Dani Howard (born 1993) is a British

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

. She was born in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, where she attended the

South Island School South Island School is a private international school founded by the English Schools Foundation of Hong Kong, located at 50 Nam Fung Road, Aberdeen, Hong Kong, with about 1,400 students enrolled and 107 teachers. Students come from diverse b ...

. She attended the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

between 2011 and 2015, where she studied composition with Jonathan Cole as a Rose Williams Scholar. Since graduating, she has worked with orchestras including the

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic is a music organisation based in Liverpool, England, that manages a professional symphony orchestra, a concert venue, and extensive programmes of learning through music. Its orchestra, the Royal Liverpool Philharmo ...

, City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong,

Southbank Sinfonia Sinfonia Smith Square (formerly Southbank Sinfonia) is an arts organisation and orchestra formed out of the merger of Southbank Sinfonia and St John's Smith Square. The organisation primarily comprises a venue, Smith Square Hall, and a youth or ...

, 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. 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 An orchestra (; ) is a large instrumental ensemble typical of classical music, which combines instruments from different families. There are typically four main sections of instruments: * String instruments, such as the violin, viola, cello, ...

, her piece 'Argentum' was premiered by the

at the

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in September 2017. She was a finalist in the 2014 and 2015 editions of the International Antonín Dvořák Composition Competition, held in

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. In both years, she won the Junior 3rd Special Prize for the best free composition in the junior category Her works have been released on

NonClassical Nonclassical is a British independent record label and night club founded in 2004 by Gabriel Prokofiev, grandson of Sergei Prokofiev. History Nonclassical has released fourteen albums, each following a concept of recording new contemporary cl ...

, Listenpony and TYXart record labels, and broadcast on

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, Radio drama, drama, High culture, culture and the arts ...

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, ClassicFM and

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. Her opera ''

The Yellow Wallpaper "The Yellow Wallpaper" (original title: "The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story") is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in '' The New England Magazine''. It is regarded as an important early work ...

'', based on the 1892 short story by

Charlotte Perkins Gilman Charlotte Anna Perkins Gilman (; née Perkins; July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935), also known by her first married name Charlotte Perkins Stetson, was an American humanist, novelist, writer, lecturer, early sociologist, advocate for social reform ...

, with libretto by Joseph Spence, premiered in August 2023 at the Copenhagen Opera Festival.

List of works

Orchestral/large ensemble

* Trombone Concerto - Trombone and orchestra (ww: 2122, brass: 3221, perc: 2 + timp+hp, strings) * Ellipsis - Symphony Orchestra (ww: 3333, Brass: 4331, perc: 4 + timp, 2 harp, celeste, strings) * Coalescence – Symphony Orchestra (ww: 3333, brass: 4331, perc: 4+timp+hp, strings) * Argentum - Symphony Orchestra (ww: 3333, brass: 4331, perc: 3+timp, harp, strings) * Arches - Symphony Orchestra (ww: 2233, brass: 4331, perc: 4+timp+harp, strings) * Gates of Spring – Symphony Orchestra (ww: 2222, brass: 4231, perc: 5+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 * Heroes – Chamber Orchestra and Children's Choir (ww: 2222, brass: 2200 perc: 2, strings) * Fanfare - Brass Ensemble (brass: 4441) * Jigsaw – For mixed-ability symphony orchestra and electronics - 2 difficulty level in all parts including: ww + sx, bs, strings, hp, pno & perc * Blinded by the Light – String orchestra and Youth Brass (strings: 4321 brass: 2210 minimum) – can include as many players as available * Introspection for 24 Percussionists * Robin Hood – Opera (90 minutes) – (five singers, 10 piece ensemble) * The Yellow Wallpaper - Opera (50 minutes) - (solo mezzo-soprano, cello, piano, dancer)

Chamber music

* Neverland – Saxophone Quartet * Ostara - Piano, Cello & Clarinet * Ascending to Serenity - Piano Violin & Bass Clarinet * What Lies Beneath Rings - Percussion Octet * Blue Pavilion - Brass Quintet * Strings - Trumpet, Trombone & Percussion * Sieve - Percussion Quartet and Baritone * Remonte - Percussion Quartet * Unbound – Vocal Octet (SSAATTBB) * The Den – Cello, Guitar & Flute

Solo/duo

* Dualism – Violin and Piano * 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 * DragonSnap! – Clarinet Duet * Chrysalis - Piano and Cello * Lacuna - Solo Piano (for beginners) * Shades - Solo Percussion and loop pedal * Revs – for solo timpani (ABRSM Grade 5 syllabus) The Vino Encores: A series of encores for solo instrument and wineglass * An Encore for Clarinet and Wine (1"25) * An Encore for Trumpet and Wine (2"00) * An Encore for Bassoon and Wine (1"45) * An Encore for Oboe and Wine (2"30)

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Published works
{{DEFAULTSORT:Howard, Dani 1993 births Living people 21st-century British classical composers English composers British women opera composers English opera composers 21st-century English women musicians Alumni of the Royal College of Music 21st-century British women composers