Dani Howard

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[Lyrics]
Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am here
Be still when everything around you towers over
Be still when everyone around you makes a sound

Let my love and voice of thunder silence all your fears
Let my peace and comfort overshadow you my dear

Let my words of eternal life come rescue you my dear
Nothing else matters to me than for you to know I'm here

So take my hand we'll go further than you've ever gone before
Dream again, this time look above and see it's you we're for

Be still and know that I am God
Be still and know that I am here.

Be Still (demo)

Song for the Hong Kong Sevens 2014 
Produced by YRock and proudly sponsored by Cathay Pacific Airways
Hong Kong’s very own teenage talent past and present YRockers adapted a popular song called "Chocolate" by Andola from the early years of YRock specially for the HK Rugby Sevens and formed a new band “Breakthru" consisting of 
Raul Tham Martinez (original composer/lead vocalist)
Aaron Ma (guitar,original band member)
James Campion (drums multiple YRock POP Award winner)
Victoria Bird (lead guitar finalist in this year’s YRock International Music Challenge)
Rusty Wishart (bass YRock member for several years performed at the Ben Kende benefit concert in 2011)
Chris Collins (YRock Music Director -Instrumental arranger, production) 
Billy Alexander (Backing vocals,mix, production) 
- all the band members were either born and/or raised in Hong Kong together with the YRock Music Director Chris Collins and came through the YRock programme.
Belinda Howard (Founder/CEO YRock - production)
Copyright YRock Feb 2014

Stand Up If You Love Rugby by "Breakthru"

Score and parts available here: https://www.howardcoll.com/product-page/blue-pavilion-for-brass-quintet

Blue Pavilion is a new work written for Brass Quintet inspired by the room designed by architects Pezo von Ellrichshausen. The piece explores the idea of ‘Simple things, but which taken together suggest something more complex’. Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts and inspired by the Pezo von Elrichshaussen installation, Blue Pavilion was premiered in the gallery by Kensington Brass. 

Recorded by the RCM Studio's
Copyright Dani Howard 2014 
www.danihoward.com

Blue Pavilion

The tragic theme from a short film entitled "Pierrot" (dir. A. Avanzo 2013). 
Performed by the string section of the NZSO (who recently recorded the original score for The Hobbit trilogy (Peter Jackon/Howard Shore))


Theme from "Pierrot" (New Zealand Symphony Orchestra)

A short, sharp fanfare for brass quintet written to raise the curtain on a local street party in London this summer.  A generous sprinkling of tart harmonies to freshen the neighbourhood's palate before the gathering tucks into platters of food and flagons of ale.

The audio file is computer-generated using NotePerformer and Sibelius 7.

Fanfare: 'Norroy Road At Noon'

Set My Love Alight

19 Mar 2015

Marking the 3rd month of the Lifted project with a special feature by Amy Bryce on the flute. 

60/365 ft. Amy Bryce

119/365

Trials written by Ghost Souljah and Regan 
Keys Chris Carpio
Bass Fylnn Adams
Guitar Bryant Vallejo
Drums Micael Salcendo

05 Trials

Flamboyance from the multimedia Queer performance - INEPTUM

written for vogue dancers

Flamboyance

A recent recording made of composition 'Ascending To Serenity' written 2013.

Score and parts available here: https://www.howardcoll.com/product-page/ascending-to-serenity

Often when living in the midst of a busy city, it becomes far too easy to lose sight of perspective. Inspired by the Icon of the London Eye, Ascending to Serenity (commissioned by the Pacific Trio London) for piano, bass clarinet and violin, aims to take the listener on a path journeying beyond daily life. Beginning at ground level, surrounded by everyone and everything, the listener is soon lifted above the rooftops of London, able to observe their world on an unfamiliar scale. Looking high over the city, this music aims to offer appreciation of an unexplored beauty in our familiar environment. The music gradually dips back into a now more grounded reality, allowing for clarity of thought upon return to our daily lives.

Performed by Maria Setiadi (Piano), Emma Burgess (Bass Clarinet), Laia Braun (Violin)
© Dani Howard 2016

Ascending To Serenity

Extract from 'Haven' For Orchestra, performed at the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, Santa Cruz, California August 2016. 

© Dani Howard 2016

Haven (For Orchestra) EXTRACT

Commissioned by Orchestra Vitae 2016, Arches was premiered in St. Johns Smith Square, London 5th October 2016. 

Arches is inspired by ups and downs (in many senses of the phrase). This concert commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, and therefore as the work developed it became structured around the theatrical elements and dynamics in relationships, and emotional ups and downs we go through. This is something we see in all of his work, and I was particularly interested in how he communicated this in an often playful and dynamic way, which is what shaped the character of this piece. 

I am very pleased to have the world premiere given in this venue as I have been very influenced by the architecture in St. Johns Smith Square, which originally gave the piece its’ title; Arches.

© Dani Howard 2016
www.danihoward.com
www.orchestravitae.co.uk

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