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June 2010
» Dan Locklair Commissioned by American Guild of Organists, Greater Greensboro, NC, Chapter for New Concerto for Organ and Orchestra
American composer Dan Locklair has been commissioned by the American Guild of Organists Greater Greensboro, North Carolina for a Concerto for Organ and Orchestra. The new work will be premiered at the June 2011 Region IV AGO Convention in Greensboro.
The composer has written the following about the new work, “My new Concerto for Organ and Orchestra is cast in three movements. Approximately twenty minutes in length, the composition is cyclic in nature with all movements being linked by that most basic of harmonic materials, the triad. Further, the 11th century plainsong melody, Divinum mysterium, is at the heart and soul of the serene middle movement. Even as the opening movement begins and ends with music of grandeur, the Concerto concludes with the highly rhythmic and driving third movement, the Toccata. I am very excited about this new concerto commission for the 2011 Region IV AGO Convention in Greensboro, North Carolina!”
April 2010
» Organ Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed by Thomas Trotter at Petersham Festival in Great Britain on April 24
Rubrics, A Liturgical Suite for Organ by American composer Dan Locklair will be performed by Thomas Trotter, one of Britain’s finest organists, on Saturday, April 24 – 8:00 PM as part of his recital at St. Peter’s Church, Church Lane, off Petersham Road in Petersham, Surrey, England, presented by the Petersham Festival (http://www.petershamfestival.org/index.htm).
Rubrics is one of Dan Locklair’s most performed works. It consists of five movements – I. “…’Hallelujah’, has been restored…”, II. “Silence may be kept”, III. …and thanksgivings may follow.”, IV. “The Peace may be exchanged” and V. “The people respond – Amen!” It has been recorded by Mr. Trotter on his Sounds Phenomenal CD for Organ Historical Society (SHCD3), by Marilyn Keiser on Rubrics: The People Respond – Amen! for pro organo (CD 7025) and by Barbara Harbach as part of Contemporary Organ Music on Gasparo (GSCD-277).
Other composers on the April 24 program include J.S. and J.C. Bach, John Stanley and Jehan Alain. For tickets and more information, call 0844 586 7644 or visit http://www.petershamfestival.org/index.htm.
Thomas Trotter is one of Britain’s most widely admired musicians. In May 2002 he received the Royal Philharmonic Society’s prestigious Instrumentalist Award in recognition of his particular achievements in 2001 and as “one of the foremost exponents of the organist’s art”. He makes the organ one of the most warmly Romantic of instruments. His technical and musical accomplishments have played a significant role in raising the profile of the organ…” Visit him at http://www.concertorganists.com/site2009/artist2.aspx?id=73.
» Organ Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed by Marilyn Keiser at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem, N.C. on April 16
Three works by American composer Dan Locklair, Rubrics, Celebration and In Mystery and Wonder (The Casavant Diptych), will be performed by Dr. Marilyn Keiser, one of America’s finest organists, on Friday, April 16 – 7:30 PM as part of her recital at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This performance is presented by St. Paul’s, The University of North Carolina School of the Arts and the Winston-Salem Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
This concert celebrates the release of The Music of Dan Locklair (LRCD-1110), a collection of some of the composer’s finest organ music, performed by Ms. Keiser. Other selections on the disk are Salem Sonata for organ, PHOENIX Processional (Solo Organ Version, and The Æolian Sonata for organ. For complete program notes about the pieces and more about the CD…
Other composers on the April 16 program include Herbert Howells, J.S. Bach, Rheinberger and Vierne. More about Marilyn Keiser…
» Chamber Music of Dan Locklair Performed at Weymouth Center in Southern Pines, North Carolina on April 11
Composer Dan Locklair’s Dream Steps, A Dance Suite for flute, harp and viola will be performed on Sunday, April 11 – 3:00 PM in the Great Room of Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities, 555 East Connecticut Avenue in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Dream Steps was written in five movements – I. Barcaroles and Recitatives, II. Awakenings, III. Bars of Blues, IV. Ballade in Sarabande and V. Barcaroles, and has been recorded by the Mallarmé Chamber Players for Albany – Dan Locklair: Chamber Works and Capstone – Chamber Music for Harp, Flute, and Strings.
Other works on the program include Quartet for flute and strings by Franz Hoffmeister, Deux Poemes du Ronsard for soprano and flute by Albert Roussel, Sabina for solo viola by Andrew Norman and Exodus for soprano, violin, viola, cello, and harp by Elena Ruehr.
Performers include Ilana Davidson, soprano, Laura Gilbert, flute, Jacqui Carrasco, violin, Jonathan Bagg, viola, Elizabeth Beilman, cello and Jacquelyn Bartlett, harp.
Admission to the April 11 concert is by membership or $15 ticket. For more information, call 910-692-6261 or visit http://www.weymouthcenter.org/.
March 2010
» Choral Music of Dan Locklair Performed by Akron Symphony Chorus on March 14 in Akron, Ohio
Composer Dan Locklair’s changing perceptions, a five-movement choral cycle for SATB chorus and piano will be performed by the Akron Symphony Chorus, Hugh Ferguson Floyd conductor, as part of their Spring Concert on Sunday, March 14 – 2:00 PM at Our Lady of the Elms, 1375 Exchange Street in Akron, Ohio.
changing perceptions was commissioned and premiered in 1987 by The Choral Art Society of Portland, Maine (Dr. Robert Russell, Music Director). Created in memory of the composer’s father, changing perceptions and its accompanying Epitaph was the top prize winner of the 1989 Barlow International Composition Competition. The poetry of changing perceptions concerns issues of life and death and includes poetry by Carol Adler, from her collection, Day Lilies, and poems by Christine Teale Howes, Joy Kogawa and John G. Magee, Jr. The piece has been recorded for the Dan Locklair: Choral Music CD, with Robert Russell conducting the Choral Art Society.
Tickets for the March 14 concert are $15 each, general admission only, $7.50 for students. For tickets and information, call 330-535-8131 or visit http://www.akronsymphony.org/akron-symphony-chorus-spring-concert/. More about the Akron Symphony Chorus at http://www.akronsymphony.org/chorus/.
Loft Recordings has issued The Music of Dan Locklair (LRCD-1110), a collection of some of the composer’s finest organ music, performed by Marilyn Keiser. More about the CD. Naxos has issued Symphony of Seasons, Harp Concerto, In Memory H.H.L. and other orchestral works (CD 8.559337), performed by Kirk Trevor and the Slovak Radio Orchestra. His primary publishers are Subito Music and Ricordi (Boosey & Hawkes and Hal Leonard, U.S. agents).
Videos for Summer and Autumn from the Symphony of Seasons have been posted on YouTube.
December 2009
» Read a Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians Article About the Choral Music of Dan Locklair
August 2009
» New South Bend Chamber Singers Pro Organo CD Features Dan Locklair’s Ave Maria
June 2009
» World Premiere of Organ Music by Dan Locklair Performed by Thomas Murray on June 29 at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles
American composer Dan Locklair’s Glory and Peace (A Suite of Seven Reflections for Organ) will be performed by acclaimed organist Thomas Murray on Monday, June 29 – 8:00 PM at the spectacular Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 South Grand Avenue in Los Angeles, California. This performance will be part of the Anglican Association of Musicians (AAM) 2009 National Conference in L.A.
The composer has written this about Glory and Peace, “With the theme of the 2009 AAM Conference being “Seven whole days, not one in seven, I will praise Thee”: Music as an iconic glimpse of Heaven from George Herbert’s, King of Glory, King of Peace, this poem served as the extra-musical stimulus for my Glory and Peace.”
“In seven movements, symbolism relating to the number “7” permeates all aspects of Glory and Peace, including its form, melodic development and its seventh-chord harmonic palette. The titles of each movement are taken from Mr. Herbert’s 17th century poem. Though none of the movements of this fourteen-minute suite are lengthy, Movements I, IV and VII are the longest and provide the girders of the composition. Movements II / III and V / VI are miniatures and represent dance movements that have traditionally been paired.”
Glory and Peace is published by Subito Music Publishing. The piece was commissioned by the AAM for their 2009 National Conference in Los Angeles. More about the conference at http://aam09.org/home.html. Visit organist Thomas Murray online at http://www.concertorganists.com/htdocs/artistdocs/murray.html.
For more about the June 29 concert, please visit AAM at http://aam09.org/features.html.
» Organ Music by Dan Locklair Performed by Marilyn Keiser on June 5 in Charlotte, North Carolina
American composer Dan Locklair’s Salem Sonata will be performed by internationally acclaimed organist Marilyn Keiser on Friday, June 5 – 7:30 PM as part of the Religious Arts Festival at Myers Park Presbyterian Church, 2501 Oxford Place in Charlotte, North Carolina. This concert will be the first in a series of three organ recitals to dedicate the church’s new Casavant organ consoles.
The Salem Sonata for organ was written in celebration of the 2004 re-dedication of the restored 1800 Tannenberg pipe organ at Old Salem Museum and Gardens in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Visit Marilyn Keiser online at http://www.music.indiana.edu/department/organ/keiser.shtml.
For more about the June 5 concert, please contact Myers Park Presbyterian Church at 704-376-3695 or visit http://www.myersparkpres.org/www/docs/671.2617.
April 2009
» Dan Locklair’s Phoenix for Orchestra was featured on KBAQ 89.5 FM’s Arizona Musicfest broadcast and webcast on Tuesday, April 21 – 7 PM Mountain Standard Time.
The concert was streamed on KBAQ’s website. Visit http://www.kbaq.org/listen/ontheweb/ for streaming options.
Other works on the Musicfest 2008 opening Orchestral Glory & Grandeur program, conducted by Maestro Robert Moody, include Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat Major by Haydn and Saint Saens’ Symphony #3 in C minor (“Organ”).
Mr. Locklair originally composed the Phoenix Fanfare, a three-minute piece for organ, brass, and timpani. At the request of Maestro Moody, the composer transformed the piece into Phoenix for Orchestra. The work was also performed by Robert Moody with the Winston-Salem Symphony and Portland (ME) Symphony.
» Dan Locklair’s The Lilacs Bloomed (A Choral Triptych for SATB Chorus and piano) was given its World Premiere by the Wake Forest University Concert Choir, Dr. Brian Gorelick, Conductor, and Dr. Joanne Inkman, accompanist on Thursday, April 23 – 7:30 PM as part of the Spring Chorale Concert at Wake Forest University, 1834 Wake Forest Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
In addition to the Locklair premiere, the concert featured performances by the Collegium Vocal Ensemble, the Wake Forest Chorale and the Wake Forest Concert Choir of works that celebrate composers who were born or died in 1809, including Felix Mendelssohn and Joseph Haydn.
Based on the first three stanzas of Walt Whitman’s 1865 poem mourning the death of Abraham Lincoln, The Lilacs Bloomed was composed in January 2009. It is dedicated to the Wake Forest University Concert Choir (2009), Dr. Brian Gorelick and Dr. Joanne Inkman.
March 2009
» Dan Locklair’s St. John’s Suite for organ was featured on American Public Media’s Pipedreams radio show on March 2.
The performance broadcast was the World Premiere by Maureen Howell and was recorded in 2008 at St. John’s Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Visit http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/ to locate a broadcast station in your area.
The composer has written this about the work, “St. John’s Suite (Four Chorale Preludes for Organ) was composed during the summer of 2007 on a commission from St. John’s Baptist Church (Charlotte, NC) in celebration of the 2008 installation of the church’s new Létourneau pipe organ (Maureen Howell, Organist). Approximately twelve minutes in length, the title of each movement of St. John’s Suite is taken from the Gospel According to John. These scriptures are, in turn, found in the hymn texts that are associated with the well-known hymn tunes that are the basis for St. John’s Suite. The piece is especially suitable for the period of Holy Week and Easter.”
November 2008
Dan Locklair is Principal Guest Composer at Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, November 12 Through 14
» Dan Locklair will be Principal Guest Composer of the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, November 12, 13 and 14 on the campus of Indiana State University, North 7th and Chestnut Streets in Terra Haute, Indiana. The Festival will feature performances of his orchestral, choral, chamber, solo piano and song repertoire.
Wednesday, November 12, 7:30 p.m. – Festival Opening Concert: 42nd Anniversary Showcase at Tilson Hall, Tilson Auditorium – Locklair’s The Five Senses for solo piano will be performed by Irina Albig, along with his In Memory – H.H.L., performed by the ISU Symphony Orchestra, Dr. William Davis, conductor and Diminishing Returns, presented by the ISU Percussion Ensemble, Dr. Jimmy Finnie, conductor.
Thursday, November 13, 10:30 a.m. – ISU Student Performers / Composers Recital at Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Recital Hall features the composer’s Forest Pipings for flute ensemble.
Thursday, November 13, 7:30 p.m. – Guest Artist Recital at Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Recital Hall – Fulcrum Point New Music Project presents Locklair’s Freedom’s Gate for two antiphonal brass quartets and percussion and Petrus – In Bright Array for brass quintet.
Friday, November 14, 10:30 a.m. – Faculty Chamber Recital at Center for Performing and Fine Arts, Recital Hall – Locklair’s The Boswell Songs for soprano and piano, Reynolda Reflections for flute, cello, and piano and From the Mountains for tenor and piano will be performed.
Friday, November 14, 7:30 p.m. – The Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor, and ISU Concert Choir Dr. Scott Buchanan, conductor, Tirey Hall, Tilson Auditorium – the composer’s Stirring the Silence for divided SATB Chorus, and string orchestra, from a text by Fred Chappel will be presented.
For more information about these performances, performers and other works on these concerts, visit http://www1.indstate.edu/music/cmf/CMF/Welcome.html. The ISU Contemporary Music Festival celebrates and promotes musical expression of our time, with particular emphasis on American music. For more information, contact Indiana State University at 812-237-2743.
» Listen to a Noizepunk & Das Krooner Podcast Interview with Dan Locklair.
March 2008
» The World Premiere of American composer Dan Locklair’s Arias and Dances for harpsichord
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina on March 7
The World Premiere of American composer Dan Locklair’s Arias and Dances for harpsichord will be presented on Friday, March 7 at 8:00 PM at the Visitor Center of Old Salem Village, 900 Old Salem Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
This performance will be given as part of the Alienor Premieres concert of the 2008 Alienor Awards International Competition for Contemporary Harpsichord Music. More about the competition at Harpsichord Now.
This concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 336-721-7300 or visit Old Salem Village.
» Choral Music of Dan Locklair Performed by DePaul University Singers, Clayton Parr Conducting
- Chicago, Illinois on March 2
Dan Locklair’s Break Away! will be presented by the DePaul University Singers, Clayton Parr conducting, as part of their “Going Places — Music About Travel” concert on Sunday, March 2 at 3:00 PM at DePaul Concert Hall, located at 800 W. Belden in Chicago. Illinois.
Break Away! for SATB and piano was composed in 1983 to a text by Alicia Carpenter. It has been recorded by the Bel Canto Company for Albany Records.
The March 2 program will also include music by Brahms, Schumann, Wolf, Chen Yi, Stephen Chatman, Harry Somers and Eric Whitacre, as well as spiritual arrangements by Moses Hogan and Robert DeCormier.
This concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 773-325-7260 or visit the DePaul University events page.
February 2008
» Western U.S. Premiere of Dan Locklair’s Phoenix for Orchestra by Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra, Robert Moody Conducting
- Scottsdale, Arizona on February 19
The western U.S. Premiere performance of American composer Dan Locklair’s Phoenix for Orchestra will be presented by the Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra, Robert Moody conducting, as part of their Opening Night concert on Tuesday, February 19 at 7:30 pm at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church, 25150 North Pima Road in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Mr. Locklair originally composed the Phoenix Fanfare, a three-minute piece for organ, brass, and timpani. At the request of Maestro Robert Moody, Locklair the composer has transformed the piece into Phoenix for Orchestra especially for this season-opening concert. The work will also be performed later this season by Robert Moody with the Portland (ME) Symphony.
James Jones will perform the composer’s original Phoenix Fanfare as part of his Arizona Musicfest organ recital on Sunday, February 17 at 3:00 pm, again at Pinnacle Presbyterian Church in Scottsdale.
December 2007
» Choral Music of Dan Locklair to be Performed by Cantabile Singers
- Boulder, Colorado on December 14 and 15
Dan Locklair’s Three Christmas Motets and A Christmas Carol will be performed by The Cantabile Singers, directed by Robert Farr, as part of their O Magnum Mysterium concerts on Friday, December 14 and Saturday, December 15 – 7:30 PM each evening at St Andrew Presbyterian Church, 3700 Baseline Road in Boulder, Colorado.
Three Christmas Motets, for SATB (divisi), a cappella was written in 1993. A Christmas Carol, from a text by Gilbert Chesterton, was written in 1981 for SATB, a cappella.
Other works on the concert include Poulenc’s Four Christmas Motets and Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
More about the concert at THe Cantabile Singers website – cantabilesingers.org.
November 2007
» Choral Music of Dan Locklair to be Performed at Heinz Hall
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 27
Dan Locklair’s Gloria will be performed by Jim Dearing conducting the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chorale as part of a Gala IUP Department of Music concert on Tuesday, November 27 – 8:00 PM at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Gloria, based on the traditional Latin text, was written in 1998 for SATB, divisi, brass octet and percussion.
This two-hour Heinz Hall event will also feature performances by the IUP Wind Ensemble, String Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Opera Theatre, and Marching Band.
More about the concert at UIP’s site.
» The Winston-Salem Symphony’s premiere performance of Dan Locklair’s PHOENIX for Orchestra
-airing nationally on American Public Media’s Performance Today on Friday, November 23.
The work was premiered by the WSSO on its season opening concert series, “Fanfare,” on September 15, 16, and 18. The recording which will be heard on Performance Today is from the September 18 concert.
Performance Today is broadcast on WDAV, 89.9, from 7 – 9 p.m. weekday evenings. It is also heard on WFDD-2, the HD channel on WFDD, 88.5 between 9 and 11 a.m. weekdays. According to Performance Today, listeners may visit an independent website that can point the way to on-line listening. Many radio stations stream their signal on the internet, so it may be possible to “tune in” to a radio station across the country and hear Performance Today by visiting that station’s website at the time they air it. Performance Today is also carried on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Symphony Hall Channel (channel 80), Monday through Friday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. ET. The current day’s show is available on the website, www.performancetoday.org, for seven days.
» Choral Music of Dan Locklair to be Performed at InterFaith Concert
- Washington, DC on November 13
Dan Locklair’s Remembrance will be performed by J. Reilly Lewis conducting the Massed Choir at the 28th annual InterFaith Concert sponsored by the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington on Tuesday evening, November 13 – 7:30 PM at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue, NE in Washington, DC.
Remembrance was written in 2006 for SATB chorus a cappella, organ and optional trumpet and is based on text from the Biblical book of Matthew. Vaughan Williams “Let all the world in every corner sing” will also be performed. Visit J. Reilly Lewis at www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Lewis-J-Reilly.htm.
More about the November 13 concert at www.ifcmw.org/Default.asp.
October 2007
» Songs of Hope Recital Series Debuts in Brooklyn, New York on October 12
- Other Performances in New York and Washington States in October and February
The Songs of Hope recital series will make its debut on Friday, October 12 – 8 PM at Grace Church, 254 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights, New York. Soprano Janeanne Houston will be joined by organist/pianist Paul Richard Olson and oboist Shannon Spicciati for this very special program, which will be part of Daniel Pearl Music Days.
This concert will feature the World Premiere of the song cycle Cummings’ Suite by North Carolina composer Dan Locklair. This newly commissioned work includes the beloved text I thank you God for most this amazing day. Also on the program are works by Carol Sams (New York premiere, and a World Premiere of the soprano, piano, and oboe arrangement – http://www.northwestartists.org/cs.html), the New York premiere of Hilary Tann’s cycle Songs of the Cotton Grass for soprano and oboe and songs from Simon Sargon and Lori Laitman. Composers Locklair, Laitman, Tann, and Sams will be at the concert.
This program will repeated on October 13 at The Dee Sarno Theater at The Arts Center, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, New York and on October 14 at Union College, 807 Union Street in Schenectady, New York. The program will also be repeated on February 10, 2008 at Plymouth Congregational Church in Seattle and on February 12, 2008 at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington.
September 2007
» Chamber Music of Dan Locklair to be Performed in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
- on September 22 and 23
Dan Locklair’s Dream Steps, A Dance Suite for Flute, Viola, and Harp will be presented by harpist Frances Duffy, flutist Robin Kani and violist Adrianna Linares as part of their concerts in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on Saturday, September 22 – 7:30 PM at Peter Hall on the Hurd Campus of Moravian College, 1200 Main Street and on Sunday, September 23 – 3 PM at Baker Hall of the Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, located at 420 East Packer Avenue.
Dream Steps consists of five movements: I. Barcaroles and Recitatives; II. Awakenings; III. Bars of Blues; IV. Ballade in Sarabande and V. Barcaroles. It appears on the Albany CD Dan Locklair: Chamber Works. It is 16 minutes long and is published by Subito Music.
Tickets for the September 22 concert are $15 adults/$10 students, seniors and children under 12. More about this concert at the Moravian College Events Schedule.
Tickets for the September 23 concert are $12 general admission. More about this concert at the Zoellner Arts Center website.
» Read Reviews of Dan Locklair’s Naxos CD
- Featuring his Symphony of Seasons; Harp Concerto; Lairs of Soundings; Phoenix and Again; In Memory – H.H.L
Winston-Salem Journal review
Sequenza21 review
MusicWeb International review – September
MusicWeb International review – November
ClassicalCDReview review
Wake Forest University – Old Gold & Black review
» World Premiere Performances of Dan Locklair Phoenix for Orchestra
- Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Moody Conducting, on September 15, 16 and 18
The World Premiere performances of American composer Dan Locklair’s Phoenix for Orchestra will be presented by the Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Moody conducting, as part of their “Fanfare” concerts on Saturday, September 15 at 7:30 PM, Sunday, September 16 at 3:00 PM and Tuesday, September 18 at 7:30 PM. All three performances will be given at the Stevens Center of the North Carolina School of the Arts, 405 W. 4th St. in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Dan Locklair originally composed the Phoenix Fanfare, a three-minute piece for organ, brass, and timpani. At the request of Maestro Robert Moody, Locklair the composer has transformed the piece into Phoenix for Orchestra especially for these season-opening concerts. The work will also be performed later this season by Robert Moody with the Arizona MusicFest Orchestra and the Portland (ME) Symphony.
The September 15 performance will be part of the Symphony’s “Kicked-Back Classics” series and the September 16 and 18 will be part of the Classics Series. Other works of these concerts include Weber’s Jubel Overture, J. 245, op. 59, Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, featuring cellist Zuill Bailey and Tchaikovsky’s “1812″ Overture.
For more information visit the Winston Salem Symphony’s website.
» Dan Locklair Named Naxos Composer of the Week for August 27, 2007
» Naxos Releases CD of Dan Locklair’s Symphony of Seasons (Symphony No. 1), Harp Concerto, Lairs of Soundings and Other Orchestral Works
Naxos has released a new CD of the orchestral music of Dan Locklair (Catalogue No: 8.559337) featuring his Symphony of Seasons (Symphony No. 1), Harp Concerto, Lairs of Soundings and other orchestral works, performed by Maestro Kirk Trevor, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, with harpist Jacquelyn Bartlett and soprano Janeanne Houston.
For more information about this release, visit the Naxos catalogue.
June 2007
» Dan Locklair In Memory H.H.L.
- Performance by Missouri Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor Conducting, on June 30
American composer Dan Locklair’s In Memory H.H.L. will be presented by the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor conducting, on Saturday, June 30 7:30 PM at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts, 203 South 9th Street in Columbia, Missouri.
The work will be performed as part of the orchestra’ Patriotic Pops program, which also features the Symphony No. 2 (‘Romantic ‘) of Howard Hanson, as well as selections by Richard Rodgers, Victor Herbert, Bernard Hermann, Irving Berlin, John Philip Sousa and others.
The Locklair string orchestra work was written in 2005 in memory of his mother. Maestro Trevor has written this about the piece after recording it with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, “After the first read-through of In Memory H.H.L. I realized we had found a worthy successor to the Barber Adagio. Here was a gorgeously crafted Adagio for Strings that had a new voice, but with the same hauntingly lush harmonies and intensity that makes the string orchestra such a beautiful vehicle in the concert hall. After recording it, I was even more convinced that In Memory H.H.L. has a real place in the standard string orchestra literature. As a conductor we are often looking for that five minute adagio to fit into our programming, and now we have a second option to the Barber from a wonderful living American composer.” Maestro Trevor’s recording will be released on the Naxos label later this year.
For information, call the Missouri Theatre box office at (573) 875-0600 or visit them online at http://www.motheatre.org/calendar/?show_ID=715.
» Organ Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed by Peter Sykes
- Dallas, Texas AGO Convention on June 18
Salem Sonata by composer Dan Locklair will be performed in recital by organist Peter Sykes on Monday, June 18, 9 AM at First United Methodist Church, 503 North Central Expressway in Richardson, Texas. This will be presented as part of Mr. Sykes Organ Music is Alive and Well program, as part of the 2007 American Guild of Organists Regional Convention in Dallas.
Salem Sonata was commissioned to celebrate the restoration of the large historic pipe organ built by David Tannenberg of Lititz, Pennsylvania, in 1799-1800 for the Moravian Church of Salem, North Carolina. The organ is now placed in the auditorium (designed especially for it) of the Old Salem Village Visitor Center in Winston-Salem, NC.
Peter Sykes gave the World Premiere of the work in March 2004 and has since performed the work many times and recorded it for Raven CDs. Visit him online at http://www.petersykes.com.
For more information about this event, please call First United Methodist Church at 972-235-8385 or visit them online.
May 2007
» The Gates of Morning by American composer Dan Locklair will be premiered by the Mars Hill College Choir
- Friday, May 11 – 4:00 PM at Broyhill Chapel on the campus of Mars Hill College, 100 Athletic Street in Mars Hill, NC
The new work, written for SATB chorus, oboe and piano, was commissioned by Mars Hill College in celebration of their Sesquicentennial (1856 uc0 u150 2006) and is being performed as part of their Spring baccalaureate service. The composer has written this about the new work, “As an alumnus of the school, I was honored to accept this commission and especially to set C. Earl Leininger’s poem, A Teacher’s Reverie. Dr. Leininger, now retired, was a former professor of mine and served Mars Hill as a Professor of Philosophy and Religion and, later, as Dean of the College. His insightful poem, which is both personal and universal, ponders and queries the valued, yet mysterious, relationship between teacher and student.”
For more information about this event, please call Mars Hill College at 1-866-642-4968.
April 2007
» Dan Locklair’s In Memory H.H.L. will be given its World Premiere concert performance by the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, Kirk Trevor conducting
- Wednesday, April 4 uc0 u150 8 PM at Kulas Hall of the Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Boulevard in Cleveland, Ohio
The Locklair string orchestra work was written in 2005 in memory of his mother. Maestro Trevor has written this about the piece after recording it with the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, “After the first read-through of In Memory H.H.L. I realized we had found a worthy successor to the Barber Adagio. Here was a gorgeously crafted Adagio for Strings that had a new voice, but with the same hauntingly lush harmonies and intensity that makes the string orchestra such a beautiful vehicle in the concert hall. After recording it, I was even more convinced that In Memory H.H.L. has a real place in the standard string orchestra literature. As a conductor we are often looking for that five minute adagio to fit into our programming, and now we have a second option to the Barber from a wonderful living American composer.” Maestro Trevor’s recording will be released on the Naxos label later this year.
March 2007
» Dan Locklair Commissioned for Virginia Festival of American Voices
New Work to be Premiered on March, 23, 2007
The Board of Directors of the Virginia Chorale has commissioned composer Dan Locklair to compose Stirring the Silence, a choral work in honor of Music Director Robert Shoup’s 10th Anniversary Season as part of the Virginia Festival of American Voices, where Mr. Locklair has also been named Festival Resident Composer. Other of his compositions will be featured in festival concerts and he will also participate in panel discussions and workshops.
The Premiere performance of Stirring the Silence for chorus and strings will be given on Friday, March 23 8 PM at Regent University Theatre, 1000 Regent University Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The performance will be conducted by Robert Shoup as part of the festival that will feature two-time Grammy award winning conductor and lifelong advocate of American music and prolific arranger of American song Robert Page, the Virginia Symphony, JoAnn Falletta Music Director, the Virginia Symphony Chorus and multiple choirs including the Virginia Chorale, the Virginia Children’s Chorus, the Young Singers Project and the Norfolk State University Choir. The concert, featuring the Premiere performance of Stirring the Silence, is being produced by the orchestra and will be telecast live in Virginia. Funding is provided, in part by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of their American Masterpieces: Choral Music Initiative.
This concert will be repeated on Sunday, March 25 – 2:30pm at the Ferguson Center for the Arts Concert Hall on the campus of Christopher Newport University, 1 University Place in Newport News, Virginia.
The text for Stirring the Silence is taken from The Attending, by Fred Chappell, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina. The poem can be read at http://www.ncarts.org/chappell/attending.cfm.
More about the Virginia Festival of American Voices online at http://www.virginiasymphony.org/explore/2007%20pages/amvoices.html and http://www.virginiasymphony.org/explore/2007%20pages/amperformances.html#Voices.
» Dan Locklair Choral Works to Be Performed by Virginia Chorale and Other Ensembles
- Virginia Festival of American Voices on March 17
Several choral works by American composer Dan Locklair will be performed by the Virginia Chorale, Robert Shoup, Music Director and other vocal ensembles on Saturday, March 17 uc0 u150 8 PM at the Norfolk Academy’s Johnson Theater, 1585 Wesleyan Drive in Norfolk, Virginia as part of the Virginia Festival of American Voices. The concert will feature the Virginia Chorale along with musical guests Coral Cantigas (Washington DC), the James River Singers (Richmond, VA), and The Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC) performing works by Bernstein, Barber, and Copland as well as selections from Latin America. Also featured is four-time Grammy award winning conductor Robert Page.
Mr. Locklair’s Tapestries will be performed by the Virginia Chorale, his Mysterious Cat and Nunc Dimittis will be performed by The Bel Canto Company, and his Recovery from Windswept (the trees) and Break Away! will be performed by the combined Virginia Chorale, James River Singers and Bel Canto Company.
This performance is part of a two-week festival co-produced by the Virginia Chorale and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The grant is part of the NEA’s American Masterworks Initiative, and was one of seven awarded for choral music in the United States. One of only seven such festivals in the United States in 2006-2007, the Virginia Festival of American Voices explores the breadth of beauty, drama, and virtuosity of American choral music. A variety of related events will feature recognized figures in the American choral landscape. More about the Virginia Festival of American Voices online at http://www.virginiasymphony.org/explore/2007%20pages/amvoices.html and http://www.virginiasymphony.org/explore/2007%20pages/amperformances.html#Voices.
Read a review of the concert at http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=121354&ran=234581.
» Chamber Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed by Carolina Chamber Symphony Players
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina on March 11
Reynolda Reflections by composer Dan Locklair will be heard as part of Reynolda Reflections, a special concert by the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players on Sunday, March 11 at 3 p.m. in the James A. Gray Auditorium of the Old Salem Visitor Center on the grounds of Old Salem Museum and Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This concert is presented jointly the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players (CCSP) and Old Salem.
Each of the five movements of Locklair’s composition for flute, violin, and piano was inspired by a specific painting in the collection of Reynolda House Museum of American Art.
Performers on the Reynolda Reflections program are flutist Elizabeth Ransom, violinists Jacqui Carrasco and John Fadial; violist Scott Rawls; cellist Beth Vanderborgh; guitarist Joseph Pecoraro; and pianist Peter Kairoff.
» Choral Music of Dan Locklair to be Performed by Cathedral Choral Society of Washington DC
- National Cathedral on March 4
“Never did the Washington National Cathedral resound more grandly, sometimes with haunting overtones, than it did during Sunday’s evensong service (performed on March 4th, 2007 by Anonymous 4 and the Cathedral Choral Society, J. Reilly Lewis, Conductor)…Choral highlights from the program included movements from Randall Thompson’s exquisitely vocal “The Peaceable Kingdom”…and (a) vibrant anthem (“Remembrance”) by…Dan Locklair. (The) composer (was) present for the audience’s warm reception.”
– Cecelia Porter, Washington Post
Remembrance by American composer Dan Locklair will be heard as part of American Mystics, a very special concert by the Cathedral Choral Society, J. Reilly Lewis, conductor on Sunday, March 4 at 4:00 PM at the National Cathedral, Massachusetts and Wisconsin Avenues, NW in Washington, D.C. The composers “…and call her blessed…” from his Windows of Comfort (Organbook II) will also be presented.
Remembrance was written in 2006 for SATB chorus a cappella, organ and optional trumpet and is based on text from the Biblical book of Matthew.
Other works on the program will include Randall Thompson’s The Peaceable Kingdom, based on the Biblical texts of Isaiah, and works by William Trafka, Paul Halley, Frank Ferko, Edwin Fissinger, Gwyneth Walker, and Eric Whitacre.
Special guests for the concert will be the acclaimed Anonymous 4 vocal quartet. There will be a pre-concert panel discussion with Dan Locklair, Anonymous 4 and Robert Aubrey Davis.
February 2007
» Choral Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed by Portland Gay Mens Chorus Ensemble
- Portland, Oregon on February 18
Freedom by American composer Dan Locklair will be heard as part of Classical Matinee, a concert by the eXpress! ensemble of the Portland Gay Men’s Chorus, Mary McCarty conducting, on Sunday, February 18 – 3 PM at The Old Church, S.W. 11th and Clay Streets in downtown Portland, Oregon.
The New York City Gay Men’s Chorus commissioned the Locklair work, which is based on Maya Angelou’s poem “Equality.” This powerful and moving piece delivers a message for freedom from oppression and a hope for equality.
Other works on the program include Stephen Chatman’s “Reconciliation,” Schubert’s “Nachthelle” and music of Gustav Holst. The afternoon will also feature additional soloists from the Chorus and the community performing works for voice, clarinet, violin and marimba.
The Portland Gay Men’s Chorus aspires to expand, redefine, and perfect the choral art through eclectic performances that honor and uplift the gay community and affirm the worth of all people. eXpress! is a 16 member ensemble of the Chorus. More about them and the PGMC at http://www.pdxgmc.org
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» Organ Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed by the Composer in Recital
- St. Pauls Episcopal Church in Winston Salem, North Carolina on February 6
Organ music by American composer Dan Locklair will be heard in a recital by the composer on Tuesday, February 6 at7 PM at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Selections from Locklair’s Salem Sonata (2003) and Aeolian Sonata (2002) will be performed, along with his Triptych for Manuals (1974) and the Premiere of Dance the Joy (2004), along with Schumann’s Sketches in F Minor and C Minor (Op. 58, Nos. 1 & 3) and Handel’s Sonata in F Major for Flute (Op. 1, No. 11). Mr. Locklair will be joined by flutist Kathryn Levy for the Handel selection.
This concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at 336-723-4391 or visit them online at http://www.stpauls-ws.org/.
January 2007
» Dan Locklair Commissioned for Virginia Festival of American Voices
- New Work to be Premiered on March, 23, 2007
The Board of Directors of the Virginia Chorale has commissioned composer Dan Locklair to compose Stirring the Silence, a choral work in honor of Music Director Robert Shoup’s 10th Anniversary Season as part of the Virginia Festival of American Voices, where Mr. Locklair has also been named Festival Resident Composer. Other of his compositions will be featured in festival concerts and he will also participate in panel discussions and workshops.
The Premiere performance of Stirring the Silence for chorus and strings will be given on Friday, March 23 at 8 PM at Regent University Theatre, 1000 Regent University Drive in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The performance will be conducted by Robert Shoup as part of the festival that will feature two-time Grammy award winning conductor and lifelong advocate of American music and prolific arranger of American song Robert Page, the Virginia Symphony, JoAnn Falletta Music Director, the Virginia Symphony Chorus and multiple choirs including the Virginia Chorale, the Virginia Children uc0 u146 s Chorus, the Young Singers Project and the Norfolk State University Choir. The concert, featuring the Premiere performance of Stirring the Silence, is being produced by the orchestra and will be telecast live in Virginia. Funding is provided, in part by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of their American Masterpieces: Choral Music Initiative.
This concert will be repeated on Sunday, March 25 – 2:30pm at the Ferguson Center for the Arts Concert Hall on the campus of Christopher Newport University, 1 University Place in Newport News, Virginia.
The text for Stirring the Silence is taken from The Attending, by Fred Chappell, former Poet Laureate of North Carolina. The poem can be read at http://www.ncarts.org/chappell/attending.cfm.
Among the multiple components of the Virginia Festival of American Voices will be the March 17 American Legacies concert, produced by the Virginia Chorale at the Attucks Theater in Norfolk, Virginia. In addition to works by Mr. Locklair, the concert will also feature music by composers and arrangers such as Alice Parker, William Dawson, Charles Ives and Adolphus Hailstork. The Virginia Chorale will be joined by the Bel Canto Company of Greensboro, North Carolina and the James River Singers of Richmond, Virginia for this performance.
Other festival concerts will feature the Virginia Symphony Orchestra along with guitarist Christopher Parkening and singer Jubilant Sykes.
One of only seven such festivals in the United States in 2006-2007, the Festival explores the breadth of beauty, drama, and virtuosity of American choral music. The Festival will include many of the Symphony’s series events as well as the March 17 performance hosted by the Virginia Chorale. A variety of related events will feature recognized figures in the American choral landscape. More about the Virginia Festival of American Voices online at http://www.virginiasymphony.org/explore/2007%20pages/amvoices.html and http://www.virginiasymphony.org/explore/2007%20pages/amperformances.html#Voices.
Fred Chappell has written 14 books of verse, two volumes of stories, one of criticism and eight novels. Among the awards and honors Mr. Chappell has received over his long career are the Sir Walter Raleigh Prize (1973), the North Carolina Award for Literature (1980), Yale University Library’s Bollingen Prize in poetry (1985), a literature award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters (1968), the best foreign book prize from the Academie Fran ‘8daise (1972), and the Aiken Taylor Award in poetry (1996).
»New CD from Organist Alan Morrison Features Dan Locklair’s In Mystery and Wonder (The Casavant Diptych) and VOYAGE, A Fantasy for Organ
For more information visit http://spiveyhall.blogspot.com/.
December 2006
»Choral music by American composer Dan Locklair will be heard in four performances by two different groups at concerts and church services in the next few days:
Saturday, December 16 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, December 17 at 3:00 PM — The Providence Singers, Andrew Clark, Artistic Director. The December 16 concert will be given at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, 30 Fenner Street in Providence, Rhode Island and the December 17 concert at St. Mary’s Church, 330 Wood Street in Bristol, Rhode Island.
Concert selections will include Mr. Locklair’s en natus est Emmanuel (for SSAATTBB and SA, a cappella), as part of these Joyful Gifts concerts along with selections from Handel’s Messiah, Poulenc’s Gloria and works by Morton Lauridson, John Rutter, Marcel Dupre, Healy Willan and many others. The Rhode Island Children’s Chorus, Christine Noel, Conductor, and organist Andrew Galuska will also perform at these concerts.
Tickets for these concerts are $20 in advance, with discounts for seniors and students. For tickets or more information, please contact the Providence Singers at 401-621-6123 or visit them online at http://www.providencesingers.org.
Sunday, December 17 at 9:30 and 11:00 AM — The Choir and Tower Brass of Fourth Presbyterian Church, John W. W. Sherer, Director of Music and Organist, will perform the composer’s Gloria (for SATB, brass and percussion), along with Amen by Vincent Persichetti and other works by Eric Thiman and Iain Quinn as part of their Sunday morning worship at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut Street in Chicago, Illinois.
For more information, call the Church at 312-787-4570 or visit them at http://www.fourthchurch.org/index.html.
»Choral Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed at Christmas Concerts in Winston Salem, North Carolina and Portland, Maine on December 1, 2 and 3
Friday, December 1 at 7:30 PM and Saturday, December 2 at 3:00 PM —The Piedmont Chamber Singers, Dr. William Osborne, Music Director, will perform Locklair’s Three Christmas Motets (a cappella), along with settings of Latin texts by Poulenc, Palestrina, Richard Deering and, Luca Marenzio, Three Flute Noels by Jon Washburn as well as sets of carols by Colin Bumbry and John Rutter as part of their Festival of Carols concert at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 2575 Parkway Drive in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Tickets for these concerts are $18 in advance, with discounts for seniors and students. For more information, please contact the Piedmont Chamber Singers at 336-722-4022 or visit them online at http://www.piedmontchambersingers.org.
Saturday, December 2 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, December 3 at 2:30 PM and 7:00 PM — The Choral Arts Society, Robert Russell, Conductor and Artistic Director, will perform the composer’s Gloria (for SATB, brass and percussion) which they commissioned in 1978, along with seasonal music, a cappella motets — including Gabrieli’s “Jubilate Deo” and Rachmaninoff’s “Cherubic Hymn” — and music for chorus, organ and brass as part of their 17th annual Christmas at the Cathedral concert at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, 317 Congress Street in Portland, Maine.
Tickets for this performance range from $15 to $25 and are available by calling the Choral Arts Society at 207-828-0043. For more information, visit them at http://www.choralart.org.
November 2006
» Choral music by American composer Dan Locklair will be heard in three performances by three groups in three different cities on two days
Saturday, November 4 at 8:00 PM — Renaissance choral ensemble, Robert Pritchard, Music Director, will perform In the Cross of Christ I Glory (for SATB, a cappella), along with Mr. Locklair’s Ubi Caritas, as part of their regular Charlotte subscription series concert at Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Road in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Tickets for the November 4 performance are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, with discounts for seniors and students. For more information, please contact Renaissance at tickets@singers-renaissance.org or visit them online at http://www.singers-renaissance.org.
Also on Saturday, November 4 uc0 u150 8:00 PM — The Worcester Chorus, Andrew Clark, Music Director, with Frank Corbin, Organ and Richard Watson, Trumpet, will perform St. Peter’s Rock (for SATB, trumpet and organ) and Ubi caritas (for choir and organ), at United Congregational Church, 6 Institute Road in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Tickets for this performance range from $18 to $26 and are available by calling Music Worcester, Inc. at (508) 754-3231 or online at http://musicworcester.org.
Sunday, November 5 — Remembrance (for double SATB choir, trumpet and organ) will be Premiered as part of their weekly worship services by the St. Paul uc0 u146 s Choir, Barbara Beattie, Music Director, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
For more information, call St. Paul’s Episcopal Church at (336) 723-4391 or visit them online at http://www.stpauls-ws.org.
July 2006
» Dan Locklair Commissioned for Virginia Festival of American Voices
— New Work to be Premiered in March 2007
The Board of Directors of the Virginia Chorale has commissioned composer Dan Locklair to compose a choral work in honor or Music Director Robert Shoup’s 10th Anniversary Season as part of the Virginia Festival of American Voices, where Mr. Locklair has also been named Festival Resident Composer. Other of his compositions will be prominently featured in festival concerts and he will also participate in panel discussions and workshops.
The March 23, 2007 premiere performance will be conducted by Mr. Shoup as part of the festival that will feature two-time Grammy award winning conductor and lifelong advocate of American music and prolific arranger of American song Robert Page, the Virginia Symphony, JoAnn Falletta Music Director, the Virginia Symphony Chorus and multiple choirs including the Virginia Chorale, the Virginia Children’s Chorus, the Young Singers Project and the Norfolk State University Choir. The concert, featuring the Premiere performance of the Virginia Chorale’s commission, is being produced by the orchestra and will be telecast live in Virginia. Funding is provided, in part by the National Endowment for the Arts as part of their American Masterpieces: Choral Music Initiative.
Among the multiple components of the Virginia Festival of American Voices will be the March 17, 2007 American Legacies concert, produced by the Virginia Chorale at the Norfolk Academy in Norfolk, Virginia. In addition to works by Mr. Locklair, the concert will also feature music by composers and arrangers such as Alice Parker, William Dawson, Charles Ives and Adolphus Hailstork. The Virginia Chorale will be joined by the Bel Canto Company of Greensboro, North Carolina and the James River Singers of Richmond, Virginia for this performance.
Other festival concerts will feature the Virginia Symphony Orchestra along with guitarist Christopher Parkening and singer Jubilant Sykes.
One of the seven such festivals in the United States in 2006-2007, the Festival explores the breadth of beauty, drama, and virtuosity of American choral music. The Festival will include many of the Symphony’s series events as well as the March 17 performance hosted by the Virginia Chorale. A variety of related events will feature recognized figures in the American choral landscape. More about the Virginia Festival of American Voices online at www.virginiasymphony.org.
The text to be set for this commission (being composed for chorus and strings), is entitled The Attending and was written by Fred Chappell, former Poet Laureate of the state of North Carolina. The poem can be read at www.ncarts.org.
Fred Chappell has written 14 books of verse, two volumes of stories, one of criticism and eight novels. Among the awards and honors Mr. Chappell has received over his long career are the Sir Walter Raleigh Prize (1973), the North Carolina Award for Literature (1980), Yale University Library’s Bollingen Prize in poetry (1985), a literature award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters (1968), the best foreign book prize from the Academie Francaise (1972), and the Aiken Taylor Award in poetry (1996).
Internationally recognized composer Dan Locklair, a native of Charlotte, NC, is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. His compositional output, influenced by a wide variety of traditions, ranging from Medieval to modern music, includes symphonic works, a ballet, an opera, and numerous solo, chamber, vocal, organ and choral compositions. His music has been performed throughout Europe and North America by many major orchestras, choral groups, chamber ensembles and soloists. Several of these works have received major awards, including the top award in the 1989 Barlow International Competition for “changing perceptions Epitaph” and the 1996 American Guild of Organists Composer of the Year Award. Among his other honors are consecutive ASCAP Awards since 1981 and a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award.
For more information about composer Dan Locklair, including a bio, list of works, discography and much more, please visit the newly redesigned www.locklair.com. You can also contact Jeffrey James Art Consulting at 516-586-3433 or
jamesarts@worldnet.att.net
April 2006
» DuBose Heyward Triptych by Dan Locklair to be Performed by Piedmont Chamber Singers in Winston Salem, North Carolina on May 6
New York, NY — Dan Locklair’s DuBose Heyward Triptych will be performed by the Piedmont Chamber Singers, Dr. William Osborne, Music Director, on May 6, 2006 – 7:30 pm at St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 2575 Parkway Drive in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Other works on the “World of the Partsong” program include selections by Haydn, In Maytime, a series of choral waltzes by the American Oscar Weil, Robert Schumann’s Three Poems of Emanuel Geibel, a pair of partsongs by Edward Elgar, Paul Hindemith’s amusing Five Songs on Old Texts and the Three Chansons of Ravel.
A DuBose Heyward Triptych (Text: DuBose Heyward) was written in 2000-2001 and is a suite for SSAATTBB chorus, cappella. The 15-minute work consists of three movements — Silences, Landbound and Dusk. It is published by Subito Music — (973) 857-3440 or http://www.subitomusic.com.
Tickets for the May 6 concert are $15 adults, $12 seniors (60+) and $6 students. For tickets and more information about this concert, please contact the Piedmont Chamber Singers at 336-722-4022. Much more about them at http://www.piedmontchambersingers.org.
» Dan Locklair Reynolda Reflections to be Performed by Ensemble Portique in Madison Wisconsin on April 21
New York, NY — Dan Locklair’s Reynolda Reflections for flute, cello and piano will be performed by L’Ensemble Portique on April 21, 2006 – 7:30 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Street in Madison, Wisconsin. L’Ensemble members Lisette Kielson, flute, Pablo Mahave-Veglia, cello and Fumi Nishikiori, piano will be part of a multi-media presentation of the work.
The work received its World Premiere performances in 2000 at Salem College and at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art, both in Winston-Salem. Its five movements were inspired by paintings by Worthington Wittredge, Thomas Hart Benton, Georgia O’Keefe, Charles Sheeler and Elliott Daingerfield. Reynolda Reflections is published by Subito Music — (973) 857-3440 or http://www.subitomusic.com.
For more information about this concert, please contact L’Ensemble Portique at 608-287-1006.
L’Ensemble Portique presents musical programming that explores repertoire from the past and present. Generating incredible energy by its passionate embrace of Baroque and contemporary chamber music, the ensemble encompasses period instruments in its early music concerts, introduces audiences to rarely heard and commissioned works on its contemporary programs, and combines both old and new in single performances. Lively anecdotes highlighting the instrumentation and historical perspectives contribute to the rare listening experience. L’Ensemble Portique’s activities include national and international tours, residencies, festivals, workshops, broadcasts and recordings. Visit their website at http://www.lensembleportique.com.
December 2005
» Dan Locklair’s Chamber Orchestra, Choral and Organ Music To Be Performed Throughout Eastern U.S. — Concerts in North and South Carolina and Illinois in the Coming Weeks
Major works from Dan Locklair’s orchestra, choral, organ and chamber music catalogues will be performed throughout the Eastern United States in the coming weeks.
Marilyn Keiser, one of America’s finest organists, will perform Locklair’s Phoenix Fanfare and Processional for organ, brass and percussion on January 15, 2006 at 3:00 p.m. in Byrnes Auditorium on the campus of Winthrop University, 112 McLaurin in Rock Hill, South Carolina. For more information, call 803-323-4267 or visit http://www.winthrop.edu.
Dan Locklair will be performing an organ recital on January 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University, Wake Forest Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Featured works will be his Constellations (Concerto for Organ and Percussion) with percussionist John Beck, along with the solo work In Mystery and Wonder (The Casavant Diptych). For more information, please call 336-758-5364 or visit http://www.wfu.edu/music/.
The composer’s Lairs of Soundings (for soprano and double string orchestra) will be performed in Greensboro, North Carolina on Feb. 5 by the Fibonacci Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Troy, conductor.
February 18 will bring a performance of the composer’s From East to West by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Eric Stark, Conductor at the 9:30 AM closing concert of the 2006 American Choral Directors Association Central Division Convention, being held at the Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. For more information, contact ACDA at (405) 232-8161 or visit them at http://www.acdaonline.org. From East to West was commissioned in 2003 by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir and premiered by them in December 2003. Visit them online at http://www.indychoir.org.
» Dan Locklair’s Pater Noster Receives Fourth Recording in One Year
— New CD from Koch International Classics is Latest Release and Also Features Second Recording of Composer’s Brief Mass
Dan Locklair’s choral work, Pater Noster (2000), a motet setting of the Lord’s Prayer for SATB choir, divisi, a cappella, has been released on four separate recordings in 2004 and 2005 by a superb international array of choirs.
The latest recording of the work is a performance by The Choir of Men and Boys of Saint Thomas Church, New York (American Music from Saint Thomas) on Koch International Classics (Koch Classics KIC-CD-7567). The disk also features the second recording of Locklair’s Brief Mass in its only available performance by a choir of men and boys. Other recently released CDs feature performances by The Choir of the Abbey School of England on the Priory label (Pater Noster — PRCD 787 — Settings of the Lords Prayer — http://www.priory.org.uk), Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, North Carolina (My Spirit Sang All Day — http://www.arsisaudio.com/cd145.html), Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, DC (Music for a Sacred Place — http://www.arsisaudio.com/cd150.html) — both on the Arsis label (CD145 and CD150).
American Record Guide has written about the Arsis release, “I was especially happy with two rich pieces, “Create in Me a Clean Heart” and “Pater Noster”, from contemporary American composer Dan Locklair (b. 1949), who deserves to be heard more often.”
» Dan Locklair’s Choral and Chamber Music To Be Performed Throughout Eastern U.S.
— Concerts in Pittsburgh, Washington DC and South Bend Include Two World Premieres
Major works from Dan Locklair’s choral and chamber music catalogue will be performed throughout the Eastern United States in the coming days, including two World Premieres.
Locklair’s En Natus Est Emanuel, an a cappella Christmas motet for SSAATTBB and SA choir, will be presented at Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Fine Arts and School of Music annual Holiday Concert on Friday, December 9th – 12 noon in the University’s College of Fine Arts Great Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Concert Choir and Repertory Chorus will perform under the direction of Robert Page. More about the concert at http://www.cmu.edu/.
This special holiday event is free and open to the public. The concert will also be broadcast live on WQED-FM 89.3. You can listen to the live webcast or one of the many re-broadcasts online at http://www.wqed.org/. For more information about the Holiday Concert call 412-268-2383.
The Cathedral Choral Society of Washington National Cathedral, Dr. J. Reilly Lewis, Artistic Director, will present the World Premiere of Dan Locklair’s new choir/brass/timpani version of From East to West on December 9th at 7:30 PM and December 10th and 11th, 4 PM each day at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
Tickets for these concerts can be ordered online at http://www.cathedralchoralsociety.org/tickets.htm or by calling 202-537-5527. More about the Cathedral Choral Society at http://www.cathedralchoralsociety.org.
From East to West was commissioned in 2003 by the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, Eric Stark, Artistic Director, and premiered by them in December 2003. This season the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir will make the first commercial recording of the original choir and organ version of the piece.
The South Bend Chamber Singers, Nancy Menk, Artistic Director, will perform the World Premiere of Dan Locklair’s The Isaiah Canticles (for SATB choir, a cappella) on December 18th at 7:30 at Church of Our Lady of Loretto, Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Indiana. The Isaiah Canticles was commissioned by the South Bend Chamber Singers this year. Also on the program, the ensemble will perform Locklair’s Three Christmas Motets.
Tickets for this concert can be purchased by calling 574-284-4626. Visit the South Bend Chamber Singers online at http://users.michiana.org/sbcs1/.
» North Carolina Music Teachers Association 2006 Piano Contest-Festival List
— Review of Dan Locklair’s The Five Senses for solo piano:
Three movements from Dan Locklair’s The Five Senses for solo piano have been included in the North Carolina Music Teachers Association’s 2006 Piano Contest-Festival List. “Taste”, “Touch” and “Sight” are listed in the Senior AIII grouping along with works by Martinu, Ravel, de Falla, Howard Hanson and others.
The Five Senses was written in 2003. This 9-minute suite for piano consists of the following movements: 1. Hearing; 2. Taste; 3. Touch; 4. Smell; and 5. Sight. Clavier magazine wrote of the piece, “(it) includes rich and refreshing examples of 21st-century classical music…The imaginative suite should have a place in junior or senior recitals.”
The piece is published by Subtio Music Corporation. Visit them on the web at http://www.subitomusic.com/ or contact them at 973-857-3440.
October 2005
» Dan Locklair’s Organ and Chamber Music To Be Performed in North Carolina
— October 6 at Wake Forest University and October 9 at Old Salem Village
Major works from Dan Locklair’s organ and chamber music catalogue will be performed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the coming days.
His Chautauqua Soliloquy for flute and piano will receive its second performance on Thursday October 6, 2005 by Richard Sherman (flute) and Peter Kairoff (piano) in Brendle Recital Hall of Wake Forest University, Wake Forest Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Richard Sherman, Professor of Flute at Michigan State University School of Music and Principal Flutist with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (Chautauqua, NY), premiered this piece at Chautauqua on July 3, 2005. More about him online at http://www.music.msu.edu/. Chautauqua Soliloquy was the result of a commission from the composers’ friend and colleague, David Levy, in celebration of his wife, Kathy, a flutist and long-time member of the Chautauqua Symphony, on the occasion of her 2005 birthday.
For ticket information and directions to Brendle Recital Hall, please call the Wake Forest Music Department at 336-758-5364.
Locklair’s Salem Sonata will conclude renowned American organist Marilyn Keiser’s concert on Sunday, October 9 2005 at 3:00 PM on the historic 1800 Tannenberg organ in Gray Auditorium of the Old Salem Visitor’s Center, Old Salem Village in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Also appearing in Dr. Keiser’s recital will be 2003 Metropolitan Opera Competition winner, soprano, Christina Pier.
Salem Sonata for organ is in four movements and was composed during late August and September of 2003 on commission from Mr. and Mrs. Mark Welshimer. Approximately ten minutes in length, Salem Sonata celebrates the 2004 completed restoration of the historic 1800 David Tannenberg pipe organ that was originally installed and dedicated in 1800 in the Moravian Church (now known as Home Moravian Church) in Salem, North Carolina.
Marilyn Keiser is Chancellor’s Professor of Music at Indiana University Bloomington, where she teaches courses in sacred music as well as applied organ. Prior to her appointment at Indiana University, Dr. Keiser was Organist and Director of Music at All Souls Parish in Asheville, NC, and music consultant for the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, holding both positions from 1970-1983. Much more about her at http://www.music.indiana.edu/.
Admission fee to this concert is $8.00. For directions and more information, please contact Old Salem at 336-721-7300.
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