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DAVID LLOYD-HOWELLS is a
multi-talented, campaigner, writer, thinker, poet, composer, gifted teacher, born Cardiff, Wales, UK; educated universities Wales, London, York; prize winner of Walford Davies Award, 1980; elected, 1980, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts for work in creative music education.
Travelled in Europe and America in the rampant sixties and never lost his chevalier mix of the bohemian rebel and Celtic mystic. Careers include artistic director of Sonicity; business management, teacher, tutor, community arts, freelance composer; 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” Creator Olop’s digital postcard gallery; 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 Award 1980; personal and campaign archives National Library of Wales, Academic Welsh Writers on Tour; Artistic Director Sonicity;. Founder – Director, The Life Search Project CULTURAL PHILOSOPHY The Arts have been eroded by the triumph of mediocrity and hi-jacked by rampant commercialism for a perverse malaise 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 imagination to empower us with a new concept of self. ARCHIVE The National Library of Wales Welsh Composer’s Database, Welsh Arts Council / GPWM Welsh Music Information Centre [ WMIC ] British Music Information Centre [ BMIC ] DISCOGRAPHY International acousmatic composer offers a challenge to rusty ears seeking something different from the audio sound space wherever you want to be. A free samples CD is available upon request from my twelve compact disc sonic art music retrospective Visions in Sound . Visions in Sound - this music is silent until you listen. 1. Nightcity Pulses Many of these acousmatic works, dating from 1991, decribed by New York Computer Music Centre " . . . strong and original work, natural and a pleasure to hear." have been played abroad and in the UK. These recordings are performed, composed, produced in digital form on stereo compact disc in my music studio by the creator for sale in a slimline case as single works from the Visions in Sound catalogue. Just select those works of interest by contacting Sonicity Music. email: david_lloyd_howells@yahoo.co.uk |