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Dan Locklair Commissioned by AGO, Greensboro NC
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@att.net
American composer Dan Locklair has been commissioned by the American Guild of Organists Greater Greensboro, North Carolina for a Concerto for Organ and Orchestra. The new work will be premiered at the June 2011 Region IV AGO Convention in Greensboro.
The composer has written the following about the new work, “My new Concerto for Organ and Orchestra is cast in three movements. Approximately twenty minutes in length, the composition is cyclic in nature with all movements being linked by that most basic of harmonic materials, the triad. Further, the 11th century plainsong melody, Divinum mysterium, is at the heart and soul of the serene middle movement. Even as the opening movement begins and ends with music of grandeur, the Concerto concludes with the highly rhythmic and driving third movement, the Toccata. I am very excited about this new concerto commission for the 2011 Region IV AGO Convention in Greensboro, North Carolina!”
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 latest 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
American composer Dan Locklair has been commissioned by the American Guild of Organists Greater Greensboro, North Carolina for a Concerto for Organ and Orchestra. The new work will be premiered at the June 2011 Region IV AGO Convention in Greensboro.
The composer has written the following about the new work, “My new Concerto for Organ and Orchestra is cast in three movements. Approximately twenty minutes in length, the composition is cyclic in nature with all movements being linked by that most basic of harmonic materials, the triad. Further, the 11th century plainsong melody, Divinum mysterium, is at the heart and soul of the serene middle movement. Even as the opening movement begins and ends with music of grandeur, the Concerto concludes with the highly rhythmic and driving third movement, the Toccata. I am very excited about this new concerto commission for the 2011 Region IV AGO Convention in Greensboro, North Carolina!”
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 latest 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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