Dan Locklair`s choral work, Pater Noster (2000), a motet setting of the Lord's Prayer for SATB choir, divisi, a cappella, has been released on four separate recordings in 2004 and 2005 by a superb international array of choirs.

The latest recording of the work is a performance by The Choir of Men and Boys of Saint Thomas Church, New York (American Music from Saint Thomas) on Koch International Classics (Koch Classics KIC-CD-7567). The disk also features the second recording of Locklair's Brief Mass in its only available performance by a choir of men and boys. Other recently released CDs feature performances by The Choir of the Abbey School of England on the Priory label (Pater Noster - PRCD 787 - Settings of the Lords Prayer - http://www.priory.org.uk/), Vocal Arts Ensemble of Durham, North Carolina (My Spirit Sang All Day - http://www.arsisaudio.com/cd145.html), Cathedral Choral Society of Washington, DC (Music for a Sacred Place - http://www.arsisaudio.com/cd150.html) - both on the Arsis label (CD145 and CD150).

American Record Guide has written about the Arsis CD145 release, "I was especially happy with two rich pieces, "Create in Me a Clean Heart" and "Pater Noster", from contemporary American composer Dan Locklair (b. 1949), who deserves to be heard more often." They also wrote about the Arsis CD150 release, "(Locklair's) Pater Noster fits in beautifully with better known works by Lauridesen, Whitacre and the rest - which is high praise indeed."

Internationally recognized American 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 1989 Barlow International Competition Award 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. His principal publisher, and the publisher of Pater Noster, is Subito Music Corporation at http://www.subitomusic.com/. Brief Mass is available from by Ricordi/Hal Leonard Publishing at http://www.halleonard.com/.

For more information about composer Dan Locklair, including a bio, list of works, discography and much more, please visit http://www.locklair.com. He is represented by Jeffrey James Arts Consulting - 516-797-9166 - phone and fax, to whom inquiries about his music can be directed.

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