Dan Locklair: Remarkably Prolific

“Dan Locklair is a remarkably prolific composer.” And so, as the Central City Chorus prepares for its March 16 New York premiere of the composer’s Requiem, music director Bryan Zaros shares some insight into the ensemble’s choral composer portrait concert, at St. Malachy’s Church. Locklair’s nine-movement, 45-minute Requiem is set in English and uses elements […]

Composer Dan Locklair

Dan Locklair: A Magical, Musical Partnership

On November 5, 2023, composer Dan Locklair conducts his Requiem in Lynchburg, VA. The concert is an All Saints’ Day Concert with the St. John’s Choir, the Cantate Youth and Children’s Choir, soloists, string orchestra and organ, played by Peggy Haas Howell. The nine-movement, 45-minute work is set in English and uses elements of the […]

Locklair: The Harvard/ Ashmont Evening Service

On March 23, 2023, the Harvard Glee Club, University Choir, and The All Saints’ Choir of Men and Boys, Ashmont present the world premiere of Dan Locklair’s newest choral work The Harvard/Ashmont Evening Service. Music director Andrew Clark conducts the premiere — along with Edward Elwyn Jones — at Harvard Memorial Church in Cambridge, as […]

Locklair: A Feast for the Soul

“Dan Locklair’s Requiem is a feast for the soul as well as for the ears.” And so, Christopher Gilliam, music director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus, invites us to learn more about Locklair’s work as the orchestra prepares to perform it on October 30 at Wake Forest University. The nine-movement, 45-minute work premiered on November […]

Locklair: Sing to the World

“Caritas A Cappella Ensemble of Charlotte, NC is preparing Dan Locklair’s new work, Sing to the World: A Choral Cycle in Five Movements in Celebration of Music, for its world premiere on Sunday, May 15, 2022.” And so, music director Cathy Youngblood introduces us to the composer’s latest choral work which she will conduct at […]