Dan has been named the winner of The 2025 American Prize Ernst Bacon Memorial Award for the Performance of American Music in the Professional Composers Category for his Requiem for SATB chorus (divisi), soloists (SATB), organ and string orchestra.The American Prize in Composition recognizes and rewards the best composers in America of works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, theater, opera, dance or film that have been publicly performed, or read and recorded. More about it and Locklair’s award here.
The nine-movement, 45-minute work is set in English and uses elements of the Latin Mass, along with non-traditional solo movements featuring additional Biblical texts. It’s published by Subito Music. Hear it and follow the score on YouTube.