Organ music by American composer Dan Locklair will be heard in a recital by the composer on Tuesday, February 6 - 7 PM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Selections from Locklair's Salem Sonata (2003) and Æolian Sonata (2002) will be performed, along with his Triptych for Manuals (1974) and the Premiere of Dance the Joy (2004), along with Schumann's Sketches in F Minor and C Minor (Op. 58, Nos. 1 & 3) and Handel's Sonata in F Major for Flute (Op. 1, No. 11). Mr. Locklair will be joined by flutist Kathryn Levy for the Handel selection.

This concert is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 336-723-4391 or visit them online at http://www.stpauls-ws.org/.

Internationally recognized composer Dan Locklair, a native of Charlotte, NC, is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC. His compositional output, influenced by a wide variety of traditions, ranging from Medieval to modern music, 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. Several of these works have received major awards, including the top award in the 1989 Barlow International Competition for "changing perceptions & Epitaph" and the 1996 American Guild of Organists Composer of the Year Award. Among his other honors are consecutive ASCAP Awards since 1981 and a Kennedy Center Friedheim Award. His latest CDs, "Dan Locklair Orchestral Music" (Albany Records Troy 517), and "Dan Locklair Chamber Music" (Albany Records Troy 701-02) have been released to great critical acclaim.

For more information about composer Dan Locklair, including a bio, list of works, discography and much more, please visit the newly redesigned http://www.locklair.com. You can also contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net.

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