
Bruce Dickey is an American
cornett
The cornett (, ) is a lip-reed wind instrument that dates from the Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods, popular from 1500 to 1650. Although smaller and larger sizes were made in both straight and curved forms, surviving cornetts are most ...
player. He is regarded as the doyen of the modern generation of cornett players, many of whom were his students at the
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
The Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (SCB) is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, that focuses on early music and historically informed performance. Faculty at the school have organized performing ensembles that hav ...
and
Early Music Institute at Indiana University, or students of his students. In 1987 he founded the ensemble
Concerto Palatino with the Dutch baroque trombonist Charles Toet, following the name of the original eight-man ''Concerto Palatino della Signoria di Bologna'' of
San Petronio which was famed from 1530 to 1800.
HMF
/ref> He is married to the American singer and conductor Candace Smith, with whom he founded Artemisia Editions, which specializes in publishing editions of 17th-century Italian sacred music.
He attended Indiana University School of Music
The Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music. It has more than 1,500 students, approximately half of whom ar ...
.
References
Bruce Dickey website at brucedickey.com
Bruce Dickey discography at bruce.dickey.com
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Cornett players
Indiana University faculty
Jacobs School of Music alumni
Academic staff of Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis alumni
American expatriates in Switzerland