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Organ Music of Dan Locklair Performed on June 23 in Grove City, PA
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
Composer Dan Locklair’s Glory and Peace for solo organ will be presented by organist Thomas Murray on Wednesday, June 23 – 7:30 PM at Harbison Chapel of Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive in Grove City, Pennsylvania. This performance, which will also feature other masterworks of organ literature, is part of the Organ Historical Society’s 2010 National Convention in nearby Pittsburgh.
Glory and Peace (2008) is a suite of seven reflections for organ, inspired by George Herbert’s poem King of Glory, King of Peace. It was commissioned by the Anglican Musicians Foundation, the Los Angeles Conference Committee and the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and was premiered by Thomas Murray in June 2009 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles as a part of the 2009 National Conference of the Anglican Association of Musicians (AAM). Hear excerpts of the work at http://www.locklair.com/wp/compositions/organ.
Thomas Murray, concert organist and recording artist, is University Organist and Professor of Music at Yale University. Visit him at http://www.concertorganists.com/site2009/artist2.aspx?id=64.
For more information about the June 23 concert, call 724-458-2000 or visit http://www.organsociety.org/2010/page6/page6.html.
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 top award from the Barlow Endowment. In its centennial year, Dan Locklair was named Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists.
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 Glory and Peace for solo organ will be presented by organist Thomas Murray on Wednesday, June 23 – 7:30 PM at Harbison Chapel of Grove City College, 100 Campus Drive in Grove City, Pennsylvania. This performance, which will also feature other masterworks of organ literature, is part of the Organ Historical Society’s 2010 National Convention in nearby Pittsburgh.
Glory and Peace (2008) is a suite of seven reflections for organ, inspired by George Herbert’s poem King of Glory, King of Peace. It was commissioned by the Anglican Musicians Foundation, the Los Angeles Conference Committee and the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and was premiered by Thomas Murray in June 2009 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles as a part of the 2009 National Conference of the Anglican Association of Musicians (AAM). Hear excerpts of the work at http://www.locklair.com/wp/compositions/organ.
Thomas Murray, concert organist and recording artist, is University Organist and Professor of Music at Yale University. Visit him at http://www.concertorganists.com/site2009/artist2.aspx?id=64.
For more information about the June 23 concert, call 724-458-2000 or visit http://www.organsociety.org/2010/page6/page6.html.
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 top award from the Barlow Endowment. In its centennial year, Dan Locklair was named Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists.
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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