Spring 2013
Howard looks forward to world première of Carillon, her new orchestral work for the BBC Philharmonic and two new CD releases ...more
World Premiere of Carillon
Howard’s new work Carillon for large ensemble and electronics has been commissioned by Manchester Camerata with support from the PRS for Music Foundation and will receive its world premiere at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester on 23rd March 2013 ...more
Mesmerism / Making Music British Composer Award / Listen
In December 2012, Howard’s Mesmerism for piano and chamber orchestra won the Making Music Category at the British Composer Awards... more
Watch Zátopek! on The Space
Watch mini-opera Zátopek!, a New Music 20x12 commission for the London Cultural Olympiad, on The Space …more
Autumn 2012
Autumn brings new projects for Howard including with writer Selma Dimitrijevic and The Opera Group, Luxembourg-based saxophonist Anaïs Lorentz ... more
Oxford in Voice (4/6): The Composer
Howard is featured in this short video by the University of Oxford ... more
Gramophone: Guest Blog
Read Howard’s Gramophone guest blog 'How important are commissions for young composers?'... more
The Aperiodical Feature Article: Calculus of the Nervous System
Katie Steckles interviews Howard for online mathematics journal The Aperiodical ... more
Computer Weekly: Ada Lovelace and Classical Music
Kayleigh Bateman blogs about Ada Lovelace and The Lovelace Trilogy ... more
Watch Olga Stezhko perform Sky and Water
Watch pianist Olga Stezhko performing Howard’s Sky and Water in a Park Lane Young Artist Lunchtime Concert at St James’s Piccadilly, London, in May 2012 ... more
Calculus of the Nervous System at the BBC Proms 2012
Read Wildkat PR’s press blog and Howard’s comments about her BBC Proms debut ...more
Music and Science Q&A: London's Hospital Club
A Q&A with British Composer Emily Howard at London's Hospital Club...more
Watch the Q&A with Paul J. Guest ... here
New Scientist blog
Read this New Scientist Blog about science, culture and the Olympics: Zatopek! and Calculus included ...more
Mini-Opera Zátopek! / In the Press / At The Southbank Centre
Emily Howard’s anticipated mini-opera Zátopek! premiered in Liverpool on June 15th, and has since welcomed fantastic reviews …more
World Premiere of Howard's New Music 20x12 Mini-Opera Zátopek!
The world premiere of Emily Howard’s New Music 20x12 mini-opera Zátopek! took place on Friday 15th June in the Epstein Theatre, Liverpool …more
Zátopek! in the press
BBC Proms 2012: Picks: Brabbins and Howard
Proms guidance from Conductor Martyn Brabbins and Composer Emily Howard with Paul Guest / The Huffington Post here
World Premiѐre of Howard’s Zugzwänge for Clarinet Quintet
Zugzwänge for clarinet quintet commissioned by the Rodewald Concert Society for Nicholas Cox and Brussels-based Quatuor Danel will receive its world premiѐre at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool on 9th May more
UK Premiere of Howard's 'Calculus of the Nervous System' / BBC Proms 2012
Emily Howard is delighted to announce the UK Premiere of her work 'Calculus of the Nervous System' at the BBC Proms. The piece will be performed by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Andris Nelsons on August 21st 2012 ...more
World Premiѐre of Howard’s Zugzwänge for Clarinet Quintet
Zugzwänge for clarinet quintet commissioned by the Rodewald Concert Society for Nicholas Cox and Brussels-based Quatuor Danel will receive its world premiѐre at St. George’s Hall, Liverpool on 9th May more
terz:magazin feature
From January to March 2012, Howard is a featured composer on the Austrian contemporary music website www.terz.com
Looking Forward
Emily Howard writes about the year ahead...more
Ada sketches / Royal Opera House Exposure
In February 2012, Ada sketches will be dramatised and presented at the Royal Opera House's Exposure with singer Loré Lixenberg directed by John Lloyd Davies...more
Park Lane Group Young Artists New Year Series 2012
Howard's Sky and Water is performed by pianist Olga Stezhko alongside works by John McCabe. Sky and Water is dedicated to John McCabe and a recording of McCabe performing the work is included on FAREWELL RECITAL, Toccata Classics (2011). Full details for this event can be found here
Zatopek! / New Music 20x12 "highlight of the year ahead"
Tom Service’s Classical Picks 2012, The Guardian
BBC Music Magazine "Rising Star" December 2011
Howard is this month's "Rising Star" in BBC Music Magazine.
Soundings at Kings Place
Howard's new chamber work Ada sketches II ... more
Guy Dammann reviews Soundings at Kings Place ... here
Obsidian shortlisted for British Composer Award 2011
Obsidian has been shortlisted for a British Composer Award 2011 ... more
"How a young British composer has just taken Vienna by storm"
The Telegraph: Michael White on Emily Howard at Wien Modern ... more
Wien Modern Composer Focus 2011
Howard has just returned from Vienna, where she was a featured composer at Wien Modern.
Emily writes about her experience ... more
Calculated Compositions
An interview with Emily Howard appeared in the Financial Times on 01.10.11. Here is a link to the published article Calculated Compositions
"I am writing what I want to write"
terz:magazin : Axel Petri-Preis talks to Emily Howard about contemporary British music and Wien Modern's "UK Collection" ... more
Mesmerism: World Première
The world première of Emily Howard’s piano concerto Mesmerism will be given by Alexandra Dariescu ... more
Zatopek! Feature
Emily Howard and Zátopek! librettist Selma Dimitrijevic travelled to the Czech Republic to research their new opera for the London Cultural Olympiad. PDF Feature
Emily Howard: Wien Modern Composer Focus 2011
This year Wien Modern will celebrate Howard’s music with performances of Magnetite, Solar and new orchestral work Calculus of the Nervous System ... more
Magnetite: German Première 6 June 2011
Lancelot Führy conducted the Dortmund Philharmonic in the German Première of Magnetite on June 6th and commented after the performance ... more
OtB əvolve: "BBC Philharmonic Presents" MediaCityUK Launch Event
The world première of əvolve, a new dance theatre collaboration between Out of the Blue and members of BBC Philharmonic took place on 17 June at Salford’s MediaCityUK as part of "BBC Philharmonic Presents" Gala Evening. For more about Out of the Blue, check out the OtB website here
BBC Radio 3 Music Matters 4 June
Howard was a guest with Tom Service ... more
Soundings: Ada sketches
The Austrian Cultural Forum, London, recently hosted Soundings: Looking Forward, Looking Back at which Howard’s new dramatic vocal work Ada sketches was premièred on 12 May ... more
Mesmerism and BBC Music Magazine "Rising Star" Alexandra Dariescu
This month's BBC Music Magazine "Rising Star" Alexandra Dariescu will give the world premiere of Howard’s piano concerto Mesmerism in October 2011... more
OtB Simple Remains: La Fenice, Venice
Out of the Blue's dance-for-camera work Simple Remains was performed on 14 May at the Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice ... more
Mark Simpson's Prism released on NMC Recordings, featuring Masquerade
April 2011 sees the release on NMC Recordings of Mark Simpson's Prism, a CD of newly commissioned works for clarinet and basset clarinet featuring Emily Howard's Masquerade ... more
Soundings Residency and the première of Ada sketches
Howard will be in residence for Soundings X: Looking Back Looking Forward at the Austrian Cultural Forum, London in May 2011 with the unveiling of Ada sketches for mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble ... More
Out of the Blue and Simple Remains
Howard is a founder member of new composer – dancer/choreographer collective Out of the Blue ... more
World première of new Piano Concerto, Mesmerism
October 2011 will see the world première of Mesmerism, a Piano Concerto written for Romanian pianist Alexandra Dariescu ... more
Austrian première of Magnetite at the Musikverein in Vienna
Magnetite will receive its Austrian première by the Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada at the Musikverein, Vienna ... more
Emily Howard receives Cultural Olympiad Commission
Zatopek!, a 12 minute chamber opera by Emily Howard and Second Movement for baritone, mezzo, adult and youth chorus and mixed ensemble, inspired by legendary Czech Olympian, long distance runner, statesman, communist and dissenter Emil Zatopek (1922-2000) ... more
