Career
Dykema served as an English and German teacher at Aurora (Illinois) High School from 1896 to 1898. He served as the Principal of P.S. 8 in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1898 t0 1901. He was in charge of music at the Ethical Culture School in New York from 1901 to 1913.
He was Professor of music at the University of Wisconsin in Madison from 1913 t0 1924. He took a leave of absence from 1918 to 1919 to serve as Supervisor of music for Commission on Training Camp Activities of the War Department. From 1916 to 1917, he served as national president of what is now the National Association for Music Education. In 1917, he was elected to honorary membership in the Alpha Chapter of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity at Boston's New England Conservatory. In 1919, he was elected to honorary membership in the Beta Chapter at Combs College of Music. In 1921, he was a member of the charter class of the Phi Chapter installed at the University of Wisconsin. The following year, in 1922, he was elected Supreme President of the Fraternity.
He served as professor and chair of the music education department, Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York from 1924 until his retirement in 1940.
He was Professor Emeritus from 1940 until his death in 1951. In 1946, he was guest conductor of the summer music camp at the University of the Pacific.
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