British composer, Emily Howard, talking about her new musical work, inspired by mathematical ideas on the main stage at New Scientist Live 2017
Emily Howard (born 1979) is a British composer from Liverpool. As a child, Howard learned to play chess (British Junior Girls Chess Champion for 6 years (1990 U11, 1991 U12,1992 U16, 1993 U14, 1994 U15/U16, 1996 U18) and the cello, whilst also writing compositions for local ensembles and orchestras. After completing a degree in mathematics and computation at Lincoln College, Oxford, Howard studied composition at the Royal Northern College of Music. She holds a doctorate in composition from the University of Manchester.[1][2] In 2008 Howard received the Paul Hamlyn Award for Composers.[3] In 2010 she became the inaugural UBS Composer in Residence in conjunction with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Bridge Academy in Hackney. In 2012, Howard won a British Composer Award for Mesmerism. She was a Leverhulme Trust Artist in Residence at the University of Liverpool's Department of Mathematical Sciences in 2015 and is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow. Howard is a Senior Lecturer in Composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and a Visiting Researcher at the Oxford e-Research Centre. Released in 2016, Howard's NMC Debut Disc 'Magnetite' was well received by critics. Commissioned for premiere at the BBC Proms 2016, Torus (Concerto for Orchestra) was described by The Times as "visionary" and by The Guardian as "one of this year's finest new works". Howard's string quartet Afference has been short-listed for a British Composer Award 2016. Torus, concerto for orchestra, 2016 (commissioned by BBC and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra), first performance 25 August 2016, BBC Proms, London Axon for large orchestra, 2013 (commission by BBC Radio 3, first performance 1 November 2013, Manchester)[9] Calculus Of The Nervous System for symphony orchestra, 2011 (Wien Modern 2011 Festival Commission)[2][10] Ada Sketches, Mesmerism and Calculus of the Nervous System form The Lovelace Trilogy, linked by Howard's interest in mathematician Ada Lovelace)
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