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emily howard photograph Emily Howard was born in Liverpool, England, in 1979. She spent her formative years learning the cello, playing chess (she was British Junior Girls Chess Champion for 6 years) and composing for local orchestras including The Liverpool Mozart Orchestra. Always torn between parallel interests in science and music, Emily read mathematics and computation at Lincoln College, Oxford University and went on to complete a Masters in Composition with Adam Gorb at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, gaining a double distinction as well as the Soroptimist International Award for Composers. She is currently completing a PhD in Composition with John Casken at The University of Manchester, supported by a Victor Sayer Scholarship.

Commissions and performances have come from the BBC Philharmonic, Endymion, Ensemble 10/10, The Fidelio Trio, London Symphony Orchestra, Musica Vitae, Psappha, RLPO and Southbank Sinfonia. Emily’s works have been featured in festivals including 28th Cantiere Internazionale D’Arte, Montepulciano, Italy 2003, Sounds New, Canterbury 2006 and 2008, Soundings VI, supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum and British Council, London and Vienna 2009, WASBE, Cincinnati, USA 2009 and the Båstad Chamber Music Festival, Sweden 2009. Her music is recorded on the NMC label and has received several broadcasts on BBC Radios 3 and 4.

In 2008, Emily was a featured composer in Liverpool’s celebrations as European Capital of Culture. Her orchestral work, Magnetite, commissioned by Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko, opened the RLPO’s European Capital of Culture season to great critical acclaim. Liverpool – The World in One City, a concerto for solo basset clarinet, choir and orchestra commissioned by Liverpool City Council where Emily is currently Composer in Residence, united the Liverpool Youth Orchestra with local primary school choirs (400 children) and clarinettist Mark Simpson (BBC Young Musician 2006) in a concert at the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, in July 2008.

Recent highlights include the release of Emily’s song Wild Clematis in Winter on the NMC Songbook (winner of the Classic FM Gramophone Award for ‘Best Contemporary CD’) in April 2009 and the premiere of Symphony: Magnetite, a second orchestral commission for the RLPO and Petrenko in October 2009. Future plans include a UBS commission for the London Symphony Orchestra (2010-11), new works for Ensemble 10/10, the Black Dyke Band and a Rodewald Concert Society Centenary Commission (2011).

Emily is the recipient of a £45,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Composers – the richest prize given to composers in the UK. She is Visiting Lecturer in Composition at the University of Leeds, Tutor in Composition at the RNCM Junior School and regularly leads Composition Outreach Projects with the Manchester Camerata.





	Home Profile List of Works Orchestral Large Ensemble Chamber Ensemble Solo/Duo Vocal/Choral Wind Orchestra Educational All Events Events 2010 Events 2009 Events 2008 Past events Reviews Gallery Contact	Emily Howard was born in Liverpool, England, in 1979. She spent her formative years learning the cello, playing chess (she was British Junior Girls Chess Champion for 6 years) and composing for local orchestras including The Liverpool Mozart Orchestra. Always torn between parallel interests in science and music, Emily read mathematics and computation at Lincoln College, Oxford University and went on to complete a Masters in Composition with Adam Gorb at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, gaining a double distinction as well as the Soroptimist International Award for Composers. She is currently completing a PhD in Composition with John Casken at The University of Manchester, supported by a Victor Sayer Scholarship. Commissions and performances have come from the BBC Philharmonic, Endymion, Ensemble 10/10, The Fidelio Trio, London Symphony Orchestra, Musica Vitae, Psappha, RLPO and Southbank Sinfonia. Emily’s works have been featured in festivals including 28th Cantiere Internazionale D’Arte, Montepulciano, Italy 2003, Sounds New, Canterbury 2006 and 2008, Soundings VI, supported by the Austrian Cultural Forum and British Council, London and Vienna 2009, WASBE, Cincinnati, USA 2009 and the Båstad Chamber Music Festival, Sweden 2009. Her music is recorded on the NMC label and has received several broadcasts on BBC Radios 3 and 4. In 2008, Emily was a featured composer in Liverpool’s celebrations as European Capital of Culture. Her orchestral work, Magnetite, commissioned by Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 for the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Vasily Petrenko, opened the RLPO’s European Capital of Culture season to great critical acclaim. Liverpool – The World in One City, a concerto for solo basset clarinet, choir and orchestra commissioned by Liverpool City Council where Emily is currently Composer in Residence, united the Liverpool Youth Orchestra with local primary school choirs (400 children) and clarinettist Mark Simpson (BBC Young Musician 2006) in a concert at the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, in July 2008. Recent highlights include the release of Emily’s song Wild Clematis in Winter on the NMC Songbook (winner of the Classic FM Gramophone Award for ‘Best Contemporary CD’) in April 2009 and the premiere of Symphony: Magnetite, a second orchestral commission for the RLPO and Petrenko in October 2009. Future plans include a UBS commission for the London Symphony Orchestra (2010-11), new works for Ensemble 10/10, the Black Dyke Band and a Rodewald Concert Society Centenary Commission (2011). Emily is the recipient of a £45,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Composers – the richest prize given to composers in the UK. She is Visiting Lecturer in Composition at the University of Leeds, Tutor in Composition at the RNCM Junior School and regularly leads Composition Outreach Projects with the Manchester Camerata.



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