David Lockett
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Biography/ Background
David Lockett commenced studies as a pianist at the Elder Conservatorium of Music as a twelve year old. By the time he completed his Bachelor of Music degree, he had performed as concerto soloist with the Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney Symphony Orchestras and had appeared many times on national radio and television.
Since then, he has performed widely throughout Australia and in thirteen overseas countries. He has presented well over three hundred major solo, concerted and collaborative works, ranging from the music of Bach and Scarlatti through to the most recent works by contemporary composers. His contribution to Australian music has resulted in around forty première performances together with extensive research on the music of Margaret Sutherland.
His CD recording of Sutherland's piano music 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 also produced a performing edition of Sutherland's piano music, published by AMPD in 2000. In 2014, he compiled and edited the nine volumes of piano music that formed the Australian Music Examinations Board's Series 17 Piano. Three years later, he led a major review of the AMEB's piano syllabus, resulting in a significantly updated approach to technical work, a refreshed and expanded selection of repertoire, an option in collaborative piano and an entirely new suite of publications.
In addition to his interest in music from the last one hundred years, David Lockett has maintained a deep love of the Viennese classical composers and has performed many of the solo and duo sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.
David Lockett's achievements as a performer and educator have been acknowledged through a number of honours and prizes, including a Stephen Cole Award for Excellence in Teaching at the University of Adelaide. He is a patron of the Music Teachers' Association of South Australia and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan. In 2018, he was awarded an honorary fellowship in music (F.Mus.A.) by the Australian Music Examinations Board. He has given master classes and lectures in the United Kingdom, the United States, Serbia, Canada, Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and New Zealand. He is frequently engaged as an examiner and adjudicator nationally and internationally.
David Lockett holds a Doctor of Music degree from the University of Adelaide, the first performer ever to receive this award. He was also the first performer to be appointed as a full professor at the University. After relinquishing the position of Director of the Elder Conservatorium of Music at the end of 2009, he was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor.
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Qualifications
B.Mus (Honours), M.Mus, D.Mus, A.R.C.M., L.Mus.A., Hon. F.Mus.A.
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Awards & Achievements
Honorary Fellowship in Music (Hon. F.Mus.A.) awarded by the Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018.
A.M. (Member of the Order of Australia), awarded in 2010 for service to music as a concert pianist, educator and researcher, and as an advocate and supporter of Australian music and composers.
Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in Teaching, University of Adelaide, 1998.
Honorary Life Member, Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan, 1989.
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Research Interests
- Australian piano music
- Piano performance and pedagogy
- Performance as research
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Publications
Books and Articles
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Technical Work Level 1: Preliminary to Grade 4, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-93-8).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Technical Work Level 2: Grade 5 to Grade 8, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-94-5).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Preliminary, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-84-6).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Grade 1, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-85-3).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Grade 2, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-86-0).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Grade 3, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-87-7).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Grade 4, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-88-4).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Grade 5, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-89-1).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Grade 6, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-90-7).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Grade 7, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-91-4).
Lockett, D (editor and prinicipal consultant). Piano Series 18 Grade 8, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2018 (ISMN 979-0-720116-92-1).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Preliminary, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-44-0).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Grade 1, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-45-7).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Grade 2, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-46-4).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Grade 3, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-47-1).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Grade 4, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-48-8).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Grade 5, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-49-5).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Grade 6, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-50-1).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Grade 7, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-51-8).
Lockett, D (compiler and editor). Piano Series 17 Grade 8, Melbourne: Australian Music Examinations Board, 2014 (ISMN 979-0-720116-52-5).
Lockett, D. "Doorway to the Treasures Within", The Piano Teacher, Issue Six, November 2014, pp. 26-7.
Bajalica, M and Lockett, D. “Strategies for the Pianist to Enhance the Artistic Quality of Piano Recording”, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Performance Science 2009, Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen, Utrecht 2009. ISBN 978-94-90306-01-4.
Lockett, D. “The Scholar/Performer: a New Dimension in Music Research”, Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference "Focus on Excellence: Questions and Answers", The Australian National University, 2-6 July 2007.
Lockett, D. “Margaret Sutherland’s Chiaroscuro 1: A Comparison of Autograph Sources”, Musicology Australia, Volume XXVII, 2006.
Lockett, D. “Keys to a Future”, Proceedings of the 7th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, the University of Adelaide 12th – 16th July 2005.
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.
Conference Presentations and Lecture-Recitals
“The Well-connected Pianist”. Keynote address, Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, University of Queensland, 8-12 July 2019..
“Southern Lights: Beacons in Australia’s Musical Landscape”. World Piano Conference, Novi Sad, Serbia, 5 May 2009.
“The Scholar/Performer: a New Dimension in Music Research”. The 8th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference "Focus on Excellence: Questions and Answers", The Australian National University, Canberra, 2-6 July 2007
“Keys to a Future: Prospects for Tertiary Music Graduates”. Presented at the 7th Australasian Piano Pedagogy Conference, The University of Adelaide, 13 July 2005.
“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.
“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. “Jesu, meine Freude” in Eternity: the timeless music of Australia’s composers. David Lockett, piano. ABC Classics 4761607, 2004. ISBN 4761607.
Sutherland, Margaret. Margaret Sutherland: the Piano Music. David Lockett, piano. ABC Classics 441 934-2, 1997.
CD Notes
Lockett, D. Notes to Margaret Sutherland: the Piano Music. David Lockett, piano. Compact disc. ABC Classics 441 934-2, 1997.
Publicly Performed Repertoire (* denotes première performance)
Agnew
Bach
Bach
Bach
Bach
Bach
Bach
Bach
Bach
Bach
Bach (C.P.E.)
Bach (WF)
Bach (WF)
Banaitis
Banks
Bartók
Bartók
Bastiks
Bax
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Beethoven
Benjamin
Benjamin
Berg
Bloch
Bloch
Blood
Boccherini
Boyd
Boyd
Bozza
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Brahms
Britten
Britten
Bruch
Bryce
Carr-Boyd
Carter
Cary
Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Chapman-Smith
Chapman-Smith
Chapman-Smith
Chapman-Smith
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Chopin
Clementi
Copland
Cui
Damase
Danckops
Danckops
Danckops
Debussy
Debussy
Debussy
Debussy
Debussy
Debussy
Donizetti
Doppler
Doppler
Dreyfus
Dutilleux
Dutilleux
DvoÅák
DvoÅák
DvoÅák
Elgar
Enescu
Enescu
Farquhar
Fauré
Fauré
Fauré
Fauré
Ferguson
Finzi
Franck
Franck
Garuta
Ghandar
Gaubert
Gifford
Ginastera
Glanville-Hicks
Górecki
Grainger
Grant
Grant
Grant
Grant
Grieg
Grieg
Griffes
Hamilton
Haydn
Haydn
Haydn
Hindemith
Hindemith
Hindemith
Hindemith
Hiscocks
Horovitz
Huang Huwei
Hummel
Hurlstone
Hurlstone
Hyde
Hyde
Hyde
Ibert
Ireland
JanáÄek
Jolivet
Kalliwoda
Katchaturian
Kay
Kodály
Kodály
Koehne
Kotlowy
Kotlowy
Kotlowy
Kotlowy
Krenek
Le Fevre
Li Zhongyong
Lilburn
Lilburn
Lilburn
Liszt
Liszt
Liszt
Liszt
Liszt
Lutoslawski
Mageau
Martin
Martin
Martinů
Martinů
Martinů
Martinů
Meale
Medins
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Mendelssohn
Messiaen
Messiaen
Messiaen
Messiaen
Messiaen
Middenway
Milhaud
Milhaud
Milhaud
Milhaud
Morgan
Mouquet
Moussorgsky
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Mozart
Novak
Oosterbaan
Oosterbaan
Oosterbaan
Polglase
Polglase
Ponchielli
Poulenc
Poulenc
Poulenc
Poulenc
Poulenc
Poulenc
Poulenc
Poulenc
Prokofiev
Prokofiev
Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff
Rafter
Rameau
Ravel
Ravel
Ravel
Ravel
Ravel
Ravel
Reinecke
Reinecke
Roussel
Saint-Saens
Saint-Saens
Sancan
Scarlatti
Schnittke
Schnittke
Schnittke
Schoenberg
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schubert
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Schumann
Sculthorpe
Sculthorpe
Sculthorpe
Searle
Shinohara
Shostakovich
Shostakovich
Shostakovich
Shostakovich
Sitsky
Sitsky
Sitsky
Sitsky
Strauss
Strauss
Stravinsky
Stravinsky
Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland
Sutherland
Szymanowski
Vaughan-Williams
Vieuxtemps
Vitolins
Vorisek
Weber
Weber
Weber
Weber
Webern
Weiner
Wilder
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Community Engagement
David Lockett maintains strong links with a variety of professional and community organisations. He is a Patron of the Music Teachers' Association of SA, a Vice-Patron of the Adelaide Eisteddfod Society and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Piano Teachers' National Association in Japan. He has adjudicated many significant scholarships , including the Symphony Australia Young Performers' Award, the Australian National Piano Award, the Royal South Street Competitions in Ballarat and the PTNA Piano Award in Tokyo. He has served as adjudicator and artistic advisor for the Metropolitan Male Choir Scholarship for young musicians and as a member of the judging panel for the APRA/Australian Music Centre Classical Music Awards.
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Media Expertise
Categories Music Expertise Piano Performance
Piano Pedagogy
Performance as Research
Australian Piano MusicNotes Member, Order of Australia (A.M.)
Member, International Advisory Committee, Piano Teachers' National Association of Japan
Patron, Music Teachers' Association of South AustraliaMobile 0422 009 200 After hours 83376536
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