Choral Music of Dan Locklair Performed by Akron Symphony Chorus on March 14 in Akron, Ohio
Posted by s21concerts in Concert Announcement
Composer Dan Locklair’s changing perceptions, a five-movement choral cycle for SATB chorus and piano will be performed by the Akron Symphony Chorus, Hugh Ferguson Floyd conductor, as part of their Spring Concert on Sunday, March 14, 2:00 PM at Our Lady of the Elms, 1375 Exchange Street in Akron, Ohio.
changing perceptions was commissioned and premiered in 1987 by The Choral Art Society of Portland, Maine (Dr. Robert Russell, Music Director). Created in memory of the composer’s father, changing perceptions and its accompanying Epitaph was the top prize winner of the 1989 Barlow International Composition Competition. The poetry of changing perceptions concerns issues of life and death and includes poetry by Carol Adler, from her collection, Day Lilies, and poems by Christine Teale Howes, Joy Kogawa and John G. Magee, Jr. The piece has been recorded for the Dan Locklair: Choral Music CD, with Robert Russell conducting the Choral Art Society.
Tickets for the March 14 concert are $15 each, general admission only, $7.50 for students. For tickets and information, call 330-535-8131 or visit http://www.akronsymphony.org/akron-symphony-chorus-spring-concert/. More about the Akron Symphony Chorus at http://www.akronsymphony.org/chorus/.
For more information about composer Dan Locklair, including a bio, list of works, discography and much more, please visit http://www.locklair.com.
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