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 Defi ...

originally from

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, 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 bac ...

. She attended the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music is a music school, conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the Undergraduate education, undergraduate to the Doctorate, doctoral level in a ...

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,

City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong The City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong (CCOHK) was founded in Hong Kong in 1999 and is one of Asia’s leading chamber orchestras. Members are professional musicians experienced in playing a diverse range of styles from early music to tango, Boll ...

Southbank Sinfonia Southbank Sinfonia is a British chamber orchestra founded in 2002. Composed of young professionals from around the world, each year it brings together 33 graduate musicians for a programme of performance and professional development. The annual f ...

, Orchestra Vitae, and

Bloomington Symphony Orchestra The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra (BSO) was founded in 1963 by the City of Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. The orchestra was created to provide Bloomington's citizens with classical orchestral music and to create an outlet where area in ...

. 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: * bowed string instruments, such as the violin, viola, c ...

, her piece 'Argentum' was premiered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the

Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London. One of the UK's most treasured and distinctive buildings, it is held in trust for the nation and managed by a registered charity which receives no govern ...

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

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, ClassicFM and RTHK.

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 Childrens 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)

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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