Kings Place | Sound Unwrapped | DEVIANCE (World Première)
Zubin Kanga - Cyborg Soloists
Laura Bowler, Emily Howard, Oliver Leith, Laurence Osborn and Shiva Feshareki

Emily Howard DEVIANCE
With Sound Design by Bofan Ma and Video Design by Erik Natanael Gustafsson

Kings Place, London, UK, 8.00pm
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Wigmore Hall | RNCM 50th Anniversary Concert | Threnos
David Horne, Emily Howard, Gary Carpenter and Larry Goves

Camilla Seale (mezzo soprano)
Joe Ashmore (baritone)

Wigmore Hall, London, UK, 2.00pm
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Cheltenham Science Festival |Music Data Live
Panellists: Oded Ben-Tal, Federico Reuben, Elaine Chew, Franziska Schroeder, David Dolan, Emily Howard, Robin Laney, Nicola Dibben

Parabola Arts Centre, Cheltenham, UK, 8.30pm
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Santa Fe Institute | Four Musical Proofs and a Conjecture (US Première)
David Felberg, Elizabeth Young (violins), Laura Steiner (viola), Amy Huzak (cello)

Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, US, 4.00pm

RNCM Made in Manchester | Conversation: Music, Society, and Societal Change
Stuart McCallum, Sam Salem, Laura Bowler, Emily Howard, Michelle Phillips

RNCM Lecture Theatre, RNCM, Manchester, UK, 7.00pm
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RNCM Made in Manchester | Threnos
Camilla Seale (mezzo soprano) and Joe Ashmore (baritone)

RNCM Carole Nash Recital Room, RNCM, Manchester, UK, 6.00pm
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CD Release | Emily Howard: Torus | NMC Recordings
CD Release | Emily Howard: Torus | NMC Recordings

A geometry-inspired portrait album
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BBC R3 Music Matters | Music and Artificial Intelligence
Tom Service is joined by composers Robert Laidlow and Emily Howard and music technology lecturer and journalist Karl Hodge.

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BBC New Music Show - Antisphere
Including first broadcast of Antisphere

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BBC New Music Show - Skein, Gondola, Elliptics
Including first broadcast of Elliptics

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Ensemble 10:10 - The Liverpool Sound | Dualities
Kenneth Hesketh, Ian Gardiner, Emily Howard
Mark Simpson, Stephen Pratt, Gary Carpenter, David Horne

Ensemble 10:10 / cond. Clark Rundell
The Tung Auditorium, Liverpool, UK, 7.30pm
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MUSAiC Festival - Four Musical Proofs and a Conjecture (Swedish Première)
KarlaKvartetten presented by Emily Howard & Synthetic Voice
AI & Music: Then, Now & Tomorrow

KMH: Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, 8pm
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Piatti Quartet - shield (World Première)
Elgar, Howard and Mendelssohn

Piatti String Quartet
Concertgebuow, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 8.15pm
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RNCM Future Music Festival - Elliptics (World Première)
Text by Michael Symmons Roberts. As part of the following programme:

Robert Laidlow Silicon (World Première)
Emily Howard Elliptics (World Première)
   Claire Booth (soprano)
   Hugh Cutting (counter-tenor)
Emily Howard Antisphere

BBC Philharmonic / cond. Vimbayi Kaziboni
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK, 7.30pm
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ANU: The Wernicke's Area | Exhibition | IMMA | 1 Oct - 6 Nov 2022
Owen Boss (Artistic Director ANU & Visual Artist)
Mark Cunningham (Neurophysiologist, Trinity College, Dublin)
Emily Howard (Composer, Director RNCM PRiSM)
Bofan Ma (Sound Design)
Performers: Rosie Middleton (mezzo-soprano) & Stephen Upshaw (viola)

Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, 1 Oct - 6 Nov 2022
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Nonclassical | Simon Knighton Curates: Dynamical Systems and Natural Environments | Leviathan
Leviathan (Carl Raven - saxophone; Amy Gray - percussion)
Works by Sam Longbottom and Tanguy Pocquet, Salvatore Sciarrino,
Martin Suckling, Kaija Saariaho, Rolf Wallin, Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkle,
Chihiro Ono, Simon Knighton

St John's Church Waterloo, London, UK, 7.30pm
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, UK, 5.00pm
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BBC Radio 3 Broadcast - Compass (World Première)
Julian Warbuton (percussion), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / cond. Gabriella Teychenné

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BCMG Iannis Xenakis 100 - Compass (World Première)
Iannis Xenakis Jalons, Ittidra, Akanthos
Emily Howard Compass SI Commission
Samantha Fernando Breathing Forest
   Anna Dennis (soprano)

Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / cond. Gabriella Teychenné
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, UK, 5.00pm
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RNCM Symphony Orchestra with Clark Rundell - Magnetite
Gary Carpenter Dadaville
Emily Howard Magnetite
Steve Reich Music for Ensemble and Orchestra
Louis Andriessen arr Rundell Rosa's Horses

Clark Rundell, Elizabeth Vergara Gallego, Yi Wei conductors
RNCM Concert Hall, RNCM, Manchester, UK, 7.30pm

Music, Geometry and Space - sphere
A live BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert with music by Herschel, Britten, Missy Mazzoli, Robert Laidlow and Emily Howard.
BBC Philharmonic / cond. Vimbayi Kaziboni
MediaCityUK, Salford, UK, 2.30pm
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200 PIECES - Voluntary (World Première)
Theo Bently Curtin (cello)
Livestreamed from the Angela Burgess Recital Hall
Royal Academy of Music, London, UK, 1.00pm

Obsidian
RNCM Brass Band / cond. Elizabeth Vergara Gallego
Thursday Lunchtimes, RNCM Concert Hall
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 1.15pm

Magnetite
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / cond. Johannes Fritzsch
Adelaide Town Hall, Australia

Magnetite (Australian Première)
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / cond. Johannes Fritzsch
Adelaide Town Hall, Australia

Variation on Paganini's 24th Caprice
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Virtuoso Caprices, Presteigne Festival

Variation on Paganini's 24th Caprice (World Première)
Fenella Humphreys (violin)
Fenella Humphreys - Caprices, The Three Choirs Festival

Four Musical Proofs and a Conjecture (Portuguese Première)
Mendelssohn Quartet with Marcus du Sautoy
The Marvão International Academy for Music, Arts and Sciences, Portugal

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Julian Warbuton (solo percussion)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
CBSO Centre, Birmingham, UK

R (World Première)
Julian Warbuton (solo percussion)
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group
Bristol Arnolfini, Bristol, UK

shield (World Première) - postponed due to coronavirus
Piatti String Quartet
Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Netherlands

BBC Proms 2020 - Archive Broadcast - Torus
RLPO and Vasily Petrenko perform Emily Howard's ‘Torus' (BBC Proms 2016)
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BBC Radio 3 Afternoon Concert - Torus
BBC Symphony Orchestra / cond. Martyn Brabbins
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NMC Listening Club: Emily Howard ‘Magnetite'
Emily Howard in conversation with Marcus du Sautoy & Alexandra Dariescu
NMC Recordings

RNCM Radio Edition featuring PRiSM Future Music #2
Including a broadcast of Solar (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/ cond. Andrew Gourlay)
Conversations and music all connected by PRiSM ideas, collaborations and projects.
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LSO Digital Programme ‘Always Playing' - Antisphere
London Symphony Orchestra / cond. Sir Simon Rattle
Introduced by Emily Howard
Streamed live via LSO YouTube channel, 7.30pm

BBC Radio 3 Culture in Quarantine Feature: Emily Howard ‘Mesmerism'
Alexandra Dariescu (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / cond. Andrew Gourlay
Conversations and music all connected by PRiSM ideas, collaborations and projects.
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Magnetite - postponed due to coronavirus
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra / cond. Andrew Manze
Helsingborgs Konserthus, Helsingborg, Sweden 6.00pm

AI & Creativity | TORCH | University of Oxford
Panellists: Marcus du Sautoy, Emily Howard, Sarah Ellis. Chair Rana Mitter
Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford
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Calculus of the Nervous System | TORCH | University of Oxford
Emily Howard, Robert Laidlow, Ursula Martin and David De Roure
Works by Howard and PRiSM Team led bu Robert Laidlow
Britten Sinfonia cond. / William Cole
Marta Fontanals-Simmons - mezzo-soprano

Holywell Music Room, Oxford, UK, 8.15pm
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Ada Lovelace: Imagining the Analytical Engine
Featuring new works by Emily Howard, Patricia Alessandrini, Shiva Feshareki and the PRiSM Team led by Robert Laidlow.
Britten Sinfonia curated by Emily Howard
Marta Fontanals-Simmons - mezzo-soprano, William Cole - conductor

Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican, London, UK, 6.30pm
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Torus
BBC Symphony Orchestra / cond. Martyn Brabbins.
Barbican Hall, Barbican, London, UK 7.30pm
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Threnos & Ite Fortes
BBC Singers / cond. Paul Spicer
Daniel Bhattacharya (violin soloist for Ite Fortes)
St Giles Cripplegate, London, UK 6.00pm
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Ada sketches
University students with members of the Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Ada Lovelace Day, University of Liverpool
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Antisphere (World Première)
London Symphony Orchestra / cond. Sir Simon Rattle

Barbican Hall, Barbican, London, UK 7.30pm
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The Anvil (World Première)
Emily Howard music
Michael Symmons Roberts text

Christopher Purves - baritone
Kate Royal - soprano
BBC Singers, Hallé Choir, Hallé Youth Choir, Ancoats Community Choir
BBC Philharmonic / cond. Ben Gernon

Manchester International Festival
The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, UK 6pm
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Magnetite
BBC Philharmonic / cond. Andrew Gourlay
MediaCityUK, Salford, UK 2.30pm
Broadcast BBC Radio 3

Magnetite
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra / cond. Jakub Hrůša Gothenburg Concert Hall, Gothenburg, Sweden 7.30pm
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Magnetite & sphere (UK Première)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales / cond. Mark Wigglesworth
Aldeburgh Festival 2018 Snape Concert Hall, Snape Maltings 7pm (ends approx. 8.55pm) 
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String Quartet “Afference”
Piatti Quartet
Aldeburgh Festival 2018 Orford Church 3pm (ends approx. 4.45pm) 
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To See The Invisible
Aldeburgh Festival commission, third performance
Britten Studio, Snape 7.30pm (ends approx. 8.45pm)
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To See The Invisible
Aldeburgh Festival commission, second performance
Britten Studio, Snape 4pm (ends approx. 5.15pm)
Britten Studio, Snape Pre-performance talk 3pm
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To See The Invisible - World Première
Emily Howard music
Words after a Robert Silverberg short story by Selma Dimitrijevic 

Nicholas Morris The Invisible
Anna Dennis The Other Invisible 
Anne Mason Mother / Judge 
Peter Savidge Father / Brothel Owner 
Caryl Hughes Sister 
Daniel Norman, Nathan Vale Guards 

Richard Baker conductor 
Dan Ayling director 
Ana Inés Jabares-Pita designer 
Sally Ferguson lighting designer
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group   

Aldeburgh Festival Commission, world premiere
Britten Studio, Snape 9.30pm (ends approx. 10.45pm)
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Round-Table Discussion with Live Music: Music of the Primes
Marcus du Sautoy, Emily Howard & Ensemble 360
Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2018
Crucible Studio Theatre, Sheffield, UK
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In Conversation with Emily Howard | Exploring Mathematics Music + Literature
Gemma Moss in conversation with Emily Howard. With live performance from RNCM's Mathias Quartet and special guest Ursula Martin.
Mathematics and Modern Literature 2018
Theatre B, University Place, The University of Manchester, UK
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Chaos or Chess
Jack Adler McKean (solo tuba)
Unerhörte Musik, BKA Theatre, Berlin, Germany

The Music of Proof: The Second Movement | Manchester Science Festival 2017
Emily Howard, Marcus du Sautoy, Michelle Phillips & Jamie Perera
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, UK
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Solar | Music, the Universe, and Everything…
Emily Howard in conversation about Solar with presenter Greg Foot
Performance: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Jonathan Bloxham
Family concert (8+) exploring the weird worlds of music and science
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The Music of Proof | PRiSM Launch
Emily Howard & Marcus du Sautoy with RNCM Musicians
RNCM Concert Hall, RNCM, Manchester, UK
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In Conversation | PRiSM Launch
Emily Howard & Marcus du Sautoy with Penny Sarchet (New Scientist)
RNCM Forman Lecture Theatre, RNCM, Manchester, UK
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The Music of Proof | New Scientist Live 2017
Emily Howard and Marcus du Sautoy with the Piatti String Quartet
ExCel, London, UK
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Keynote TORCH Lecture ‘Chaos or Chess: The Extra-Musical as Creative Catalyst'
Digital Humanities Oxford Summer School 2017
Oxford e-Research Centre
Oxford, UK
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Opera in Development Showcase
Composer Emily Howard, Writer Selma Dimitrijevic and Director Dan Ayling
With singers Natalie Raybould and Julien Van Mellaerts
22 Mansfield Street Concert Series, London, UK

sphere
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Alondra de la Parra
Bamberg, Konzerthalle, Joseph-Keilberth-Saal, Germany
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sphere
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Alondra de la Parra
Schweinfurt, Theater, Germany
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sphere - World Première
Bamberg Symphony Orchestra & Alondra de la Parra
Schweinfurt, Theater, Germany
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Chaos or Chess
Jack Adler McKean (solo tuba)
The Lilypad, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Chaos or Chess: A Lecture on Music & Math
Emily Howard, Lasse Rempe-Gillen and Jack Adler-McKean
Institute for Advanced Computational Science
Stony Brook University, NY State, USA

Chaos or Chess
Jack Adler McKean (solo tuba)
The Waverley Project, New York City, USA

Chaos or Chess - US Première
Jack Adler McKean (solo tuba)
Spectrum, New York City

British Composer Showcase - Casa de Música Portugal
The British Council has invited composers Philip Venables, Edmund Finnis, Emily Howard and Daniel Kidane to be part of a British Composer Showcase.
Casa de Música
Porto, Portugal
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Torus (Concerto for Orchestra)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko
Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
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New Chamber Opera - Open Session
Emily Howard with writer Selma Dimitrijevic and director Dan Ayling
Lucy Goddard (mezzo-soprano), Simon Whiteley (bass) and scapegoat
Aldeburgh Music
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Outback - World Première
A Garland for McCabe
Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester
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Composers' Workshop: Emily Howard
Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge
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New Release NMC Debut Disc: Emily Howard "Magnetite"
NMC Recordings
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Afternoon on 3: Proms 2016 Repeats
Prom 53: Emily Howard, Shostakovich and Rachmaninov
BBC Radio 3
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Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) - World Première
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra & Vasily Petrenko
Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC Proms 2016
Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and Polish Radio Program 2
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Proms Extra - Composers in Conversation
Emily Howard joins us ahead of the world premiere of her new work Torus exploring her influences and inspirations; with live performances and discussion. With musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music

Orbit 1a (2015)
Gillian Blair, soprano saxophone & Aidan Marsden, crotales

Chaos or Chess (2016), World Première
Jack Adler McKean, solo tuba

String Quartet "Afference" (2014) - selected movement
Solem Quartet

Imperial College Union, London
Edited version broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 10pm
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Summer Record Review: Proms Composer - Emily Howard
BBC Radio 3
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Chaos or Chess - Workshop and Discussion
Jack Adler McKean (solo tuba) and Emily Howard
Open Space, International Summer Course for New Music
Darmstadt, Germany

Ada sketches
Science Lates / Manchester - European City of Science 2016
Emily Howard with mezzo-soprano Rosie Middleton (Ada), mathematician Lasse Rempe-Gillen, computer scientist David De Roare and musicians from the Royal Northern College of Music
RNCM, Manchester
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