LARRY DALTON PASSES AWAY

Larry Dalton passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2009. Memorial service will be held in his hometown of Big Stone Gap, Virginia: Larry began life there, the son of Rev & Mrs. E.W. Dalton the eighth of nine children. At the age of three he began playing piano by ear, and at seven began his studies with Hallie Litton. He served as music director for Oral Roberts television, writing and conducting Music for more than 1000 television shows. Larry was loved and respected throughout the Christian music industry and will be missed.

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Jim Gilbert reported on Facebook for Larry Dalton Friends; "Larry's funeral will be held this week at his home church in Big Stone Gap, VA, where he will be buried next to his mom. There will be a memorial service in Tulsa as well, but the date is not set. We want to allow Larry's many friends from across the world enough lead time to plan to attend."

We'll keep you updated as plans developed.

LARRY DALTON BIO
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Larry began life in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, son of Rev. & Mrs. E. W. Dalton, the eighth of nine children. At age three he began playing piano by ear, and at seven began his studies with Hallie Litton.

He is a Steinway piano artist, an ASCAP writer and a member of NARAS (the Grammys). He has recorded for Integrity Music, WORD, Inc. and PianoDisc. He is an inactive member of MENSA and studies German and Portuguese. He is a producer-arranger-conductor-piano soloist for his own projects as well as a free-lance writer and producer.

He has arranged concert and show music for Carol Lawrence, Donald O'Connor, Larry Gatlin, Ellis Marsalis.

His orchestral arrangements can be heard on albums by Steve Perry, Paula Abdul, Tim Miner, Al Green, Vicki Wynans, Kim Boyce, Maurice Sklar, Greg Buchanan, Living Sound.

Other arranging clients include Reader’s Digest, Oklahoma Sinfonia, Tulsa Ballet Theatre, CITGO Petroleum, Hyatt Hotels, Sheraton Hotels, Phillips Petroleum, Miss Oklahoma/Miss America Pageant, United Way, World Literature Crusade, Oral Roberts Television, LIGHT Records, Lexicon Music, INTEGRITY Music.

Accompanist/orchestral piano credits include Cliff Richard, Evie Tornquist, Dale Evans, Mel Torme/Peter Nero, Henry Mancini, the Lettermen, Four Freshmen, Four Lads, the Drifters, many more.

Opening act appearances include Shirley Jones and Rich Little.

Appearances include the International Maifestspiele, Wiesbaden, Germany; BBC Radio, Oxford, U.K.; Explo '97 (Crescendo Orchestra), Basel, Switzerland; TulsaFest, Tulsa, OK; Billy Graham Crusade, Durban/Johannesburg, South Africa; Christian Booksellers Convention (Atlanta/Denver/Dallas/Anaheim/Atlantic City); National Religious Broadcasters (Washington, DC/Los Angeles/Indianapolis/Nashville); National Day of Prayer (Tulsa);

Recording orchestras: National Philharmonic Orchestra (London); Nashville String Machine (Nashville); Sinfonia of London; SABC Orchestra (Johannesburg).

Orchestral concerts: Western Australia Symphony (Perth); Chamber Orchestra, Lima Philharmonic (Peru); Signature Symphany (Tulsa), Bellevue (Washington) Philharmonic.

Television appearances include Hour of Power, 700 Club, Oral Roberts TV.

Larry Dalton and Terry Law co-founded Living Sound International, a musical ministry which performed concerts for many years on five continents. Larry served as music director and vice-president for nine years. Appearances included extensive work in Eastern Europe during the Cold War era, a concert at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II, and the Conference on Evangelism with Billy Graham (Lausanne).

Larry served as music director for Oral Roberts television, writing and conducting music for more than 1000 television shows.

Today Larry is producing a series of solo piano books and recordings for advanced pianists for WORD, Inc. He serves as president of Ars Musica Christiana, Inc., a non-profit corporation based in Tulsa, OK. This organization works with musicians and missionaries in the Christian church around the world.

He is a speaker at conferences and a clinician at music workshops, a piano soloist, an arranger/conductor and a producer of recordings.