Joseph Howard

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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Opium Songs

Andrew Watts and Gavin Roberts premiered Wax and Wail at Wigmore Hall on 30th May, along with its counterpart, So They Gave Me Opium, alongside music by Louise Drewett, Thea Musgrave, Raymond Yiu and Geoff King.

Strobe

Strobe was premiered as part of the LSO Soundhub Showcase at St. John’s, Waterloo.

classical:next

Hey, Maudie was selected to be presented at the Classical:NEXT 2025 conference in Berlin.

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.