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Ian Dickenson Ian Dickenson is an award-winning composer and double bassist, and graduate of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and California State University, Sonoma. A Bay Area native, Ian earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in jazz studies from California State University, Sonoma. In 2001 Ian was an ASCAP/Mancini Scholar in composition at the Henry Mancini Institute in Los Angeles. While at the San Francisco Conservatory, Ian won the Jim Highsmith Composition Competition and Conservatory Honors Award. He served as principal double bassist for the Conservatory Orchestra, Baroque Ensemble, and New Music Ensemble, and studied composition with Elinor Armer. Ian has composed or arranged works for the Universal Music Jazz Chamber Orchestra, Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Orchestra, SFMC New Music Ensemble, Santa Rosa Symphony Chamber Players (string quartet), Del Sol Chamber Orchestra, Punk Rock Orchestra, JH Big Band, Mike Vax Big Band, and the 16mm Orchestra. In addition to his work as a composer, Ian remains in great demand as a bassist in both the jazz and classical worlds of the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles. He has worked with musicians and composers such as Quincy Jones, Diana Krall, Shirley Horn, Diane Reeves, Jerry Goldsmith, Mark Levine, Christian McBride, Terrance Blanchard, Elmer Bernstein, Bill Holman, Louis Bellson, Steve Smith, John Clayton, Jack Elliott, Michael Abene, Vince Mendoza, Bob Brookmeyer, Manny Albam, and many others. Ian currently serves as Artistic Director for the Punk Rock Orchestra in San Francisco, and as President of the Bay Area Composers Circle. O1C Performances: Bestiary: Works by Elinor Armer |
