Coming on March 23 @ 5:30 PM to Harvard Memorial Church in Cambridge, MA and Sunday, March 26 @ 4:00 PM to Ashmont Church in Boston, MA, the World Premiere performances of Dan’s Harvard/Ashmont Evening Service for SATB & TTBB choruses & two organs – https://www.singatharvard.com/locklair.html. Performers will be the Harvard Glee Club, Harvard University Choir and The All Saints’ Choir of Men and Boys, with conductors Andrew Clark & Edward Elwyn Jones and organists Andrew Sheranian & David von Behren.
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Premiere: Sing to the World
Sunday, May 15 @ 4 PM, Caritas a Cappella Ensemble, Cathy Youngblood, Artistic Director, will Premiere Dan’s Sing to the World: A Choral Cycle in Five Movements in Celebration of Music at Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Rd. in Charlotte, NC.
World Premeire: Angels (Two Brief Poems for Organ)
The World Premiere of Dan’s Angels (Two Brief Poems for Organ) was presented on Monday, July 1 @ 8:00 PM by organist Alan Morrison as part of his concert at St. Rose of Lima Church, 300 E. Kings Highway in Haddon Heights, NJ. This event was part of the 2019 American Guild of Organists (AGO) Mid-Atlantic Regional Convention in nearby Cherry Hill, NJ – https://www.agosouthjersey2019.org/.
The piece consists of two movements, Angels of Tranquility and Angels of Joy. Published by Subito Music, it was commissioned by the Mid-Atlantic 2019 Regional Convention of the American Guild of Organists, SouthWest and SouthEast Jersey Chapters, New Jersey for Mr. Morrison.
Alan Morrison is recognized as one of America’s premier concert organists and enjoys a versatile career as organist, teacher, recording artist, adjudicator and pianist/chamber musician. His concert performances throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Russia have all been received with enthusiastic praise for his quality programming, colorful use of the organ and interpretive integrity. He holds the Haas Charitable Trust Chair in Organ Studies post at Curtis Institute of Music. Visit him at https://alanmorrison.us/.
Premiere: Sonata for Flute and Harp – June 19, 2019
Dan Locklair’s Sonata for Flute and Harp will be premiered on Wednesday, June 19 @ 7:30 PM by flutist Debra Reuter-Pivetta and harpist Jacquelyn Bartlett as part of History in Harmony, a concert at Crawford Concert Hall at the University of North Carolina’s School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, as part of the American Harp Society Summer Institute 2019.
Sonata for Flute & Harp was the result of a 2018 commission by the North Carolina Harp Ensemble for Jacquelyn Bartlett and Debra Reuter-Pivetta in celebration of the 2019 American Harp Society, Inc. Summer Institute. Composed during the summer of 2018, Sonata for Flute & Harp is in three movements and is approximately twelve minutes in length, the composer writes, “It is warmly dedicated to Ms. Bartlett and Ms. Reuter-Pivetta.” More about the piece, which is published by Subito Music, at http://www.subitomusic.com/locklair-sonata-for-flute-harp-premieres/.
The composer will be part of the Institute’s 2019 Young Composers Project Faculty and will be part of a Masterclass with the Young Composers Project Featured Composers on Thursday, June 20 and a Workshop: Q & A with Young Composers Project Faculty, also on June 20.
More about the June 19 concert, and other concerts that are part of American Harp Society Summer Institute 2019 at https://ahssummerinstitute.org/concerts.
Visit Debra Reuter-Pivetta at https://ahssummerinstitute.org/debra-reuterpivetta and Jacquelyn Bartlett at https://ahssummerinstitute.org/jacquelyn-bartlett.
World Premiere of Dan’s Noel’s Psalm (A Sonata for Organ)
The World Premiere of Dan’s Noel’s Psalm (A Sonata for Organ) was performed by Dr. Robert Parkins on March 25 at Duke University Chapel in Durham, NC. Dr. Parkins presented the piece along with Dan’s organ transcription of In Memory – H.H.L. for string orchestra.
World Premiere: Symphony No. 2 “America” – October 7
The World Premiere of Dan’s Symphony No. 2 “America” will be presented by Maestro John Gordon Ross and the Western Piedmont Symphony on Saturday, October 7 @ 7:30 at Lenoir-Rhyne University, 625 7th Ave NE, in Hickory, North Carolina.
Dan writes, “My Symphony No. 2 “America” unabashedly celebrates America: “The Land of the Free”. Begun in May of 2015, this three-movement composition was completed in July of 2016 and is scored for a large triple-wind symphony orchestra. Approximately 22 minutes in length, each movement is a reflection upon a holiday that is at the heart of America: 1. Independence Day; 2. Memorial Day; 3. Thanksgiving Day. A single, well-known melody associated with the essence of each of these American holidays is heard in each movement.”
Other works on the October 7 program are Moncayo’s Huapango, William Grant Still’s Summerland, Gottschalk’s Grand Tarantelle for piano and orchestra and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, with pianist Michael Lewin. For tickets and more concert information, please visit http://www.wpsymphony.org/.
World Premiere: Initial Memories
The World Premiere of Dan’s Initial Memories: A Divertimento for Organ and Wind Quintet> was presented by the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) College of Fine Arts and the Department of Music on November 7, 2015 in the DiCicco Rehearsal Hall, Cogswell Music Building at IUP, in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Initial Memories was performed by members of the IUP music faculty.
A four-movement divertimento, Initial Memories highlights the unique tonal aesthetic of the Ronald G. Pogorzelski and Lester D. Yankee Pipe Organ, built by R. J. Brunner & Company of Silver Spring, Pa. The composition was commissioned by IUP in honor of the newly installed organ which is being used by special arrangement with the American Guild of Organists (AGO).
World Premiere: Requiem
The World Premiere of Dan’s Requiem, for SATB chorus, soloists, string orchestra and organ was given on November 1, 2015 as part of Choral Evensong for the Feast of All Saints at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Performers include the St. Paul’s Choir, guest soloists and string orchestra members of the Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. John Cummins, Organist/Choirmaster of St. Paul’s.
The composer writes, “Begun in 2012, Requiem was completed on April 3, 2015 (Good Friday) and is dedicated to the memory of my parents. In nine movements and approximately forty minutes in length, the texts for Requiem are all in English and are drawn from both the traditional Requiem Mass as well as from The Book of Psalms.”
Angel Song Premiered
Dan’s Angel Song was given its World Premiere on Sunday, December 21 by the Choir, Chorale and Choristers of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as part of a Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
Angel Song (A Christmas Anthem for SATB Chorus and Organ) was the result of a 2014 commission from John and P.J. Williams in honor of the music program of St. Paul’s Episcopal and its director, Organist/Choirmaster, Dr. John Cummins. This approximately five-minute anthem is a setting of a December 1863 Christmas hymn text by Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907) entitled, Now Let the Angel Song Break Forth!
Dan writes, “In Angel Song I have sought to musically capture the vibrancy, pain and timeless reflections found in Rev. Conway’s expressive words.”
In Memory – H.H.L. for Organ Premiered
Dan Locklair’s In Memory – H.H.L. for organ received its World Premiere performance by the composer on Sunday, June 29, 2014 – 7:00 PM at Ardmore Baptist Church, 501 Miller St. in Winston-Salem, N.C. The program was part of the Sounds of the Summer concert series.
Mr. Locklair also performed his Celebration (Variations for Organ) and Dance the Joy! (Toccata for Organ). The program was performed on the church’s Reuter Organ, Op.2219, 2003.