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Chamber Music of Dan Locklair at Piccolo Spoleto in Charleston, SC
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Composer Dan Locklair’s Sonata da Chiesa for flute and organ will be presented on Monday, May 31 – 8:00 PM at Grace Episcopal Church, 98 Wentworth Street in Charleston, South Carolina as part of the 2010 Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Performers will be Jessica Hull-Dambaugh, principal flutist in the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and organist Greg Homza, a DMA candidate at Indiana University.
Sonata da Chiesa was written in 1998 and consists of four movements - 1. Processional – Beginning of Worship, 2. Adoration and Praise, 3. Faith and Aspiration (Chaconne) and 4. Amen – Close of Worship. The piece has been recorded for An Old Salem Christmas by flutist Laura Dangerfield and organist Scott Carpenter for the Raven label (OAR-860).
Other works on the May 31 program include Veni Creator Spiritus by Richard Proulx, who passed away recently, a Corelli sonata, the Meditation from Thaïs and other pieces for organ and ensemble. Other performers include organists Bob Gant and Julia Harlow, violinist Aaron LaVallee, violist Peter Kiral, viola and tenor Walter Boyce.
For ticket information about the concert and more about the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, call 843-724-7295 or visit http://www.piccolospoleto.com/home/default.aspx. The concert is sponsored by the Charleston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Internationally recognized composer Dan Locklair is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His compositional output 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. Among his honors are consecutive ASCAP Awards since 1981 and a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award.
Loft Recordings has issued The Music of Dan Locklair (LRCD-1110), organ works performed by Marilyn Keiser - http://www.gothic-catalog.com/The_Music_of_Dan_Locklair_Marilyn_Keiser_organist_p/lrcd-1110.htm and Naxos has issued Symphony of Seasons and other orchestral works (CD 8.559337), performed by the Slovak Radio Orchestra - http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559337. Locklair’s primary publishers are Subito Music (http://www.subitomusic.com) and Ricordi (Boosey & Hawkes and Hal Leonard, U.S. agents). Read his Rubric newsletter at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/mar10/DL_nws_031710.pdf.
For more information about composer Dan Locklair, including a bio, list of works, discography and much more, please visit http://www.locklair.com. You can also contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Composer Dan Locklair’s Sonata da Chiesa for flute and organ will be presented on Monday, May 31 – 8:00 PM at Grace Episcopal Church, 98 Wentworth Street in Charleston, South Carolina as part of the 2010 Piccolo Spoleto Festival. Performers will be Jessica Hull-Dambaugh, principal flutist in the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and organist Greg Homza, a DMA candidate at Indiana University.
Sonata da Chiesa was written in 1998 and consists of four movements - 1. Processional – Beginning of Worship, 2. Adoration and Praise, 3. Faith and Aspiration (Chaconne) and 4. Amen – Close of Worship. The piece has been recorded for An Old Salem Christmas by flutist Laura Dangerfield and organist Scott Carpenter for the Raven label (OAR-860).
Other works on the May 31 program include Veni Creator Spiritus by Richard Proulx, who passed away recently, a Corelli sonata, the Meditation from Thaïs and other pieces for organ and ensemble. Other performers include organists Bob Gant and Julia Harlow, violinist Aaron LaVallee, violist Peter Kiral, viola and tenor Walter Boyce.
For ticket information about the concert and more about the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, call 843-724-7295 or visit http://www.piccolospoleto.com/home/default.aspx. The concert is sponsored by the Charleston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
Internationally recognized composer Dan Locklair is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His compositional output 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. Among his honors are consecutive ASCAP Awards since 1981 and a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award.
Loft Recordings has issued The Music of Dan Locklair (LRCD-1110), organ works performed by Marilyn Keiser - http://www.gothic-catalog.com/The_Music_of_Dan_Locklair_Marilyn_Keiser_organist_p/lrcd-1110.htm and Naxos has issued Symphony of Seasons and other orchestral works (CD 8.559337), performed by the Slovak Radio Orchestra - http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559337. Locklair’s primary publishers are Subito Music (http://www.subitomusic.com) and Ricordi (Boosey & Hawkes and Hal Leonard, U.S. agents). Read his Rubric newsletter at http://www.jamesarts.com/releases/mar10/DL_nws_031710.pdf.
For more information about composer Dan Locklair, including a bio, list of works, discography and much more, please visit http://www.locklair.com. You can also contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net.
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