Dani Howard

Dani Howard (born 1993[1][2]) is a British composer originally from Hong Kong, where she attended the South Island School.[3]

Dani Howard
Born1993
NationalityBritish
Alma materRoyal College of Music
OccupationComposer

She attended the Royal College of Music between 2011 and 2015, where she studied composition with Jonathan Cole as a Rose Williams Scholar.[4]

Since graduating, she has worked with orchestras including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, Southbank Sinfonia, Orchestra Vitae, and Bloomington Symphony Orchestra. Most recently she has been one of the composers-in-residence at the International Suoni Dal Golfo Festival of Music and Poetry.[5]

In 2017, she was selected by ClassicFM to write a new work celebrating the 25th anniversary of the classical music radio station. Written for orchestra, her piece 'Argentum' was premiered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall in September 2017.[6][7][8]

She was a finalist in the 2014 and 2015 editions of the International Antonín Dvořák Composition Competition, held in Prague. In both years, she won the Junior 3rd Special Prize for the best free composition in the junior category[9][10]

Her works have been released on NonClassical,[11] Listenpony[12] and TYXart[13] record labels, and broadcast on BBC Radio 3,[14] BBC 4,[15] ClassicFM and RTHK.

List of works

Orchestral/large ensemble
  • Argentum - Symphony Orchestra (ww: 3333, brass: 4331, perc: 3+timp, harp, strings)
  • Arches - Symphony Orchestra (ww: 2233, brass: 4331, perc: 4+timp+harp, strings)
  • MIA TErra - Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (ww: 3333, brass: 4331, perc: 4+timp, harp, strings, SATB chorus)
  • Verticality - Chamber Orchestra (ww: 3230, brass: 1210 (optional 2110), perc: 4+timp, piano, strings)
  • Silver Falls - String Orchestra
  • Fanfare - Brass Ensemble (brass: 4441)
  • Introspection for 24 Percussionists
  • Haven - Chamber Orchestra (ww: 2222, brass: 2221, perc: 4+timp, piano, harp, strings)

Chamber music
  • Ostara - Piano, Cello & Clarinet
  • Ascending to Serenity - Piano Violin & Bass Clarinet
  • Wired - Bandoneon and string quintet
  • What Lies Beneath Rings - Percussion Octet
  • Blue Pavilion - Brass Quintet
  • Strings - Trumpet, Trombone & Percussion
  • Interlude - String Sextet
  • Concentrix - Chamber Ensemble (11 players)
  • Sieve - Percussion Quartet and Baritone
  • Remonte - Percussion Quartet

Solo/duo
  • The Earl of St. Vincent - Solo Piano
  • Mind Games - Solo Percussion
  • Two-and-a-half Minutes to Midnight - Solo Soprano Recorder
  • Two-and-a-half Minutes to Midnight - arr. Solo Piccolo
  • Parallel Lines - Trombone and Percussion
  • Symmetry - Violin Duo
  • Momentums - Solo Tuba and Tape
  • Chrysalis - Piano and Cello
  • Lacuna - Solo Piano (for beginners)
  • Shades - Solo Percussion and loop pedal

References
  1. "Dani Howard | ABO Resonate". resonate.abo.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  2. "Finalists Composition Competition 2016 - Alba Rosa Viëtor". Alba Rosa Viëtor. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  3. "A source of musical inspiration". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  4. "[MUSIC]". www.cmd-e.com. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  5. "Suoni dal Golfo". Suoni dal Golfo. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  6. "'I used to change my piano pieces and say "Mendelssohn should have done it this way"' – composer Dani Howard". Classic FM. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  7. "Classic FM Live". Royal Philharmonic Society. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  8. "Bill Turnbull and composer Dani Howard". Classic FM. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  9. "Prize Winners 2015 - Prize Winners - International Antonin Dvorak Composition Competition". www.iadcc.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  10. "Prize Winner Category". www.iadcc.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  11. "Outside the Lines - Vol. 1, by Various Artists". Nonclassical. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  12. "Live at Listenpony: Mainly Two | News | Listenpony". Listenpony. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  13. "XII Fantasie per il Flauto senza Basso". Andrew Benson-Wilson : Early Music Reviews +. 2018-04-29. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  14. "Dani Howard - Concerts, Biography & News - BBC Music". BBC. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
  15. "30 seconds interview: Dani Howard - M Magazine". M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine. 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
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