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David Lockett

BMusHons(Adel.), MMus(Adel.), DMus(Adel.), ARCM, LMusA

David Lockett studied piano at the the Elder Conservatorium of Music, University of Adelaide and at the Royal College of Music in London. He has performed as a soloist in many parts of the world, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, China, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

In addition to his wide ranging solo career, David Lockett is in great demand as an accompanist and chamber music player. He has performed with some of the world’s finest instrumentalists and singers and has developed a most extensive repertoire of sonatas for piano and other instruments.

His CD of piano music by the Australian composer Margaret Sutherland was described by Soundscapes International Review of Fine Music as “an enormously important and welcome disc”. The Melbourne Age wrote: “Pianist David Lockett’s quality recording . . . is a must for anyone interested in Australian music”. He has also produced a performing edition of Sutherland’s music, released last year by Allans Publishing

David Lockett is a committed teacher and his master classes have been enthusiastically received in many parts of the world. A residency at the Sichuan Conservatory in China during 1991 prompted an immediate invitation for a return visit while in Japan, during his first tour there in 1989, he was awarded honorary life membership of the Piano Teachers’ National Association. In 1998, he was the recipient of one of the "Stephen Cole the Elder" prizes for excellence in teaching awarded by the University of Adelaide.

David Lockett is an Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide where he is currently Associate Dean of the Elder Conservatorium of Music.

Academic and Professional Qualifications

• Doctor of Music, University of Adelaide, 2004
• Master of Music, University of Adelaide, 1981
• Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours), University of Adelaide, 1972
• Associate of the Royal College of Music, Royal College of Music, London, 1972
• Licentiate in Music, Australia, Australian Music Examinations Board, 1970

Scholarships, Prizes, Grants and Awards

• 2000 Adelaide University Teaching Development Grant: “A Student Centred Model for Performance Teaching in Music”
• 2000 Adelaide University Grant for Information Technology Development: “The Development of On-line Teaching Resources in Music”
• 1998 Adelaide University “Stephen Cole the Elder” Prize for Excellence in Teaching
• 1998 “Recording of the Year” nomination in the Australian Composition category of the ABC Classic FM/24 Hours Recording of the Year Awards
• 1998 Small ARC (Australian Research Council) grant: “A critical study of two late, unpublished piano works by Margaret Sutherland”
• 1993 Australia - China Council Project Grant
• 1992 Adelaide University Minor Research Grant to fund the recording of piano works by Australian composers
• 1990 South Australian College of Advanced Education Research Grant: “Piano Music by Australian Women Composers”
• 1989 Honorary Life Membership: Piano Teachers’ National Association of Japan
• 1972 Athol Lykke Postgraduate Scholarship awarded by the University of Adelaide
• 1972 George Murray Travel Grant awarded by the University of Adelaide

Career Highlights

Recitals throughout Australia over a period of thirty years with repertoire ranging from Bach through to the most recent contemporary works. Many of these performances have been broadcast nationally on ABC Classic FM.

Performances with orchestra of works by Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikowsky, Weber, Messiaen, Danckops, Bloch, Górecki, Ravel, Sutherland. Conductors include Nicholas Braithwaite, Willem van Otterloo, Arthur Fiedler, Elyakum Shapirra, Henry Krips, Ezra Rachlin, Patrick Thomas, Sir Bernard Heinze, David Porcelijn, Thomas Mayer, and John Hopkins.

Concert tours to New Zealand (1978 and 1989), the United Kingdom (1981 and 1987), the United States (1981), China (1992 and 1993), Japan (1989 and 1992), Korea (1992 and 1996), Brunei (1990), Singapore (1980 and 1992), Hong Kong (1980 and 1992), Malaysia (1992), Canada (1997), Taiwan (1977).

Performances at national and international festivals, including the Adelaide Festival (1982, 1984, 1986, 1992, 1994), the Barossa International Music Festival (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997), Okayama Festival, Japan (1989) and the Composing Women Festival (1991).

Duo performances with distinguished musicians including Barry Tuckwell (French horn), Mark Lubotsky (violin), Sherry Kloss (violin), John Wion (flute), Peter Lloyd (flute), Jeffrey Crellin (oboe), Janis Laurs (cello), Geoffrey Collins (flute), Daniel Blumenthal (piano).

Some 30 première performances of new works by Australian composers:

• Membership of the “Lights” new music ensemble.
• First Australian performance of the Harpsichord Concerto by Górecki.
• CD recording of the solo piano works of Margaret Sutherland.
• CD recording (in progress) of chamber music by Margaret Sutherland.

Studio recordings for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio New Zealand, Radio Television Hong Kong and the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation.

Premiere Performances

• Related Contrasts Andre Oosterbaan
• Sonata no.2 for Clarinet and Piano David Morgan
• Piano Concerto Atis Danckops
• Music in the Evening Atis Danckops
• Seven Deadly Sins Atis Danckops
• Bali Moods 1 and 2 Anne Boyd
• “Shadows” and “Estuary” Ann Ghandar
• Footsteps of Love Eric Bryce
• This Mean Season ... John Polglase
• Moondog Dances John Polglase
• The Stream of Time Ralph Middenway
• Chromatic Traces David Kotlowy
• For Soprano and Piano David Kotlowy
• Sappho David Kotlowy
• In the Cloudiness of Our
• Questioning David Kotlowy
• Piano Trio Raymond Chapman-Smith
• ...Aus Lichtzwang Raymond Chapman-Smith
• Fühlwörtern Raymond Chapman-Smith
• Septet Raymond Chapman-Smith
• Circus Music Quentin Grant
• Meditations and Ecstasies Quentin Grant
• Songs of Dark and Light Quentin Grant
• “La Ciel” and “Light” Quentin Grant
• Gnostic Songs Quentin Grant
• Enochian Sonata Larry Sitsky
• Song (Amores II) Melita White

Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity

Primary research interests are as follows:

• Piano music by Australian composers with a special focus on the works of Margaret Sutherland;
• Performance practices in the piano sonatas of Beethoven;
• Piano performance and pedagogy.

Current projects include:

• performance and recording of sonatas for piano and other instruments by Margaret Sutherland;
• preparation of articles arising from previous research on Sutherland’s piano music;
• presentation of solo and chamber music performances.

Books and Articles

• Lockett, D (ed.) The Piano Works of Margaret Sutherland, Melbourne: Allans Publishing, 2000 (ISBN • I 86367 389 X).
• Lockett, D. “In Search of Method”, Australian Music Teacher, Vol.2 no.5, 1993, pp. 376 - 378.
• Lockett, D. “Aspects of Playing and Teaching Contrapuntal Music”, Australian Music Teacher, Vol.1 no.1, Spring 1990, pp. 53 – 56.
• Lockett, D. “Performance Practices in the Piano Sonatas of Beethoven”. M. Mus. Dissertation, the University of Adelaide, 1980.
• Lockett, D. “Schubert: Erlkönig and Gretchen am Spinnrade”, Matriculation Music, The University of Adelaide Department of Continuing Education, 1979, pp. 110 - 124.

Reviews

• Lockett, D. “Hammered” and “Spin”, Sounds Australian, Vol. 59, 2002 (ISSN 1030-4908), p. 40.
• Lockett, D. “The Four Handed Keyboard Crocodile”, Australian Music Teacher, Vol.2 no.3, 1992, p. 237.
• Lockett, D. “Five Pieces for Piano” by Bettina Scobie, Australian Music Teacher, Vol.2 no.2, 1992, p.140.
• Lockett, D. “Complete Accord” by Miriam Hyde, Australian Journal of Music Education, 1991 no.2, pp. 92 - 93.

CD Notes

• Lockett, D. Notes to Margaret Sutherland: the Piano Music. David Lockett, piano. Compact disc. ABC Classics 441 934-2, 1997.

Conference Papers

• “The Piano Music of Margaret Sutherland: a Fresh Resource for Teachers and Students”. Lecture-demonstration presented at the Fourth National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, University of Western Australia, 4 July 1999.
• “Textual Problems in Voices 1 and Voices 2, Two Late Unpublished Piano Works of Margaret Sutherland”. Lecture-recital presented at the 21st National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, University of Adelaide, 28 November 1998.
• “Australian Piano Music”. Lecture-demonstration presented at the Third National Conference on Piano Pedagogy, University of Sydney, 9 July 1997.

Lecture Demonstrations

• “Recent Australian Piano Music”. Clara Lichtenstein Hall, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. 10 February 1997.
• “Recent Australian Piano Music”. Faculty of Music, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 31 January 1997.
• “Chopin: Pianist and Teacher”. Enterprise House, Adelaide as part of 1996 Music Teachers Summer School. 16 January 1996.
• “Performance Practices in the Piano Sonatas of Beethoven”. Hong Kong Academy of the Performing Arts in association with the Hong Kong Piano Teachers’ Association. 23 March 1992.
• “Performance Practices in the Piano Sonatas of Beethoven”. Sichuan Conservatory of Music, Chengdu, China. 16 April 1992.
• “Nineteenth Century Piano Music”. The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. 11 July 1989.

CD Recordings

• Sutherland, Margaret. Margaret Sutherland: the Piano Music. David Lockett, piano. ABC Classics 441 934-2, 1997.