Dr. David Dickau is a choral conductor and composer residing in Boise, Idaho. He recently retired from a career as Director of Choral Activities at Minnesota State University, Mankato. As a part of his duties, Dr. Dickau conducted the Concert Choir and taught conducting and composition. 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 also served 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 served as a clinician at ACDA national and regional conventions and has conducted several regional festivals. He also served as President of ACDA of Minnesota. Dr. Dickau has performed at four national ACDA conventions. Dr. Dickau has filled over eighty commissions for choral festivals, churches, and schools.

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 "Effortlessly" in honor of the centennial celebration of the Archdiocese of Des Moines.