Cirrus@Austlit

Seymour Dicker was a chorister and organist. As a boy, he had been a member of St Paul's Cathedral Choir, London, and he later studied music at Christ's College, Cambridge. He arrived in Queensland in 1888 to take up an appointment as organist at St. John's Cathedral in Brisbane, and during his time in Queensland he became a prominent figure within musical circles. He returned to England in 1898, and subsequently held positions as musical director at the South Western Polytechnic, Chelsea, and at the Northampton Institute. In 1903, he was appointed choirmaster and organist at the London Day Training College (later part of the University of London), where he remained until his retirement in 1930. At the time of his death he was organist at the Unitarian Christ Church, Brighton.