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Andrew Howes

Recent recordings:
To The Water, To The Sky recorded by Moorambilla Voices
Telopea, recorded by various artists
Recent performances:
The Eyes of the Earth - Concerto Intima for Saxophone and Strings premiered by the Bowerbird Collective and soloist Alice Morgan at the Lyrebird Festival, 17/11/24

Karkanya, for Choir, Chamber Orchestra, Dance and mixed Visual Media, premiered by Moorambilla Voices, in collaboration with Choreographer Neville Boney, and Visual Artists Noni Carroll and Frank Wright, 28/09/24

Arrangement of 
Romanian Dances by Bela Bartok  performed as part of Selby & Friends 'Jewels in the Crown' July 2024 Tour (Clarinet, Violin, Piano)

Mutawintji Lullaby premiered by Voces8 and Moorambilla Voices, 23/06/24 at the Sydney Opera House as a part of Voces8's 2024 Australian Tour

Several orchestrations, including two of songs by Nancy Bates, premiered by the Santa Sabina Orchestra and School Choir at their annual gala performance, 24/06/24

The Aching Bones performed by Ensemble CANE, at Yarragon Studios, 19/05/24


Moss Stone Cantic premiered by Bel Acapella, Mosman Art Gallery, 20/04/24

To a Bird... for Saxophone Quartet premiered by Nexas Quartet at the Bowral Autumn Music Festival, 23/03/24
 
Upcoming projects:
Autumn Revels to be premiered by the Flinders Quartet, at Noisy Ritual in Naarm/Melbourne, 26/11/24

New Work for Emily Sun and Slava Grigoryan, Sydney Opera House's Utzon Series 17/08/25

New Work or Arrangements for Sydney Youth Orchestra, 2025

New choral work to be premiered by The King's School, first half of 2025

 

The majority of Andrew Howes' works will soon become available on the Australian Music Centre's website. In the meantime, he has a vast catalogue, so please feel free to get in touch.

Selected Works

Luminifera - Wild Light for Orchestra

for Orchestra (2021)

Commissioned by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

listen to an excerpt: (The Sydney Symphony)

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Mutawintji Nocturne

for Choir, 8 Solo Voices, Soprano Saxophone & Piano (2024)

Commissioned by Moorambilla Voices

listen to an excerpt: (Voces8, Moorambilla Voices)

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The Eyes of the Earth

Concerto Intima for Saxophone and Strings (2024)

Commissioned by The Bowerbird Collective

listen to an excerpt: (The Bowerbird Collective & Soloist Alice Morgan)

Premiere Performance during a thunderstorm

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Star Invocations

for Piano, Clarinet and String Trio (2023)

Commissioned by the Omega Ensemble

listen to an excerpt: (The Omega Ensemble)

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Change Invocations

for String Quartet (2022)

Commissioned by Live at Yours

listen to excerpts: (Kristian Winther Quartet)

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00:00 / 01:07

The Aching Bones

for Clarinet, Violin and Piano (2020) or

for Flute, Oboe and Piano (revised 2022) or

for Flute, Soprano Saxophone and Piano (revised 2024)

View a full performance of this work (Sydney Opera House Digital)

listen to an excerpt: (Ensemble CANE)

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