Annie Locke has been played on NTS in shows including NTS Guide to…, featured first on 6 March 2022. Songs played include Once Upon A Time There Was A Kingdom.

About Annie Locke

Annie Locke has become quietly known and respected in many parts of the world for her special contribution to relaxation music. Her work, with its lingering melodies and unusual textures of sound, is distinctive, yet easily accessible and immediately appealing, with a timeless quality.

Classical Training & Television Annie studied classical music at the Royal Academy of Music, London, and graduated from there with a degree in piano and oboe. When she left college, music took second place to a career in television at the BBC where she worked in the Drama Department.

She was Production Manager on both classical and modern plays - which included Mike Leigh's "Abigail's Party". She was Assistant Director on The Trojan War Will Not Take Place, performed at the Minack Theatre in Cornwall – and interviewed the playwright, Christopher Fry in preparation for the play. She also directed ‘Dracula’, performed at the Minack. She later directed some classical music programmes for television.

Making Her Albums Some years later her musical interests were re-awakened after she played a synthesizer for the first time. Within a very short time she had composed her first music. This also became her first album, The Living Earth.

Later came her second album Portraits. Like her first album this has also been highly regarded by people in the medical profession and elsewhere for its relaxation and sheer enjoyment value.

Annie's third album Memories, with its rich melodic sounds, has been a best seller in its field. Like her other works Memories has tracks that were improvised in single takes - for instance the music for A Time There Was was improvised entirely in one twenty minute session using a variety of sounds including piano solo.

Solo Concerts and Talks Annie sometimes gives solo concerts on piano - she has composed many pieces for solo piano and will be bringing out an album of these in the near future. In the past she has often combined concerts with a talk on how music and sound affect our health, a subject in which she is deeply interested

Comment… Annie Locke's music has become popular with people of all ages and from all walks of life. The reasons for this are simple enough; her music touches the hearts of folk because she plays from the heart and wishes to help bring some sunshine and quiet into all our lives.

Annie is currently completing a piano album of classical and romantic melody - some very filmic.

Downloads, sample tracks and CDs can be accessed from Annie's website, www.innerharmoniesmusic.co.uk.

Few Facts on Annie Locke

UK London artist Composer/musician - writes and plays own music on piano and synthesizer. Style: Relaxation, new age, classical, romantic melody. Similar to: Own unique style but some similarity with Suzanne Ciani

Albums: Publisher: All albums, Annie Locke own record label; Inner Harmonies Music, UK

The Living Earth The Living Earth contains 6 tracks with a total play time of 33:53 minutes. Tracks: 1. In a Crystal Cave; 2. Crystal Moments; 3. Crystal Fairies; 4. Crystal Waters; 5. Once Upon A Time There Was A Kingdom; 6. Bells In A crystal Cave.

Portraits Portraits contains 12 tracks with a total play time of 41:19 minutes. Tracks: 1. To Ra; 2. Sylvia; 3. Harp Interlude; 4. Grace; 5. Marmsy Asleep; 6. Margaret; 7. Grace II; 8. A Magic Place; 9. Leprechauns; 10. Mike’s Country; 11. For Alan A Happy Piece; 12. Fanfare For The Future.

Memories Memories contains 6 tracks with a total play time of 52:20 minutes. Tracks: 1. Honour; 2. A Time There Was; 3. As It Will Be [Part 1]; 4. As It Will Be [Part 2]; 5. As It Will Be [Part 3]; 6. As It Will Be [Part 4].