Martin Dicke is organist and choir director at Saint James Lutheran Church, West St. Paul. He earned a MM in Choral Conducting from the University of Minnesota (1987) and a DMA in Choral Conducting from the University of Iowa (2008). He has served Lutheran schools and churches in the Twin Cities, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and for 14 years was Cantor at Trinity Lutheran Church, Peoria. In the Twin Cities and Iowa City he directed community choirs. While in Peoria he co-founded the Peoria Bach Festival (2003) and currently serves as its director. From 2016-22 he served as a Music Specialist in Papua New Guinea and Taiwan. He is on the Board of the Bach Society of Minnesota and David’s Harp, an organization dedicated to helping churches train a new generation of musicians. To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran chorale he collaborated with David’s Harp to publish Hymns of the Reformation, a primer level repertoire book for young pianists and organists.

His other compositions and arrangements are available on www.sheetmusicplus.com and www.jwpepper.com.