L arry 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.

H e 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.

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

H is 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.

O ther 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.

A ccompanist/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.

O pening act appearances include Shirley Jones and Rich Little.

A ppearances 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);

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

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

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

L arry 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).

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

T oday 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.

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