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/culturalevents/default.htm.
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/index.html.
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/.
Internationally recognized American 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 1989 Barlow International
Competition Award 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. His latest CDs, Dan Locklair Orchestral Music (Albany
Records Troy 517), and Dan Locklair Chamber Music (Albany Records Troy
701-02) have been released to great critical acclaim. His principal
publisher is Subito Music Corporation at http://www.subitomusic.com/.
For more information about composer Dan Locklair, including a bio, list
of works, discography and much more, please visit http://www.locklair.com.
He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting - 516-586-3433, to
whom inquiries about his music can be directed.
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Tel: 516-586-3433
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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