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The American soprano, Anne-Marie Dicce, obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Music -Vocal Performance from Loyola Marymount University (1998-2002); her Master of Arts degree in Music - Vocal Performance from University of California, San Diego (2002-2004); and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Music - Vocal Performance from the University of California, San Diego (2004-2009), where she also teaches. Her main teachers include Carol Plantamura, Mary MacKenzie and Stefani Walens. Her doctoral dissertation included research in synesthesia and the connection between early and contemporary vocal music techniques.
Anne-Marie Dicce is a soloist throughout North America and Europe. A frequent performer of early music, her repertoire includes numerous cantatas of J.S. Bach and Dietrich Buxtehude. Since 2004, she has sung in Germany with the Festival Ensemble Stuttgart under the direction of Helmuth Rilling, performing works including J.S. Bach’s Mass in B Minor (BWV 232), W.A. Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah, and Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. She worked with such other renowned conductors as Richard Egarr, Steven Schick, Paul Salamunovich, Jung-Ho Pak, David Chase and Maria Guinand. She has performed in master-classes for such notable artists as Dawn Upshaw, Jennifer Lane, David Gordon, Tony Arnold and Catherine Malfitano. She collaborates on Baroque repertoire with Ruben Valenzuela, Music Director of the Bach Collegium San Diego, conductor and keyboardist, and recently was on tour in Mexico City with them. She has performed in numerous other ensembles and festivals including Festival Internacional del Organo Barroco (Mexico City), IRCAM Festival in Paris, Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Green Umbrella New Music series, Agora Festival of New Music in Paris, San Diego-based ensemble Cappella Gloriana under the direction of Stephen Sturk, Red Fish Blue Fish percussion ensemble, Sinatra Opera Workshop, Sacramento Opera, and in past seasons with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus. She is also a soprano section leader at St. James-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in La Jolla and has been a featured soloist in the renowned St. James Music Series. Equally at home with contemporary music, she frequently enjoys premiering works written by her colleagues and professors.
Anne-Marie Dicce taught at the University of California, San Diego. She taught private voice students in San Diego (2011-August 2018) and serves on the Board of Directors of both the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) San Diego Chapter and the Bach Collegium San Diego. Since August 2018, she is Music Teacher and Coordinator at Academy of Our Lady of Peace in San Diego, California.
Anne-Marie Dicce has recorded numerous projects, including the six Motets by J.S. Bach with the Bach Collegium San Diego on the RMAP label, a CD of music by Pultizer-prize winning composer Roger Reynolds, and a CD on the Tzadik label with works by Derek Keller. |
