Organ Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed by the Composer in Recital
at St. Paul's 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 - 7 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/.
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. 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.
For more information about composer Dan Locklair, including a bio, list
of works, discography and much more, please visit the newly redesigned
http://www.locklair.com. You can also contact Jeffrey James Arts
Consulting at 516-586-3433 or [log in to unmask]
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com
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