[submitted
by the composer]
DAVID LLOYD-HOWELLS
Multi-talented, composer, poet, “gifted
teacher,” writer, thinker, highly
commended humanitarian campaigner, born
1942 Cardiff, Wales, UK; educated universities
Wales, London, York; prize winner Walford
Davies Music Award, 1980; elected, 1980,
Fellow Royal Society of Arts for work
in creative music education.
• Directory International
Biography
• Cambridge Blue Book
• British Music Yearbook
• Who’s, Who in
Music and Musicians
• Dictionary of Musical
Performance
• Academy Welsh Writers
Travelled in Europe and America in
the rampant sixties and never lost his
chevalier mix of the bohemian rebel
and Celtic mystic. Careers include business
management, education, community arts,
freelance music, artistic director:
Sonicity; voluntary work: adults with
learning disabilities, adult literacy,
counselling victims of crime; radio
and television; poetry published by
Forward Press, Poetry Now, International
Society of Poets; sonic art music broadcast
worldwide 1991-98; author of articles
about life issues for Fed Magazine,
etc. stage drama “ Walking on the
Grass “ produced Kenya Theatre
Co; Autobiography “ Grass Walking
with Angels” Founder – Director,
The Life Search Project. Currently working
on autobiographical metaphysical novel,
The Kyros Prophecy . . .
EDUCATION
University of Wales B. Mus. [ Hons
] 1977-80; University London M. Mus
[ Dist.] 1981-83; Fellowship, London
College of Music; Fellowship, Trinity
College of Music; other qualifications
in teaching, modern theology, vocational
guidance, counselling.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Fellow Royal Society of Arts, by election
for outstanding work in education.
Walford Davies Music Award, 1980
Archive National Library of Wales.
Academi, Welsh Writers on Tour.
Artistic Director, SONICITY.
Founder – Director, The Life Search
Project. [ www.thelifesearchproject.org.uk
CULTURAL PHILOSOPHY
The arts have been eroded by the triumph
of mediocrity and hi-jacked by rampant
commercialism for a perverse mailaise
of populist dumbing down. There is no
high culture or empathy for experiment;
no vision or intelligensia. The very
soul of art has been pilloried and cauterized
from every quarter, atrophying the gift
of the magical accident to eclipse our
fright of the future and the creative
power of infinite immagination to empower
us with a new concept of self.
ARCHIVE
National Library of Wales
Welsh Composer’s Database, Welsh
Arts Council / GPWM
Welsh Music Information Centre [ WMIC
]
British Music Information Centre [
BMIC ]
ACOUSTIC SCORES…………………………………………….
SYMPHONY No.1 [ epic ] - 1963
REQUIEM FOR MODERN TIMES - 1965
SYMPHONIC SKETCHES [ Nos 1 - ] 1966
SYMPHONY No.2 [ little ] - 1968
MUSIC FOR SOLO VIOLIN - 1968
DERBY RAM [ Male Voice Choir ] - 1973
DANCE TRIO [ ob. clt. bsn ] - 1974
CELEBRATION FOR BRASS BAND - 1975
SONATA FOR VIOLA AND PIANO - 1976
MADRIGAL [ s.s.a.t.b. ] - 1976
SCENA FOR SOLO OBOE – 1977
SYMPHONIETTA, [ National Youth Orchestra
of Wales YSOW ] - 1977
STRING QUINTET, [ Schwerin, Germany
] - 1978
SONATA FOR ORGAN - 1978
PIANO SONATA No. 1 [ Melismata Analogis
– 1978 ] perf. BMIC London,
BBC Wales performance controversy,
1980
CYCLOMONOS [ ft. clt. vn. va. vc. pno.
perc. ] - 1979
FIVE VARIATIONS, [ ft. clt. bsn. vn.
va. vc ] University Music Society, Cardiff
- 1979
THRENODY FOR CLARINET, [ BMIC London
] - 1980
SYMPHONY No.3 [ five movements ] 1978
- 80
EARTH DREAM [ folk opera ] libretto,
design, music by composer, commissioned
with funds provided by Arts Council
Wales, Performed University of College,
Caerleon Wales 1981.
ELECTRIC STRING QUARTET No. 1 [ timecycles
] - 1981
SONOTAGE FOR BRASS ENSEMBLE [ tpt 1
- tpt2 – hn - tmb 1 - tmb 2 - tba
] 1981
ELECTRIC STRING QUARTET No. 2 [ passacaglia
] - 1982
SINFONIA ELEGIA, [ London Rep. Orchestra
] - 1982;
WIND QUINTET [ ft. ob. clt. bsn. hn
] - 1982
PROMENADE [ music theatre ] - 1982
TEXT MUSIC FOR QUARTET [ 1982 ]
CHOIRS AND DIALOGUES,
1 [ fifteen amplified strings ] - 1982
2 [ fifteen amplified strings ] - 1982
3 [ fifteen amplified strings ] - 1982
SUITE FOR STRING ORCHESTRA [ Polish
Chamber Orchestra ] - 1983
MUSIC FOR BRASS & PERCUSSION [
2tpt. 2hn. 2tmb. tba. perc. ]
Goldsmiths College Ensemble, London
- 1983
BRYNBATH SUITE, [ Lodge Hill Recorder
Consort ] Cheltenham Festival - 1984
CONCERTINO FOR SOLO VIOLA, Welsh Festival
of Youth, New York, USA -1985
SOUNDSPACES [ Studies in musical silence
for amplified piano ] Nos 1 – 2
– 3
Published Five Lines Publications,
1986. Perf. by Catherine
Nardiello, Edinburgh Fringe 1996
MOUTHPIECES [ tpt – hn –
tbn ] - 1988
KONTRASTS [ ft. cbn. cnt. Tba. vn.
cb. pno. perc. ] - 1990
FIVE PIECES FOR FIVE PLAYERS [ ft.
bclt. va. hp. perc. ] - 1991
SAXOPHONE QUARTET [ Royal Northern
College of Music ] - 1992
MATRIXION SYMPHONIES FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS
- [ 1994 ]
MATRIXION SYMPHONIES FOR STRINGS -
[ 1994 ]
MATRIXION SYMPHONIES FOR KEYBOARDS
- [ 1994 ]
MATRIXION SYMPHONIES FOR PERCUSSION
- [ 1994 ]
MUSIC FOR CHILDREN ………………………………………………..
NOVELTY PIECE FOR SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
SONG – VILLAGE WITH THREE CORNERS
LITTLE MARCH FOR SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
POPPETTS AND PUPPETS [ Violin, Cello,
Piano ]
ALPHA BODY SONG [ [ Action Music ]
ENCHANTED TAPESTRY [ adaptation as
a play with sound for children ]
THE LION AND THE MOUSE [ adaptation
as a play with sound for children ]
THUNDER TO THE RESCUE [ adaptation
as a play with sound for children ]
THE MAGIC MOUTH ORGAN [ musical play
for schools ]
PINOCCHIO FOR ‘ ADULTS ’
[ musical ]
MUSIC FOR VOICE ORCHESTRA CONCEPT
AND IMPROVISATION BASED
EXPERIMENTAL
THEATRE, VOICE SOUND FOR WORKSHOP AND
COMMUNITY PERFORMANCE GENRE
MIDSUMMER MISCELLANY - outdoor communal
entertainment based on Celtic nature
mythology with a strong environmental
theme.
COLOUR MUSIC - extemporary performance
workshop based on colour inspired stimuli.
BETWEEN THE LIGHT - music theatre text
with freely sourced sound added.
FIRE MUSIC - public music burning festival,
plus chant and dance optional.
VOICE MUSIC - combination of voice
/ vocal idioms realised as improvised
performance.
PEOPLE IN THE PACK - sound drama for
up to forty individualised performers
source based on a pack of playing cards
.
CARD MUSIC - pre-made flash card based
notation for any number of performers
/ instruments.
HOUSE OF SOUND - interactive sound
tourism for musical instruments and
recordings insitu in a large multi-floor
/ room house.
FILM MUSIC - improvised sound theatre
including performer composition interacting
with video or slide film.
LINGUAPHONY - large scale performance
music theatre piece for solo and mixed
voice orchestra.
INSIDE STORY [ Community Voice Drama
]
SONIC ART MUSIC STUDIO
BASED ACOUSMATIC GENRE COMPOSED, PERFORMED,
PRODUCED ON COMPACT
DISC.
BLEAK SLEAZE, [ Dur. 5’ 45”
] Wave 105 FM Radio, UK 1998
MEC – [ Dur. 9’ 10”
] 1995 - Synethise Festival, France
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS, [ Dur. 7’
15” ] 1998 - Geiger Counter, Brighton
Arts Fringe
SURFING THE STROBE [ 10’ 48”
]
FREAKSPEAK [ Dur. 6’ 02”
] 1991 - Spirit FM Radio, UK
CANTICLES OF GOTH [ Dur. 9’ 30”
]
EDGE OF SHADOWS [ Dur. 5’ 34”
] 1995 - Sonic Arts Festival, South
bank, London
DRUIDIKA [ Dur. 15 35” ] 1992
COSMIC LITURGY [ Dur. 10” 45”
] 1994 - Audio Daze radio 2DER, Canada
SHADOWSELF CONNECTION [ Dur. 18’
] 1995
DARK CLOWNS [ Dur. 7’ 03”
] 1994 - CFLX Radio, Canada
EVERYTHING BUT SILENCE [ Dur. ] 1997
- Sonic Arts, Birmingham, UK
LEGACY OF THE ICON SLAVE [ Dur. 35’
30” ] 1995 - University Festival,
Brazil
NIGHTCITY PULSES [ Dur. 24’ 30”
] 1984/5 - GRM France 1995; Radio ROX,
Moscow 1993
INSECT CONVENTION [ Dur. 16’ ]
1987
NOK [ Dur. 7.40” ] 1997 - ACREQ
Radio, Canada
UNGRATEFUL UTTERANCES [ Dur. 6’
45” ] 1986
THE SCREAMING [ Dur - ] 1994 - Manhattan
Cable Television
DIGITAL WEAVE [ Dir. 18’ ] 1994
–
THE WRATH CONFERENCE [ 1991- 1997 ]
• BLACK RAIN [ Dur.
9’ 00” ]
• BLUE SNOW [ Dur. 8’
25” ] - CFLZ Radio, Canada 1993
• RED GRASS [ Dur. 9’
29” ]
• GREEN SAND [ Dur.
8’ 05” ] - Radio Tangerine,
Moscow 1993
MISCREANT HUES [ seven electro-acoustic
extemporisations for actor / musician
and Tape ] Arundel Festival 1999 -
HOLOS [ Dur. 9’46” ]
THERMAL VISTA [ Dur. 5’ 40”
] 1992 - BBC Wales, 2001
FRACTOSONIC GRAFFITI - Part 1 [ Dur.
11’ 20” ] - Sonic Arts Festival,
1997
. . . Part 2 [ Dur. 19’ 02”
] “ Picasso for the ear ”
YOUTHWORX FOR DANCE [ 47’ 52”
] - 1989
RITES OF WAR [ Dur. 15 36” ] -
1993
THRENODY FOR DIANA [ Dur. 9’ 00”
] Diana Memorial Museum, 1979
PIANO SONATA No.2 [ Melismata Digitalis
] Dur. 10’ 20” - 1988
THEN + NOW . . . Global Underground
[ Dur. 6’ 35” ] - 1996
REQUIEM I-SPY [ Dur. 7’ 15”
] - 1991
LIFE MUSIC [ Dur. 21’ 17”
] – 1991
TIME PASSING [ Aubade, Marchstuff,
Nocturne, Zithadance ] – Dur. 20’
28”
SCATTERED CROSS – [ Dur. 10’
15” ]
GLOBAL SKID – [ Dur. 6’ 00”
]
GATHERING MACHINE – [ Dur. 15’
20” ]
CYBER JUKEBOX – [ Twentyone tracks
]
BENCH MUSIC sonic art music
pending post production:
SOLOVOX, Nos. 1 – 11
CELTIC FIRES
KWANTA -
STRING SERIES, Nos. 1, 2, 3.
MINDSONGS -
CHAINS OF WITE LITE – Nos. 1,
2 , 3 , 4.
DROPOUT
KEYBOARD THEATRES
SOUNDS FROM THE NOISEBATH, Nos. 1 -
9
LEGACY OF THE ICON SLAVE song-cycle
for extemporary voice and tape:
• DEEP
BUBBLE MOUNTAIN
• STREET BURN
• WILDERNESS MODES
• DRAIN CHANT
• GLOBAL SKID
• INDUSTRIAL WEAPONRY
• QUANTUM OUT-TAKE
• MOTORWAY NOCTURNE
• CRAP KITCHEN TRAFFIC
• PURGATORIAL VISTA
• STORMOTIONS
• POETICS IN THE DARK
• JARGON POSH
• CONDOM BEREAVEMENT
• PATHLINES BEHIND THE
LIGHT
• EMPATHY BELLIES
• HOLE IN MY HEADPHONES
• ADULTS ARE DAMAGED
CHILDREN
• ELASTIC POTATO PEOPLE
• RUBBER CHICKEN DOING
THE PLASTIC GOOSE STEP
• CLOCKWORK BANANA REBOUND
• PURSE PROUD CHOIRS
• HOMILY TO HOME ALONE
MOTHERS
• DOLE SINGER
• TIME FOR A LITTLE
MORE HOPE
• FAMILY OF MAMMON
• KICKING THE ARSE OF
IT
• WAITING FOR A GOOD
TIME
• VANDAL CRAFT
• DUSTBIN ON THE ISE
OF BRAIN
• TRIUMPH OF MEDIOCRITY
• DEAD MEAT
REVIEWS . . . his sonic art
music is exceptionally strong work ,
original and quite natural in every
sense a pleasure to hear.” Director,
New York Music Centre, New York.
CONTACT………………………………………………………………….
David Lloyd-Howells, FRSA - Lilac Cottage
Maindiff Court Farm
Abergavenny, Mon. NP7 8AY Wales. UK.
Tel 01873 859887
www.david-lloyd-howells.net
david_lloyd_howells@yahoo.co.uk
