Brand & Business Work
Services
Business Jingles, Soundscapes for Film, Corporate Anthems, Film scoring, Orchestral, Jazz Ensemble writing, Business promotional materials, Podcast Intros & Outros.
See my commissioning rates here.
Arranging rates here.
I am open to consultation regarding rates, and welcome opportunities to discuss potential works and accommodate pricing as possible.
Orchestral Works
A Scottish Thanks
Promotional Jingle for McDougall Insurance, performed by the Quinte Symphony with Vocal Solo (Moira Forrester), March 2023, & Nov 2024
I was encouraged to be invited to write corporate jingles for the Quinte Symphony Orchestra, with whom I‘ve been a member of the French Horn section for many years. Tom Dietzel, a well known & loved Belleville pianist, accompanist & composer suggested this unique strategy for recognizing the Orchestra’s Corporate Sponsors.
Leo, The Royal Cadet
Promotional Jingle, performed by Quinte Symphony with Vocal solo, supporting Boston Pizza’s sponsorship. The original work of Kingston composer, Oscar Ferdinand Telgmann ( A Canadian 'military' opera in four acts) Locklin & Dietzel, arrangers. June ‘25
Wilkinson’s Pond
Promotional Jingle, performed by Quinte Symphony with a Narration honouring 25 years of Wilkinson’s service in the Community. May 2024
Embryonic Dream
In a chance meeting, at the Juniper Cafe in Kingston, (Tett Gallery), with the Artistic Director of the Kingston Dance School, Kay Kenney, I introduced myself as a former accompanist for the Ballet school. From there we quickly moved to a commission for next year's Dance production in collaboration with the Kingston Youth Orchestra. After meeting with Kay & Hugh Johnston, the Conductor of the Youth Orchestra, we determined to write a work specifically for the fine young musicians of the orchestra, and a special modern dance interpretation, with a specific "Dreamscape" focus. I am delighted to have this opportunity to support these young artists!
I really enjoyed listening to it! I found myself particularly drawn to the sections at J and K! And your recap was perfect!
While the whole piece did so, (letter E in particular )made me dance, and inspired my imagination to wonder what was happening – this is EXACTLY what makes this a perfect score for ballet! Movement and imagination.
You have crafted excellent themes and your musical style is thoughtful. Congratulations on a brilliant piece!
Thank you again so much for sharing your music with me, and congratulations on a great orchestral piece!
— Patrick Headley
Music Director of the Northumberland Symphony Orchestra
There Be Dragons
There Be Dragons is an imaginative soundscape, envisioning legendary Dragons from the past. Early mapmakers marked the boundaries of unknown lands & waters with the images of dragons. Listen for the Water, Earth, Air and Fire Dragons empowered by the breath, bows and beats of our Musicians, through lyrical, harmonic & rhythmic forces. Written to honour, Conductor Marilyn Chalk in 2022, for her service with Peterborough’s Kawartha Youth Orchestra, it has been revised for the Quinte Symphony. Oct 4, ‘25
Karen Locklin is a talented musician and frequent contributor to Quinte Symphony. Not only does she perform, she has also composed and arranged music for a variety of special projects of the orchestra. As a unique way of recognizing the symphony’s corporate sponsors, musical jingles were introduced to the program. Karen has been active in composing and arranging music for this initiative and the audiences have enjoyed them immensely. She also shared her creative abilities by composing custom work for a youth Music Day, which was a great success!
Karen is a passionate and dedicated musician who has demonstrated her musical abilities a number of times while I have known her.
— Nancy Lewis (QSO)
President of the Quinte Symphony Board (Belleville, ON)
Commercial Sound Design
With purpose and by design, I write with sincere intention. The work “Give a Child a Chance”,
was written to challenge the Ontario Government's, under Premier Doug Ford, action to alter funding for families with Autism. To date there are still thousands (73,031 as of June 2024) of families waiting to receive the funding and care for their needs.
Please note that I was using a pseudonym (Ann Lakefield) at this time, due to personal reasons.
In a meeting with Tori Owen of Performing Arts Management/TOPAM, as was seeking her counsel on how to proceed with writing for Orchestral ensembles & orchestra, she suggested that I could write for a few of her ensemble groups. I welcomed the opportunity and wrote “The Imperial Blue Butterfly”, for the PSO (Peterborough Symphony Orchestra) Woodwind Ensemble for an upcoming gig they had with Children's Stage Lakefield. They were seeking
Give a Child a Chance
Video credit to Sue Pomfret, (K Locklin/Vocals & Keyboard, Bass)
The Imperial Blue Butterfly
PSO Woodwind Quintet
(1st Performance Lakefield Children's Concert Series: Jaye Marsh/Flute, Tori Owen/Oboe, Scott Wight /Clarinet, Anne Oschler/Bassoon, Jane Scarfe /French Horn, Narrator/Karen Locklin, February 2024)
From the PSO:
Thanks to Children's Stage Lakefield for inviting our woodwind quintet to perform this past Sunday, to everyone who came to hear stories and music, to our performers and to our guest composer Karen Locklin who composed and narrated this lovely piece for us! We had a great time!
(2nd Performance Quinte Library, Trenton: Debbie Shaw/Flute, /Oboe, Catherine /Clarinet, Dorothy Cotton/Bassoon, Karen Locklin/French Horn, Narrator/Dan Douglas, March 2024)
Film Scoring
It is my intention to write music for film. I believe I am good at writing emotionally resonant works, reflecting sentiment and character. This potential is illustrated in the work, “Give a Child a Chance”, written for my grandson Noah, and his Mother, Kristen for her continued efforts in accessing the support needed for autistic children.
Sometimes we make big mistakes…and chaos ensues.
This song was written to purge and release my personal emotions. It’s about love, and the challenges in loving…
So many songs are about love, but really we are all in relationships, as nature is in relationship with all living things. So, are we really all about love? This caring for the natural world, which is getting more attention, deservedly as it’s our blue planet home.
I have many songs still in development, with incomplete lyrics, and musical motifs written and not fleshed out in sonic form. I’m in love with this creative process, as it’s infinite… as is our universe. For the beauty of the earth… continues to resonate, despite the challenges.
I live in the Ontario, CA countryside, with great neighbours, and strong musical communities. My children and grandchildren are nearby, and I’m truly blessed to be able to spend my days building and tending gardens, helping with family as needed, performing in local ensembles, orchestras, playing organ in a local church, and writing music. I use Biofield Tuning for those who request treatments, and I have a number of return clients. It’s a consistent modality which supports healing.
I write emotional expressive music, with memorable melodies and interesting harmonic & rhythmic structures. With or without lyrics, Jazz stylings, ensembles, orchestral, choral or single vocals, let me know what your intentional needs for music are, and I can collaborate to create a worthy and memorable work.
Comin’ Down
“Because romantic love is what gets written about, talked about, filmed and sung about so much, we can temporarily forget that love comes in many different forms—the love between parents and children, between friends, love of God, love of one's way of life, and love of country. What all these forms of love have in common is intense caring (the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference), caring more about someone or something else than you care about yourself.”
―Daniel J. Levitin, The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature