Emily Howard

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Emily Howard
Emily Howard 2016
Born (1979-02-23) February 23, 1979
Nationality British
Occupation Composer
Notable work Torus (2016)
Afference (2014)
Calculus of the Nervous System (2011)
Magnetite (2007)
Website www.emilyhoward.com

Emily Howard (born 1979) is a British composer from Liverpool.

Life and career

As a child, Howard learned to play chess (British Junior Girls Chess Champion for 6 years (1990 U11, 1991 U12,1992 U16, 1993 U14, 1994 U15/U16, 1996 U18) and the cello, whilst also writing compositions for local ensembles and orchestras. After completing a degree in mathematics and computation at Lincoln College, Oxford, Howard studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music. She holds a doctorate in composition from the University of Manchester.[1][2]

In 2008 Howard received the Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers.[3] In 2010 she became the inaugural UBS Composer in Residence in conjunction with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Bridge Academy in Hackney. In 2012, Howard won a British Composer Award for Mesmerism. She was a Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence at the University of Liverpool's Department of Mathematical Sciences in 2015 and is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow.

Howard is a Senior Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and a Visiting Researcher at the Oxford e-Research Centre.

Released in 2016, Howard's NMC Debut Disc 'Magnetite' was well received by critics.[4][5] Commissioned for premiere at the BBC Proms 2016, Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) was described by The Times as "visionary" and by The Guardian as "one of this year's finest new works".[6] [7] Howard's string quartet Afference has been short-listed for a British Composer Award 2016.[8]

Selected works

Works for orchestra

(Ada Sketches, Mesmerism and Calculus of the Nervous System form The Lovelace Trilogy, linked by Howard's interest in mathematician Ada Lovelace)[2][11]

Operatic and stage works

Chamber and solo works

Vocal and choral works

Works for ensemble / mixed media

References

  1. ↑ Interview, Financial Times (UK edition) Oct. 1–2, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Emily Howard: Lecturer in Composition". Royal Northern College of Music. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  3. ↑ http://artists.phf.org.uk/previous-awards/
  4. ↑ http://www.nmcrec.co.uk/recording/magnetite
  5. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/aug/21/emily-howard-magnetite-cd-review-rlpo-elias-string-quartet
  6. ↑ http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/concert-prom-53-rlpo-petrenko-at-the-royal-albert-hall-wmqdz6wvt
  7. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/12/bbc-proms-2016-highlights-guardian-critics-readers
  8. ↑ http://britishcomposerawards.com/shortlist.php
  9. ↑ Beale, Robert (4 November 2013). "Review: BBC Philharmonic @ Bridgewater Hall". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  10. 1 2 Youngs, Ian (15 June 2012). "London 2012: Opera recalls Olympic hero Emil Zatopek". BBC News.
  11. 1 2 Battle, Laura (30 September 2011). "Calculated compositions". Financial Times. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
  12. ↑ Hickling, Alfred (18 June 2012). "Zátopek! – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 November 2013.

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