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Howard Goodall's official website
This is Howard Goodall’s official website. Howard is an EMMY, BRIT and BAFTA award-winning composer of choral music, stage musicals, film and TV scores.
He is a distinguished music historian and broadcaster. In recent years he has been England’s first ever National Ambassador for Singing, the Classical Brit Composer of the Year and was Classic FM’s Composer-in-Residence for 6 years. In the 2011 New Year Honours he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to music education.
Record Number of Eternal Light: A Requiem performances in November 2018Latest news
13 November 2020
Performers & Creatives working in the EU after January 1st
Howard’s twitter thread on the impact of Brexit on Musicians and others in the creative industries after January 1st prompted a huge response and resulted in this article in ByLine Times – link here.
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Loving Kindness, composed by Howard Goodall and sung by Aled Jones made this song demo in their homes (link to youtube) to share with you as we felt its Hindu/Buddhist blessing texts fitted so well this challenging moment in time. We are doing this to support https://www.helpthemhelpus.co.uk/ Love from Aled & Howard
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Hymns to the Silence: Music and Solace in a time of crisis
In an article published today in the ByLine Times, Howard Goodall looks at how music has helped to express, escape and mourn previous traumas, and provides his own playlist to pass the pandemic.
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Recent work
- Choral work Invictus: A Passion
- TV show Sgt. Pepper's Musical Revolution
- Musical Bend it Like Beckham
- Other work More tomorrows
- Record Inspired
Popular work
- Choral work Eternal Light: A Requiem
- Musical Love Story
- Musical The Hired Man
- Choral work The Lord is my Shepherd
- Choral work The Enchanted Voices
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