DAN LOCKLAIR, COMPOSER
Dan Locklair, winner of the 2025 American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award, is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music Emeritus at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. His compositional catalog, influenced by a wide variety of traditions, includes internationally performed symphonic works, a ballet, an opera, and numerous solo, chamber, vocal, organ, and choral compositions.
His principal publisher is Subito Music.
CDs of his music have been released by Naxos, Albany, Koch International Classics, Convivium, Priory, Raven, ARSIS, Gothic, Loft and other labels.
Latest News & Reviews
See Winston-Salem Symphony’s Performance of Since Dawn
On May 30 and 31, 2026, the Winston-Salem Symphony performed composer Dan Locklair’s Since Dawn, A Tone Poem for Narrator, Chorus, and Orchestra., based on poetry … Read more
Since Dawn Performance Review
On May 30 and 31, 2026, the Winston-Salem Symphony performed Dan’s Since Dawn for narrator, chorus, and orchestra based on Maya Angelou’s On the Pulse of Morning), as … Read more
Sing to the World – Review by BBC Music Magazine
“What this disc shows above all is Locklair’s immaculate craftsmanship, his emotional openness and his sensitivity to poetry. Beautifully performed and intelligently programmed.” ★★★★ 25th … Read more
See Two Fanfare Magazine Reviews of Sing to the World
CD Review by Colin Clarke LOCKLAIR Sing to the World. For This is Love. Bond and Free. The Lilacs Bloomed. For Amber Waves. Tapestries. The … Read more
West Coast Premiere of Dan’s Requiem
April 3, 2026, the West Coast premiere of Dan’s Requiem was presented by Pasadena, CA’s Presbyterian Church’s resident and guest singers with the Friends of … Read more
See an American Record Guide Review of Sing to the World
Dan Locklair: Sing to the World That Music Always Round Me; Singers; Hymn to the Morning; Master of Music; The Musical Ass; For This Is … Read more
