Dan Locklair’s In the Autumn Days was performed by the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, David Hagy, Music Director and Conductor as part of their Thanksgiving Family Concert on Sunday, November 24 at 4:00 PM in Varick Auditorium on the campus of Livingstone College, 701 W. Monroe St. in Salisbury, NC.
In the Autumn Days is a symphony for chamber orchestra in five movements, but is played without pause. It was the winner of the Omaha Symphony’s 1984 New Music Competition and its World Premiere was given in Omaha, Nebraska, on 20 April 1985 with Christian Tiemeyer conducting the Nebraska Sinfonia of the Omaha Symphony. Read Dan’s complete notes on In the Autumn Days.