Bob Dickinson was created in the second half of the twentieth century.

Composition studies at Sheffield University with David Harold Cox and various courses throughout Europe working with Dieter Salbert, Harrison Birtwistle and Morton Feldman.

Creative collaborations with Cabaret Voltaire and Richard Witts. Performance projects with Gavin Bryars and Jean Yves-Bosseur.

Original keyboardist with'The Passage'.

A brief affair as keyboardist with post-punk ensemble,'Magazine'.

'Music and the Earth Spirit', an anti-new age spin on music and spirituality published by Capall Bann in 2001.

Recent commissions and performances:Derby Concert Orchestra,Komposit Orchestra, Red Note Ensemble, Vancouver Miniaturist Ensemble, Siobhan Mooney and Ezra Williams, Richard Shaw.

Currently composing for Coma (East Midlands) and 'Anabasis' ,10-string classical guitar, for Viktor van Niekerk.