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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 2018Upcoming events
Concertgebouw and Koningin Elisabethzaal, Bruges and Antwerp More info → on Eternal LIght: A Requiem
15
OctSt John the Baptist Church, Newport More info → on Invictus : A Passion
16
OctSt Luke's United Methodist Church, Houston, Texas, USA More info → on Unconditional Love
13
Nov
Latest news
31 August 2021
Coming soon, ‘Unconditional Love: A Cantata of Gratitude & Remembrance’, a new 36-minute choral work by @Howard_Goodall – commissioned by @stlukeshouston & set to launch in the US later this year with UK premiere to follow. More info & view complete score: https://fabermusic.com/news/howard-goodall-unconditional-love-a-cantata-of-gratitude-…
Continue reading → about Unconditional Love13 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.
Continue reading → about Performers & Creatives working in the EU after January 1st21 April 2020
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
Continue reading → about Loving Kindness
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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Oh my goodness this is lovely from @LEHMusicDept conducted by starlit Miranda Ashe from my musical LOVE STORY & tur… https://t.co/r22Lx4UsoB
about 2 days ago
@AriaEnts @L5YearsUK Sending all possible best wishes for tonight & the run Katy 👍
about 2 days ago
@TimLihoreau @ClassicFM Is he promising £350m a week prize money during his show?
about 2 days ago
@AdamLenson "it's usually performance or fantasy-based" Crikey. I've been writing the wrong musicals for 45 years then.
about 3 days ago
@13sarahmurphy Well said. Livelihoods trashed, industries hobbled, communities torn apart..all for this embarrassin… https://t.co/SL8mRMZmbJ
about 6 days ago