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Oct. 30, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net


Choral Music of Dan Locklair to Be Performed in Charlotte, North Carolina, Worcester, Massachusetts and Winston Salem, North Carolina
on November 4 and 5

 

Choral music by American composer Dan Locklair will be heard in three performances by three groups in three different cities on two days:

Saturday, November 4 - 8:00 PM - Renaissance choral ensemble, Robert Pritchard, Music Director, will perform In the Cross of Christ I Glory (for SATB, a cappella), along with Mr. Locklair's Ubi Caritas, as part of their regular Charlotte subscription series concert at Myers Park United Methodist Church, 1501 Queens Road in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Tickets for the November 4 performance are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, with discounts for seniors and students. For more information, please contact Renaissance at tickets@singers-renaissance.org or visit them online at http://www.singers-renaissance.org.

Also on Saturday, November 4 - 8:00 PM - The Worcester Chorus, Andrew Clark, Music Director, with Frank Corbin, Organ and Richard Watson, Trumpet, will perform St. Peter's Rock (for SATB, trumpet and organ) and Ubi caritas (for choir and organ), at United Congregational Church, 6 Institute Road in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Tickets for this performance range from $18 to $26 and are available by calling Music Worcester, Inc. at (508) 754-3231 or online at http://musicworcester.org.

Sunday, November 5 - Remembrance (for double SATB choir, trumpet and organ) will be Premiered as part of their weekly worship services by the St. Paul's Choir, Barbara Beattie, Music Director, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 520 Summit Street in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

For more information, call 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.



Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Jeffrey James,   President
45 Grant Avenue
Farmingdale, NY 11735
Tel & Fax: 516-586-3433
  E-mail: jamesarts@worldnet.att.net

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