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Locklair composition performed by Winston-Salem Symphony for virtual concert Nov. 15

The Winston-Salem Symphony will perform Dan Locklair’s “In Memory – H.H.L.” for string orchestra on Dan Locklair poses beside his piano Sunday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m. as part of “American Landscapes.” The virtual concert will be streamed live from the Stevens Center. Locklair, professor of music and composer-in-residence at Wake Forest University, wrote the composition in loving memory of his mother, Hester Helms Locklair.

Timothy Redmond, conductor and music director for the Symphony, will interview Locklair on Friday, Nov. 13 at 12 p.m. about his work and upcoming projects.

Visit the Winston-Salem Symphony website to learn more about the performance and viewing options.

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World premiere recording of Locklair's Symphony No. 2 'America' released

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Naxos American Classics has released the world premiere recording of Dan Locklair’s Symphony No. 2 “America,” along with his “Hail the Coming Day,” “Concerto for Organ and Orchestra,” and “PHOENIX” for orchestra. The four pieces all have thematic roots in North Carolina.

Completed in 2016, Symphony No. 2 “America” is organized in three movements, with each movement featuring an American holiday (Independence Day, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving). This major work has been featured multiple times on the popular nationally syndicated radio program, “Performance Today,” and on many NPR classical music stations nationwide.

The symphony “celebrates all that is good about America and that sense seems to be striking a nerve in all who hear it…the feedback that I have already personally received from radio stations and listeners alike has been extremely gratifying,” said Locklair.

The album also features a new orchestral version of “PHOENIX,” a commission from the Winston-Salem Symphony and Arizona MusicFest. This piece has been performed by orchestras across the country, in addition to being a frequent request by President Hearn for WFU convocations.

“Hail The Coming Day” was commissioned by the City of Winston-Salem in 2013 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the joining of the towns of Winston and Salem. The title comes from a speech made by Robert Gray, an early city leader.

The album closes with Locklair’s 2010 meditation on theology and canine affection, “Concerto for Organ and Orchestra.” This piece was commissioned by the Greater Greensboro Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and was premiered by the renowned Gerard Schwartz. The piece was inspired in part by Locklair’s dog, Riley.

The disk was recorded by the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra.

Locklair’s 'Sonata for Flute and Harp' to premiere June 19

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Dan Locklair’s “Sonata for Flute and Harp” will be premiered June 19 by flutist Debra Reuter-Pivetta and harpist Jacquelyn Bartlett as part of the American Harp Society Summer Institute 2019. Locklair is a professor of music and composer-in-residence at Wake Forest University.

Sonata for Flute & Harp is the result of a 2018 commission by the North Carolina Harp Ensemble for Jacquelyn Bartlett and Debra Reuter-Pivetta in celebration of the 2019 American Harp Society, Inc. Summer Institute. Composed during summer 2018, Sonata for Flute & Harp is in three movements and is approximately twelve minutes in length, the composer writes, “It is warmly dedicated to Ms. Bartlett and Ms. Reuter-Pivetta.” The piece was published by Subito Music.

Learn more about the June 19 concert, and other concerts that are part of American Harp Society Summer Institute 2019, at https://ahssummerinstitute.org/concerts.

Locklair’s compositions are performed throughout the United States and the world.

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Locklair's 'Gloria' CD released, available on campus, too

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Dan Locklair

Wake Forest Professor of Music Dan Locklair’s “Gloria (Sacred Choral Works)” CD is now available worldwide.  At Wake Forest, the newly-released CD is sold at the University’s Bookstore.  It is also easily available online through various sources for recordings.

Available from England’s Convivium Records, the CD was recorded in the U.K. and features performances by Sospiri, Winchester College Chapel Choir and The Portsmouth Grammar School Chamber Choir, with conductors Christopher Watson and Malcolm Archer.

“This CD brings together pieces composed with texts that come from across the liturgical year,” according to an official announcement for the recording.

Locklair, who is also composer-in-residence at Wake Forest, has composed music that is widely performed throughout the U.S. and around the world.  His catalog includes symphonic works, a ballet, an opera, chamber, instrumental, vocal and choral compositions.

Other recent choral CDs include “Requiem,” recorded by St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Winston-Salem with members of the Winston-Salem Symphony, and “Tapestries, Choral Music of Dan Locklair.”

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Dan Locklair's music performed at service for Justice Scalia

Professor of Music Dan Locklair’s “The Peace May Be Exchanged” for organ solo was included in the service music of the Feb. 20 funeral of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.

 The presentation of the piece may be heard at 2:13:00 into the following broadcast link – http://www.c-span.org/video/?404962-1/justice-antonin-scalia-funeral-mass&start=3196. There is also a discussion of the music used in the service at http://insanity.blogs.lchwelcome.org/2016/02/20/the-peace-may-be-exchanged/.

 “The Peace May Be Exchanged” is a movement from Locklair’s internationally performed “Rubrics,” a liturgical suite for organ. It was a 1988 commission from the Organ Artists Series of Pittsburgh, Pa., for their 10th anniversary year celebration. It has been recorded four times, including by organists Marilyn Keiser and Thomas Trotter. The piece was also part of the funeral of President Ronald Reagan. More about it is available at http://www.locklair.com/compositions/organ/rubrics-a-liturgical-suite-for-organ.  

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