Spring 1992, Dick lived in New York City, developing his compositions, improvisations and wrote ''Circular Breathing for the Flutist''. In this period, he self-published The Revised Edition of ''THE OTHER FLUTE: A Performance Manual of Contemporary Technique'' and his later books, compositions and instructional recordings through his Multiple Breath Music Company. In 1986, he left the role of concert soloist in contemporary music to perform his own music and the music of composer-performer collaborators exclusively. Dick performed a recital of his own works as part of the

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’s Horizons 84 Festival at

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in 1984. In May 1992, he moved to Switzerland for ten years, continuing his career as a composer-performer. He returned to the US in 2002, as Visiting Assistant Professor of Flute at the

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. In July 2003, he returned to New York City. Since July 2013, Dick has been dividing his time between New York City and

Kassel, Germany Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020. ...

, where his children Sebastian (born 2006) and Leonie (born 2008) live with their mother, composer-pianist Ursel Schlicht. Dick's recitals today primarily consist of his compositions and improvisations, occasionally incorporating the influences of

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...

Georg Philipp Telemann Georg Philipp Telemann (; – 25 June 1767) was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesh ...

and

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

into his repertoire. As an instructor, Dick created a method and practice of teaching for flutists that he documented in his books: ''Tone Development through Extended Techniques'', and ''Circular Breathing for the Flutist'' and the two volumes of ''FLYING LESSONS: Six Contemporary Concert Etudes''. He teaches masters classes at hundreds of international universities. Dick is the inventor of the Glissando Headjoint®, a telescoping flute mouthpiece which allows the flutist to slide and extend notes. As a composer, Dick's work has been recognized by a

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Commission, a

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the ar ...

and two NEA Composers Fellowships, among many grants and commissions. Dick has composed a new work for the

Young Artist Competition. He has recorded over 20 albums and appeared as a guest on many other recordings.

Discography

As Leader

* ''Three Weeks in Cincinnati in December'' 2017 (New World 80789-2) Robert Dick performs the flute work of William Hellermann. * ''Our Cells Know'' 2016 (Tzadik 4015) Solo improvisations on the contrabass flute. * ''The Galilean Moons'' 2016 (NEMU 017) Robert Dick on flutes and Ursel Schlicht on piano. * ''Flutes and Voices'' 2010 (Mutable Music17541-2) Robert Dick, flutes and piccolo and

Thomas Buckner Thomas Buckner (born 1941) is an American baritone vocalist specializing in the performance of contemporary classical music and improvised music. In his work, he utilizes a wide range of extended (non-traditional) vocal techniques. Buckner als ...

, baritone. * ''Doh Tala'' 2008 (Epoch Music) Free improvisation by Robert Dick, Steve Baczkowski and Ravi Padmanabha. * ''Photosphere'' 2006 (NEMU 002) Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht are flute-piano duo. * ''IS'' 2004 (Caliente 245 360 624-2) King Chubby are Robert Dick, flutes; Ed Bialek, samplers and keyboards;

Will Ryan William Frank Ryan (May 21, 1949 – November 19, 2021) was an American voice actor, musician and singer. He provided the voice of Petrie in the 1988 animated film ''The Land Before Time''. He was also known for his voice work as Eugene Meltsner ...

, percussion and handmade instruments;

Mark Egan Mark Egan (born January 14, 1951 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States) is an American jazz bassist and trumpeter known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group and the Gil Evans Orchestra. He is co-founder of the jazz fusion band, Elem ...

, electric bass; Michael D’Agostino, drums and percussion. * ''Columns of Air'' 2003 (Future Tickle Music)

Jaron Lanier Jaron Zepel Lanier (, born May 3, 1960) is an American computer scientist, visual artist, computer philosophy writer, technologist, futurist, and composer of contemporary classical music. Considered a founder of the field of virtual reality, La ...

, multiple instrumentalist, Robert Dick on flute with singer Alan Kushanon in two pieces. * ''Vindonissa'' 2003 (ECM 1836) Violinist Paul Giger, flutist Robert Dick and drummer Satoshi Takeishi on an album released only in Europe. * ''Other Times'' 2002 (KC1) King Chubby album * ''The Twelve Fantasies for Flute Alone by G.P. Telemann'' 2001 (Callisto Records CLS0101, Italy) Disc 1: Robert Dick on flute and piccolo; Disc 2: Lorenzo Cavasanti on period instruments, traversi and recorders; Disc 3: Multimedia disc with scores, photos, interviews. * ''Sic Bisquitus Disintegrat (That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles)'' 2000 (Enja Records 9361-2, Germany) The A.D.D. Trio is Robert Dick, flutes;

Christy Doran Christy Doran (born 1949) is a jazz guitarist born in Dublin, Ireland, and raised in Lucerne, Switzerland. Doran founded OM with Fredy Studer, Urs Leimgruber, and Bobby Burri in the 1970s; this ensemble recorded for ECM. He and Studer also wo ...

, electric guitar and delay devices; and

Steve Argüelles Stephen Argüelles Clarke (born 16 November 1963) is an English jazz drummer, producer and is the proprietor of the Plush record label. He has also worked in film and theatre. He is the elder brother of saxophonist Julian Argüelles. Steph ...

, drums. * ''GUDIRA'' 1999 (Nuscope Records 1003, USA) Gudira is Robert Dick, flutes, piccolo;

Barry Guy Barry John Guy (born 22 April 1947, in London) is an English composer and double bass player. His range of interests encompasses early music, contemporary composition, jazz and improvisation, and he has worked with a wide variety of orchestras ...

, contabass;

Randy Raine-Reusch Randy Raine-Reusch (born 1952) is a Canadian composer, performer, improviser, and multi-instrumentalist specializing in New and Experimental Music for instruments from around the world, particularly those from East and Southeast Asia. Research ...

, Asian Zithers, Asian and Middle Eastern winds, percussion. * ''In Full Armour'' 1998 (UNIT Records UTR 4107, Switzerland) OSCURA LUMINOSA features Robert Dick, flutes; Petia Kaufmann, harpsichord; Dorothea Schürch, vocals; Conrad Steinmann, recorders; Alfred Zimmerlin, cello. * ''Jazz Standards on Mars'' 1997 (Enja Records 9327-2, Germany) Robert Dick with

Dave Soldier David Sulzer (born November 6, 1956) is an American neuroscientist and musician. He is a professor at Columbia University Medical Center in the departments of psychiatry, neurology, and pharmacology. Sulzer's laboratory investigates the interact ...

and the

Soldier String Quartet The Soldier String Quartet was a string quartet, founded by composer and violinist Dave Soldier, that specialized in performing a fusion of classical and popular music. The quartet proved a training ground for many subsequent experimental classical ...

plus rhythm section guests. * ''Potion'' 1997 (Les Disques Victo 053, Canada) New Winds are Robert Dick, flutes;

Herb Robertson Clarence "Herb" Robertson (born February 21, 1951) is a jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist. He was born in New Jersey and attended the Berklee School of Music. He has recorded solo albums and has worked as a sideman for Tim Berne, Anthony Davi ...

, trumpet;

Ned Rothenberg Ned Rothenberg (born September 15, 1956) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer. He specializes in woodwind instruments, including the alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, and shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute). He is known ...

, alto sax, bass clarinet and clarinet. * ''Aurealis'' 1997 (Les Disques Victo 052, Canada) As Trio Aurealis, Robert Dick plays flutes;

John Wolf Brennan John Wolf Brennan (born 13 February 1954) is an Irish pianist, organist, melodica player, and composer based in Weggis, Switzerland. Career Brennan was born in Dublin, Ireland. His family moved to Switzerland when he was seven years old. He ...

piano; and Daniele Patumi, contrabass. * ''Irrefragable Dreams'' 1996 (Random Acoustics, Germany 018) Flutist Robert Dick with violinist

Mari Kimura (; born 1962) is a Japanese violinist and composer best known for her use of subharmonics, which, achieved through special bowing techniques, allow pitches below the instrument's normal range. She is credited with "introducing" the use of violin ...

* ''Instinct'' 1996 (Bellaphon, Germany LR 45104) The ADD Trio. * ''Worlds of IF'' 1995 (Leo Records, England CD LR 224) Robert Dick with flutes, piccolo, and a duet with

played various woodwind instruments * ''Digging it Harder From Afar'' 1994 (Les Disques Victo, Canada cd 028) New Winds perform * ''Third Stone from the Sun'' 1993 (New World/CounterCurrents, U.S.A. #80435-2) with

and the

* ''Steel and Bamboo'' 1993 (O.O. Discs, U.S.A. #12) The duo of Robert Dick, flute, and

Steve Gorn Steve Gorn (born 1947 in New York City) is a master bamboo flautist and saxophone player.Allmusic/ref> Gorn has performed Indian classical music, jazz and new American music on the bansuri bamboo flute and soprano saxophone in concerts and fest ...

, Indian

bansuri A bansuri is an ancient side blown flute originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is an aerophone produced from bamboo and metal like material used in Hindustani classical music. It is referred to as ''nadi'' and ''tunava'' in the ''Ri ...

bamboo flute. * ''Tambastics'' 1992 (Music and Arts Programs of America, CD 704) The ensemble Tambastics which features Robert Dick, flutes;

Denman Maroney Denman Maroney (born 1949) is a jazz musician who plays what he calls "hyperpiano". Hyperpiano "involves stopping, sliding, bowing, plucking, striking and strumming the strings with copper bars, aluminum bowls, rubber blocks, plastic boxes and ...

, piano;

Mark Dresser Mark Dresser (born September 26, 1952) is an American double bass player and composer. Career Dresser was born in Los Angeles, California, United States. In the 1970s, he was a member of Black Music Infinity led by Stanley Crouch and performed w ...

, bass; and Jerry Hemingway, drums. * ''Venturi Shadows'' 1991 (O.O.Discs, U.S.A. #7) Robert Dick, flutes, with Ned Rothenberg, shakuhachi; Steve Gorn, bansuri; Neil B. Rolnick, electronics and Mary Kay Fink, flute. * ''Ladder 5 of Escape'' 1991 (Attacca Records, Netherlands #9158 - Robert Dick on flutes. * ''Traction'' 1991 (Sound Aspects, Germany #044) New Winds perform. * ''The Cliff'' 1989 (Sound Aspects, Germany #025) New Winds performs. * ''The Other Flute'' 1986 (GM Recordings, U.S.A. #2013 - CD) Robert Dick on flutes. * ''Whispers and Landings'' 1981 (Lumina Records, U.S.A., #007) Cassette-only recording of Robert Dick on flutes.

Original compositions on compilations

* "everyone@universe.existence" and "Sliding Life Blues" ''American Modern Ensemble - Mavericks'' 2015 (AMR 2041) * "On Simak Pond" ''60x60'' 2008 (Vox Novus Productions) * "Delayed Reason" ''Irving Stone Memorial Concert'' 2004 (Tzadik 7611-5) * Molecular Motion" ''Subtropics, Vol. 1 - Breath'' 2000 (Elegua Records 005) * "Untitled Improvisation" ''Radio Days '' 1999 (WIM Werkstatt für Improvisierte Musik) Robert Dick, Alfred Zimmerlin, Jochen Bohnes, Günter Miller * "Afterlight" ''Flute Possibilities'' 1979 (CRI 400)

Performances of other composers

* ''Source'' 2015 (Liminal Music) SLM Ensemble music by Sarah Weaver, Mark Dresser * ''Dark Forces 2011 (Creative Sources CS 195) Robert Dick's bass flute improvisations mixed into music * ''Almost New York'' 2010 (Pogus 21057-2) For contrabass flute and electronics * "Shakugo" 2010 (Motema MTM 31) For also flute and kugo music by Robert Lombardo * ''Live from Roulette'' 2008 (DiPietro Editions) Music of Rocco DiPietro * ''Third Eye Orchestra'' 2008 (Innova 225) Music by Hans Tammen * "Little Andre" ''Dave Soldier: Chamber Music'' 2007 Solo bass flute by Dave Soldier * ''The Secret Miracle Fountain'' 2006 (Locust 76) Robert Dick's sampled and processed recordings are mixed into music * "Plum/Dream Sequence II" ''Solos, Solo Works of Daniel Asia'' 2005 (Summit DCD 422) Music by Daniel Asia * "Music for Berlin" ''Celestial Voices'' 1998 (OO Discs 42) For Flute and piano by Orlando Jacinto Garcia * "Tchong" ''Living Tones'' 1995 (OO Discs 24) For bass flute and daegum by Jin Hi Kim * ''Time Fragments'' 1994 (Enja 8076-2) The Klaus König Orchestra * "A Breaking of Vessels, Becoming Song" ''Musical Elements 10th Anniversary Recording'' 1987 (CRI Records digital re-release 2016) For flute solo and chamber ensemble by Malcolm Goldstein * ''The Desert Music'' 1985 (Nonesuch 79101) Robert Dick is principal flutist of the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra music by Steve Reich * "Blowing" ''Electricity'' 1984 (1750 Arch Records and OO Discs 8 re-release 1992) Solo flutist music by Neil Rolnick * "Conspiracies" ''Bresnick/Mumford'' (1982) For solo flute and four other flutists music by Martin Bresnick * "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" ''The Face on the Barroom Floor/Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird'' 1982 (CRI 442) For soprano, flute, percussion and piano music by Lukas Foss * "Archery" ''Archery'' 1981 (Parachute Records re-released 1997 on ''Game Pieces'' Tzadik 7316) For large ensemble music by John Zorn * "Tenzone" ''Flute Possibilities'' 1979 (CRI 400) For two flutes and piano music by Chester Biscardi

Flute Instruction

* 2006–present

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Graduate Center – Adjunct Faculty * 2003–present Adjunct Instructor of Flute,

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* 2003-2006 Adjunct Instructor of Flute,

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, City University of New York * 2002-2003 Visiting Assistant Professor of Flute,

* 1990-1992 Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, City University of New York - Adjunct Faculty * 1990-1992 New York University, Adjunct Faculty * 1988-1990

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, Visiting Professor of Flute * 1988-1988

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at Stony Brook, Visiting Professor of Flute * 1978-1979

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, St. Catharines,

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, Adjunct Faculty

Orchestral Position

* 1982-1985 Principal Flutist, Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra,

Lukas Foss Lukas Foss (August 15, 1922 – February 1, 2009) was a German-American composer, pianist, and conductor. Career Born Lukas Fuchs in Berlin, Germany in 1922, Foss was soon recognized as a child prodigy. He began piano and theory lessons with J ...

, Music Director * 1980-1982 Principal Flutist for the

Brooklyn Philharmonic There have been several organisations referred to as the Brooklyn Philharmonic. The most recent one was the now-defunct Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, an American orchestra based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in existence fr ...

’s “Meet the Moderns” Series * 1975-1977 Piccolo, New Haven Symphony

Professional Affiliations

* 2009-2011 Board of Directors, New York Flute Club * 2007-2009 Board of Directors,

(NFA) * 2002-2010 Member, Contemporary Music Advisory and Long Range Planning Committees; Publications Review Board, National Flute Association * 1985-2001 Member, Board of Advisers, ''Flute Talk'' Magazine * 1986-1989 Chair, Contemporary Music Advisory Committee, National Flute Association * 1986-1988 Music Panelist,

New York State Council on the Arts The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell (1905–1996), ...

* 1986-1987 Board of Directors, National Flute Association * 1984-1987 Member, Repertoire Committee, Composers’ Forum, New York * 1976–present Member, National Flute Association

References

External links

*
Robert Dick at New York University site'Ep. 100: Robert Dick, revolutionary composer and flutist'
Interview by Tigran Arakelyan
'Ep. 43: Robert Dick, flutist and composer'
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