Keith Gregory Dippre
Dr. Keith Dippre was born in Ancon, Panama. He received his undergraduate degree from Azusa Pacific University in California and his M.A. from California State University at Los Angeles. In 2001 he completed his D.M.A. in composition at The Ohio State University. His principal teachers were Dr. Phil Shackleton, Dr.
Byong-kon Kim, and Dr. Jan Radzynski. He has toured extensively on both coasts as professional multi-keyboardist and recorded with Boney James. Keith’s original music is available on Spotify and other platforms. He was a Professor of Music at Methodist University for 23 years, teaching such courses as music theory, orchestration, and composition.
Dr. Dippre also received a Regional Artist Project Grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville and Cumberland County and was an artist-in-residence at the Artist's Enclave at I-Park (East Haddam, Connecticut). In October of 2003 his piece "Pilgrim's Blues" (for piano, violin, and cowbell) premiered in Northampton, Massachusetts commemorating the tercentenary celebration of Jonathan Edwards.
On his sabbatical from Methodist University, he took part in the Fresno New Music Festival and was a guest lecturer at Azusa Pacific University. He is also the recipient of a 2010, 2012, and 2013 ASCAPLUS award and the winner of the Henry Grady Miller Cup award (2012) for his choral work “Daughters of Song.” His choral works “Mojave Cross, Desert Voices” and “Light” are published with Renforth Music, and his chamber works “California Low Brow” and “Year of the Rat” are available through Ars Nova Music.
His recent commission, “Five Seasons,” was debuted with the North Carolina Music Teachers National Association (NCMTA) for their state conference in 2014. His piece “Lengua no Mas” (for accordion and piano) was performed at the College Music Society National Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico in October of 2016.
His most recent published work is entitled “Ruins of the Pueblo” and is available through Ars Nova Music (Seattle, Wa.) He also received the Methodist University President’s Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Expression (2014). He continues to co-direct the Cape Fear New Music Festival at Methodist University, and his piece “California Low Brow” was recently selected to be featured in the Society of Composers (SCI) National Conference in Arlington, Texas (2020).
He also received an Artist Support Grant from the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County for the 2020 cycle.
