Joseph Howard is a composer working in the UK. He writes acoustic music, electronic music, and music for film and theatre.
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LSO Soundhub
I’ll be writing some new music as part of the LSO Soundhub, along with fellow composers Hugo Bell, Sze Ying Chan and Rachael Gibson.
The showcase concert will take place on 16th May, 7pm at St. John’s Waterloo.
Britten Pears Arts Residency
Rachel Jones and I completed a residency at Britten Pears Arts for the opera Hey, Maudie in collaboration with poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley, soloist Gweneth Ann Rand, and singers Gabriella Liandu and Peter Brathwaite.
so they gave me opium
Andrew Watts and Gavin Roberts gave a repeat performance of So They Gave Me Opium at the KulturForum, Kiel, on 26th May.
Drama on 3
I composed orginal music for BBC Radio 3’s Drama on 3 production of Cymbeline: ‘Shakespeare's exhilarating late play of lovers under strain and leaders under pressure. Staged in an alternative present-day Britain.’ Recorded by Zak Ghazi-Torbati and Eosaph Caimbeul. Broadcast on 28th April.
BLeed
Roman Lytwyniw gave the first performance of a new work, bleed, in a recital at the Royal Northern College of Music.
an artifice of hands
This project was a concert-exhibition in collaboration with painter Gregory Howard with an extended work - PAINT - by me premiered by Richard Durrant (guitar), Lucía Polo Moreno (contrabass) and Hannah Shilvock (bass clarinet).
The event was held in London (Downstairs Gallery, Brixton) and Manchester (Unit 11 Studios). It was supported by the Marchus Trust.
Hey, Maudie
Hey, Maudie, a new opera performance devised by Rachel Jones, premiered at St. James’s Church, Piccadilly. With music by me, libretto by Rachel and Victoria Adukwei Bulley, soloist Gweneth Ann Rand, music director Otis Enokido-Lineham, and costume by ROKSANDA. Presented by the Roberts Institute of Art.