Choral Music by Dan Locklair Featured on WGBH Radio, Christmas Day, December 25

December 21, 2011

For Immediate Release

Contact: Jeffrey James Arts Consulting

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Choral Music by Dan Locklair Featured on WGBH Radio, Christmas Day, December 25

 

Dan Locklair’s The Stars and Sleighing Song for SATB, SSAA and TTBB choruses and piano will be featured on WGBH radio’s Christmas Around New England program, hosted by Cheryl Willoughby on Sunday, December 25 at 12 noon EST. The two pieces are movements from WINTER (from the forgottens), performed by the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society, Andrew Clark, conductor.

 

For a playlist and to listen to the program, visit http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Classical-Concerts-1394/episodes/Christmas-Around-New-England-33960.

 

WINTER (from the forgottens), a four-movement choral cycle for choruses and piano was Premiered by the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society on December 3 at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The piece was commissioned by the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society (Andrew Clark, conductor).

 

As the composer writes, “WINTER (from the forgottens) is based on poetry from four 19th century and early 20th century American poets whose work has been undeservedly forgotten. While the theme of the choral cycle is the season of Winter, hues of the December holiday spirit permeate each piece.”

 

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. Recent CDs include Naxos’ Symphony of Seasons and other orchestral works (CD 8.559337), performed by the Slovak Radio Orchestra. Locklair’s primary publishers are Subito Music and Ricordi (Boosey & Hawkes and Hal Leonard, U.S. agents).

 

For 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 .

 

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