Dan Locklair - Winter 2003

Dan Locklair**

SAI Friend of the Arts Dan Locklair is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. He was Composer-in-Residence for the 2002 Brevard (NC) Music Center Festival Season, presenting two public lectures, weekly private sessions with the Center's international group of composition students, four masterclasses for composition students, and overseeing rehearsals and performances of his works (see Performances). In 2002, he gave masterclasses on his music at the University of South Carolina, September 20, and at the University of Louisville (KY), October 18. Brevard College has named him the 2002-03 Blackard Lecturer, which will culminate on March 8, 2003, with a lecture by Locklair and with a festival of his music. 2002 broadcasts included "The Music of Dan Locklair," an interview with Bruce Duffie and recordings, over WNUR-FM (Chicago, IL), February 16; and "The Music of Dan Locklair," an interview with Denise Franklin over the WFDD-FM/Internet program Voices and Viewpoint, August 23-24. During 2002, the nationally syndicated PRI program Pipe Dreams aired organ works Rubrics, a liturgical suite in five movements, with Marilyn Keiser, from a Pro Organo (Albany, dist.) CD, the week of April 15; and Ayre for the Dance, with Ji-yoen Choi, from a Naxos CD, the week of May 27. The composer's primary publisher, Subito, has released Dan Locklair: Catalogue of Works, which may be obtained at E-mail address mail@subitomusic.com. Locklair's managerial representation is Jeffrey James Arts Consulting in New York.

Premieres

In 2002, Symphony No. 1 ("Symphony of Seasons") was premiered by The Louisville Orchestra, Uriel Segal, Music Director and Conductor, at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, in Louisville, October 19, followed by a performance at the Terre Haute (IN) New Music Festival, held at IndianaState University, November 1. On June 2, 2002, Duke University, in Durham, NC, celebrated the 70th Anniversary of Duke Chapel's Aeolian pipe organ with the first performance of The Aeolian Sonata, commissioned by the chapel, with organist David Arcus.

Performances

The Brevard Music Center Festival featured HUES for Orchestra (Three Brief Tone Poems), with the Brevard Music Center Festival Orchestra, David Effron, conductor, June 28, 2002, as well as works for band (A Pilgrim's Lot), vocal (The Boswell Songs), and chamber ensemble (Reynolda Reflections and Freedom's Gate). Mimi Stillman and Keiser played Sonata da chiesa, for flute and organ, at the American Guild of Organists National Convention, in Philadelphia, PA, July 2 and 4, 2002. Under the baton of George Buckbee, conductor, Elizabeth Hodgdon and St. John's Chamber Orchestra of Stockton (CA) performed Lairs of Soundings (poetry of Ursula K. LeGuin), for soprano and double string orchestra, January 26, 2003. Gloria, for SSAATTBB choir, brass octet, and percussion, was on the 2002-03 Concert Series of Fourth Presbyterian Church, in Chicago, with The Fourth Church Morning Choir and the Tower Brass, led by John W. W. Sherer,December 22, 2002. The 2002-03 Mid-Atlantic Chamber Music Society Subscription Series included Reynolda Reflections, a trio for flute, cello, and piano, October 13, 2002, in Wilmington, DE.

Publications

The Aeolian Sonata, Verses of Peace, motet for SATB choir and keyboard accompaniment; Freedom, TTBB choir and piano; A DuBose Heyward Triptych, three-movement cycle for SSAATTBB a cappella choir and soloists; Sonata for Piano, Six Interval Inventions, piano; all by Subito Music Corp. (Presser). Nunc dimittis from Magnificat and Nunc dimittis [Montréal] (Subito/Presser); sub-published in Royal School of Church Music choral volume celebrating the school's 75th Anniversary, fall 2002.

Recordings

Six orchestral works; the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor; Albany Records Dan Locklair: Orchestral Music Troy517 CD.

**Sigma Alpha Iota Friend of the Arts

The 2003 American Composers Update

Dan Locklair**

Premieres

Performances

Publications

Recordings

Further Information




		The 2003 American Composers Update as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2 Dan Locklair** SAI Friend of the Arts Dan Locklair is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC. He was Composer-in-Residence for the 2002 Brevard (NC) Music Center Festival Season, presenting two public lectures, weekly private sessions with the Center's international group of composition students, four masterclasses for composition students, and overseeing rehearsals and performances of his works (see Performances). In 2002, he gave masterclasses on his music at the University of South Carolina, September 20, and at the University of Louisville (KY), October 18. Brevard College has named him the 2002-03 Blackard Lecturer, which will culminate on March 8, 2003, with a lecture by Locklair and with a festival of his music. 2002 broadcasts included "The Music of Dan Locklair," an interview with Bruce Duffie and recordings, over WNUR-FM (Chicago, IL), February 16; and "The Music of Dan Locklair," an interview with Denise Franklin over the WFDD-FM/Internet program Voices and Viewpoint, August 23-24. During 2002, the nationally syndicated PRI program Pipe Dreams aired organ works Rubrics, a liturgical suite in five movements, with Marilyn Keiser, from a Pro Organo (Albany, dist.) CD, the week of April 15; and Ayre for the Dance, with Ji-yoen Choi, from a Naxos CD, the week of May 27. The composer's primary publisher, Subito, has released Dan Locklair: Catalogue of Works, which may be obtained at E-mail address mail@subitomusic.com. Locklair's managerial representation is Jeffrey James Arts Consulting in New York. Premieres In 2002, Symphony No. 1 ("Symphony of Seasons") was premiered by The Louisville Orchestra, Uriel Segal, Music Director and Conductor, at the Kentucky Center for the Arts, in Louisville, October 19, followed by a performance at the Terre Haute (IN) New Music Festival, held at IndianaState University, November 1. On June 2, 2002, Duke University, in Durham, NC, celebrated the 70th Anniversary of Duke Chapel's Aeolian pipe organ with the first performance of The Aeolian Sonata, commissioned by the chapel, with organist David Arcus. Performances The Brevard Music Center Festival featured HUES for Orchestra (Three Brief Tone Poems), with the Brevard Music Center Festival Orchestra, David Effron, conductor, June 28, 2002, as well as works for band (A Pilgrim's Lot), vocal (The Boswell Songs), and chamber ensemble (Reynolda Reflections and Freedom's Gate). Mimi Stillman and Keiser played Sonata da chiesa, for flute and organ, at the American Guild of Organists National Convention, in Philadelphia, PA, July 2 and 4, 2002. Under the baton of George Buckbee, conductor, Elizabeth Hodgdon and St. John's Chamber Orchestra of Stockton (CA) performed Lairs of Soundings (poetry of Ursula K. LeGuin), for soprano and double string orchestra, January 26, 2003. Gloria, for SSAATTBB choir, brass octet, and percussion, was on the 2002-03 Concert Series of Fourth Presbyterian Church, in Chicago, with The Fourth Church Morning Choir and the Tower Brass, led by John W. W. Sherer,December 22, 2002. The 2002-03 Mid-Atlantic Chamber Music Society Subscription Series included Reynolda Reflections, a trio for flute, cello, and piano, October 13, 2002, in Wilmington, DE. Publications The Aeolian Sonata, Verses of Peace, motet for SATB choir and keyboard accompaniment; Freedom, TTBB choir and piano; A DuBose Heyward Triptych, three-movement cycle for SSAATTBB a cappella choir and soloists; Sonata for Piano, Six Interval Inventions, piano; all by Subito Music Corp. (Presser). Nunc dimittis from Magnificat and Nunc dimittis [Montréal] (Subito/Presser); sub-published in Royal School of Church Music choral volume celebrating the school's 75th Anniversary, fall 2002. Recordings Six orchestral works; the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor; Albany Records Dan Locklair: Orchestral Music Troy517 CD. **Sigma Alpha Iota Friend of the Arts Further Information 2000-2001 American Composers Update 1999-2000 American Composers Update 1998-1999 American Composers Update 1997-1998 American Composers Update 1996-1997 American Composers Update SAI's Composers Bureau Online SAI's Music for Young People section
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