October 6 at Wake Forest University and October 9 at Old Salem Village Major works from Dan Locklair's organ and chamber music catalogue will be performed in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in the coming days. His "Chautauqua Soliloquy" for flute and piano will receive its second performance on Thursday October 6, 2005 by Richard Sherman (flute) and Peter Kairoff (piano) in Brendle Recital Hall of Wake Forest University, Wake Forest Road in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Richard Sherman, Professor of Flute at Michigan State University School of Music and Principal Flutist with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra (Chautauqua, NY), premiered this piece at Chautauqua on July 3, 2005. More about him online at http://www.music.msu.edu/faculty/faculty.php?id=75. "Chautauqua Soliloquy" was the result of a commission from the composers' friend and colleague, David Levy, in celebration of his wife, Kathy, a flutist and long-time member of the Chautauqua Symphony, on the occasion of her 2005 birthday. For ticket information and directions to Brendle Recital Hall, please call the Wake Forest Music Department at 336-758-5364. Locklair's "Salem Sonata" will conclude renowned American organist Marilyn Keiser's concert on Sunday, October 9 2005 at 3:00 PM on the historic 1800 Tannenberg organ in Gray Auditorium of the Old Salem Visitor's Center, Old Salem Village in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Also appearing in Dr. Keiser's recital will be 2003 Metropolitan Opera Competition winner, soprano, Christina Pier. "Salem Sonata" for organ is in four movements and was composed during late August and September of 2003 on commission from Mr. & Mrs. Mark Welshimer. Approximately ten minutes in length, "Salem Sonata" celebrates the 2004 completed restoration of the historic 1800 David Tannenberg pipe organ that was originally installed and dedicated in 1800 in the Moravian Church (now known as Home Moravian Church) in Salem, North Carolina. Marilyn Keiser is Chancellor's Professor of Music at Indiana University Bloomington, where she teaches courses in sacred music as well as applied organ. Prior to her appointment at Indiana University, Dr. Keiser was Organist and Director of Music at All Souls Parish in Asheville, NC, and music consultant for the Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina, holding both positions from 1970-1983. Much more about her at http://www.music.indiana.edu/department/organ/keiser.shtml. Admission fee to this concert is $8.00. For directions and more information, please contact Old Salem at 336-721-7300. 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 principle publisher is Subito Music Corporation at http://www.subitomusic.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 - 516-586-3433 - phone and fax, to whom inquiries about his music can be directed.
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