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 part of their concerts at Reynolds Memorial Auditorium in Winston-Salem, NC. Performers were the Winston-Salem Symphony and Chorus, led by Michelle Merrill, Conductor and Chris Gilliam, Chorus Director with Poet Laureate … Read more
“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 April 2026 Album Dan Locklair: Sing To The World Featured artists: Iain Farrington (Piano)Phoenix Consort (Choir)Adam Whitmore (Conductor) Dan Locklair’s music has never been about fashion. His traditional style is … Read more
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 Cloths of Heaven. changing perceptions and EPITAPH • Adam Whitmore, cond; Iain Farrington (pn, org); Phoenix Consort • CONVIVIUM 115 (77:02 Text and Translation) Dan Locklair’s music was enthusiastically received … Read more
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 Love; I Mourned; Fallen Star; A Miracle; For Amber Waves; Tapestries; Cloths of Heaven; What Do We Know About Life; AMH; Grief Poem; High Flight; Like the River That Passes … Read more
Dan Locklair. Holy Seasons – Book 2 (Four Tone Poems for Organ) (91460091 Subito Music Publishing, (2023) 31 pp., $29.99. This set of four tone poems is a sequel to the first set, which included pieces for Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. This second set features pieces for All Saints, Epiphany, Ascension, and Pentecost, feast days for which new organ pieces are most welcome! The two sets of Tone Poems were commissioned by Bruton Parish Church in Williamsburg, Virginia.Devotees of Locklair’s music will find much to appreciate here, including characteristic long-spun, legato lines and mixed-meter toccata figurations.One of the things I admire in Locklair’s liturgical organ pieces is his subtle use of hymn tunes. Both Epiphany and Pentecost end peacefully with a subtle quotation of WlE SCHON LEUCHTET and AURELIA, respectively; however, no more than a phrase is used – simply a nod to the discerning listener. All Saints (Procession of the Saints) is a majestic work … Read more
From the March/April 2025 issue of American Record Guide magazine, a review of composer Dan Locklair’s From East to West Convivium Records CD of choral works, performed by England’s David Goode, organ, the Onyx Brass and Royal Holloway Choir, led by Rupert Gough, “It is rare to see American choral music recorded by an English … Read more
Dan Locklair – From East to West The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough, conductor, David Goode, organ, Onyx Brass Convivium Records [Naxos, dist.], www.conviviumrecords.co.uk, CR094; Adrian Green, Executive Producer; George Richford, Producer; Adaq Khan, Engineer; Amazon $18.99; ArkivMusic – $18.99; Streaming on Apple Music and other streaming services. Reviewed by Marjorie Johnston Once again, … Read more
Cathedral Music (UK) critic Bret Johnson wrote in the magazine’s October 2024 issue, “Dan Locklair (b. 1949) has had three previous appearances on Convivium, most recently his very powerful and moving Requiem (CR070). This latest selection features a number of recent a cappella works and further cements his reputation as a choral composer on both sides of the Atlantic. The … Read more
Rubrics (1988) by Dan Locklair (b. 1949) is the most “advanced” work here—still quite tonal, but with some adventurous harmonies. The work’s main title refers to rubrics for the conduct of the service of Holy Communion from the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of The Episcopal Church, with the subtitles for each of the five movements quoting a … Read more
See superb reviews and a lovely video about the recording of this collection of Dan’s sacred music, much of it based on ancient and treasured texts, poems and hymn words at https://conviviumrecords.co.uk/product/dan-locklair-from-east-to-west/. The recording includes Locklair’s Brief Mass, a simple yet deeply symbolic setting of the words of the liturgy. The CD is available in all audio … Read more