Andrew Howes - Catalogue Of Works

Orchestra

Lyrebird Concerto

For Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra (2026) - (26 minutes)

Commissioned by Alice Morgan

Premiered by Alice Morgan and the North Sydney Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Stephen Hillinger, September 19 2026, Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Water Phases

For Orchestra (2026) - (5 minutes)

Awarded a position in the 2026 Australian Music Centre - Momentum Plus recording project

Premiere recording to be released soon

Cosmic Colours Over Sunrise

For Orchestra (2025) - (8 minutes)

Commissioned by Sydney Youth Orchestras

Premiered on the SYO 2025 Big Sky Tour by the orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey, at the Broken Hill Civic Centre

Luminifera - Wild Light for Orchestra

For Orchestra (2021) - (9 minutes)

Commissioned by Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Premiered in 2022 by the Sydney Symphony conducted by Edo De Waart, at the Sydney Opera House

listen to an excerpt

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Les Chemins De L'amour (Francis Poulenc)

For Orchestra (2024) - (5 minutes)

Commissioned by Vladimir Fanshil

Premiered in 2024 by Vlad Fanshil with the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn

Purple Prelude (Elena Kats-Chernin)

For Orchestra (2023) - (7 minutes)

Commissioned by Sydney Youth Orchestra

Premiered in 2023 by SYO at the Sydney Opera House, conducted by Matthew Coorey

Orchestra and Choir

Taking Care (Feet in the Sand, Heart in the Bush)

For Community Choir and Orchestra, Guitar or Piano (2025) - (6 minutes)

Commissioned by Sydney Youth Orchestras

Premiered on the SYO 2025 Big Sky Tour by the orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey, at the Broken Hill Civic Centre

listen to an excerpt (orchestra only version)

Karkanya

For Choir and Orchestra (2024/2026) - (24 minutes)

Commissioned by Moorambilla Voices

Premiered by Moorambilla Voices, 2024

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Welcome To All People (Ruby Hunter)

For Orchestra and Choir (2026) - (5 minutes)

Commissioned by Santa Sabina College

Premiered in 2026 by Santa Sabina College at the Sydney Town Hall, conducted by James Pensini

watch this performance

Let Love Rule (Archie Roach)

For Orchestra and Choir (2026) - (5 minutes)

Commissioned by Santa Sabina College

Premiered in 2026 by Santa Sabina College at the Sydney Town Hall, conducted by Amy Richardson

I Belong (Nancy Bates)

For Voice/Choir and Chamber Orchestra (arranged 2023) - (5 minutes)

Commissioned by Santa Sabina College / Sydney Youth Orchestras

Premiered in 2023 by Santa Sabina College at the Sydney Town Hall, conducted by Amy Richardson

watch a recent performance

Chamber Orchestra

The Early Morning

For Chamber Strings (2025) - (5 minutes)

Premiered by the Australian Youth Orchestra Momentum Ensemble, directed by Hyung-Suk Bae, at the Bowral Autumn Music Festival in 2025.

listen to an excerpt

The Eyes of the Earth

For Soprano Saxophone and Chamber Strings (2024) - (24 minutes)

Commissioned by the Bowerbird Collective

Premiered in 2024 by the Bowerbird Collective with Saxophonist Alice Morgan

listen to an excerpt

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Arrangements for Cocteau's Circle, commissioned and premiered by the Australian Chamber Orchestra with Chloe Lankshear and Le Gateau Chocolat in 2025:

I Loves You Porgy (George Gershwin / Nina Simone)

For Chamber Orchestra and Voice (2025) - (4.5 minutes)

Oh, Lady Be Good (George Gershwin)

For Chamber Orchestra and Voice (2025) - (5 minutes)

Pie Jesu (Lili Boulanger)

For Chamber Orchestra and Voice (2025) - (3.5 minutes)

Stars (Janis Ian)

For Chamber Orchestra and Voice (2025) - (7 minutes)

Les Chemins de L'amour (Francis Poulenc)

For Chamber Orchestra and Voice (2025) - (4 minutes)

Chamber Orchestra and Choir

I Dreamt Of A White Gull

For Choir and Chamber Orchestra/Piano (2025) - (9 minutes)

Commissioned by St Catherine's School and Waverly College

Mutawintji Nocturne

For Choir and Chamber Orchestra (2024) - (5 minutes)

Commissioned by Moorambilla Voices

Premiered at the Sydney Opera House by Moorambilla Voices and Voces 8, conducted by Michelle Leonard

listen to the song

Karkanya

For Choir and Chamber Orchestra with Dance and Visual Art (2024) - (24 minutes)

Commissioned by Moorambilla Voices

Premiered by Moorambilla Voices, 2024

Song to the Sky

For Choir and Chamber Orchestra with Dance and Visual Art (2023) - (26 minutes)

Commissioned by Moorambilla Voices

Premiered by Moorambilla Voices, 2023

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I Belong (Nancy Bates)

For Voice/Choir and Chamber Orchestra (arranged 2023) - (5 minutes)

Commissioned by Moorambilla Voices

Premiered by Moorambilla Voices conducted by Michelle Leonard

listen to the song

Choir

I Dreamt Of A White Gull

For Choir and Chamber Orchestra/Piano (2025) - (9 minutes)

Commissioned by St Catherine's School and Waverly College

Fortiter Et Fideliter

For Choir, Piano, 3 Trumpets and Snare Drum (2025) - (6 minutes)

Commissioned by the King's Preparatory School

Premiered at the Sydney Town Hall in 2025, by the King's Preparatory School conducted by Stephan Kooper

Taking Care (Feet in the Sand, Heart in the Bush)

For Community Choir and Orchestra, Guitar or Piano (2025) - (6 minutes)

Commissioned by Sydney Youth Orchestras

Premiered on the SYO 2025 Big Sky Tour by the orchestra conducted by Benjamin Northey, at the Broken Hill Civic Centre

Mutawintji Nocturne

For Choir and Chamber Orchestra/Piano (2024) - (5 minutes)

Commissioned by Moorambilla Voices

Premiered at the Sydney Opera House by Moorambilla Voices and Voces 8, conducted by Michelle Leonard

listen to the song

Songs composed in collaboration with the Year 6 classes of the Kings Preparatory School:

One Small Act (2026)

A Perfect World (2025)

Use Your Eardrums (2024)

Our Home is Our Home (2023)

For Trebles and Piano

Commissioned by the King's Preparatory School

Each was premiered in September of the year of composition at the King's School by the Year 6 class,conducted by Stephan Kooper.

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I Belong (Nancy Bates)

For Voice/Choir and Chamber Orchestra/Piano (arranged 2023) - (5 minutes)

Commissioned by Moorambilla Voices

Premiered by Moorambilla Voices conducted by Michelle Leonard

listen to the song

Quartets

Autumn Revels

For String Quartet (2024) - (16 minutes)

Commissioned by the Flinders Quartet

Premiered in 2024 by the Flinders Quartet

listen to the entire work

Barwon River Nocturne

For Quartet of Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass-Baritone (2024) - (4 minutes)

Commissioned by AVÉ

Premiere recording to be released

Change Invocations

For String Quartet (2022/2025) - (12 minutes)

Commissioned by Live At Yours

Premiered by the Kristian Winther Quartet in 2022

listen to a sample

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5 Satie Pieces (Vexations | Gnossienne no.1 | Je Te Veux | Le Poisson Rêveur | Gymnopédie no.1)

For String Quartet (2025) - (25 minutes)

Commissioned by the Australian Chamber Orchestra

Premiered by the ACO Quartet at the Art Gallery of NSW in January 2025

listen to a sample

Dances of Marosszek - Zoltán Kodály

For Piano Quartet (2023) - (13 minutes)

Commissioned by Live at Yours

Premiered by Andrew Haveron, Stephanie Farrands, Umberto Clerici and Konstantin Shamray at the Great Synagogue, Sydney in 2023

Trios

The Aching Bones

For Piano and [Soprano Saxophone and Flute] [Violin and Clarinet] [Flute and Oboe] (2019/2020) - (7 minutes)

Premiered in 2020 by Diana Doherty, Joshua Batty and Evan Streater at a fundraising event to raise money for those effected by the bushfires of that season, for which the work was written.

listen to an excerpt (version for Piano, Soprano Saxophone and Flute - Ensemble CANE)

listen to live recording (second work in program)

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Romanian Dances (Bela Bartok)

For Clarinet, Violin and Piano (2020) - (10 minutes)

Premiered by Vatche Jambazian, Oliver Shermacher and Anna Da Silva Chen via a recorded concert broadcast during lockdown 2020, filmed with care by the Sydney Opera House.

listen to live recording (first work in program)