The Amazing Dan Locklair!

Dan Locklair's music will be the highlight of the Organ Historical Society's 2010 National Convention concert on Wednesday night. This is a major honor, and will be wonderful exposure for this great composer. We're very excited that his piece "Glory and Peace" will be performed by the organist Thomas Murray at Harbison Chapel of Grove City College. (Click here for performance information)

Glory and Peace (2008) is a suite of seven reflections for organ, inspired by George Herbett's poem King of Glory, King of Peace. It was commissioned by the Anglican Musicians Foundation, the Los Angeles Conference Committee and the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and was premiered by Thomas Murray in June 2009 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles as a part of the 2009 National Conference of the Anglican Association of Musicians (AAM). Hear excerpts of the work on Dan Locklair's Website.

Loft Recordings recently issued The Music of Dan Locklair (LRCD-1110) featuring organist Marilyn Keiser. Here is a review of The Aeolian Sonata featured on the album from "Church Music Quarterly - March 2009":

My pick of this handsomely presented crop is the Aeolian Sonata whose three contrasting movements are a fine showcase for Locklair's talents. The first, 'Aus tiefer Not', is granitic and relentless, and offers more chromatic writing than is usual (I was reminded of Howells's early Psalm Preludes); 'Shalom (Peace)' is a pretty and largely tonal elegy in the manner of Langlais's Chant de Paix; and 'Laudate Dominum' is an exuberant toccata that manages to show both drama and charm. As a whole, the sonata lasts about twelve minutes; each movement would make a good voluntary. - Huw Morg

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