Dallas Joseph Howard Dallas Howard Los Angeles Dallas Joseph Howard is a composer, conductor, and collaborative artist. He was the 2018 Leonard Bernstein Fellow for Composition at Tanglewood Music Center. His music can be characterized by intricate contrapuntal textures, merging different styles seamlessly. Dallas is passionate about advocating for New Music and promoting the arts in his community: He was the creator of music festivals such as P21 Music Festival in Oklahoma City, Twister Fest Music and Art Festival in Chickasha, and helped organize the Ithaca College School of Music World Music Festival. Currently Dallas is artistic director for un/pitched: New Music Network and conductor for Ithaca New Music Collective while composing for both organizations. Recent highlights include performances by select international artists such as virtuoso violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved, clarinetist Lori Freedman, the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), GReCO Renaissance and Contemporary Music Group, workshop performance from the Switch-Ensemble, and a commissioned work by EASTHAMA: International Percussion Duo. One of Dallas’ most recent projects include the creation of an amplified musical shopping cart for the un/pitched: Percussion Trio which premiered “How 2 Shopping Cart” at a local bar in Ithaca, NY, an engagement within the community with presenting music in unconventional performance spaces and venues. Dallas was awarded the Louis Smadbeck Composition Award, the Maddy Summer Artist award, as well as the Project21: Music for the Twenty-First Century Composition Prize. His past composition fellowships include Brevard Music Center Summer Institute (2017) and the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (2011). Dallas Joseph Howard’s tracks May The Light Slowly Fade - (reading) by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2022-09-30T17:11:41Z Fractal Descent Workshop by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2022-02-02T01:47:11Z Leshy *midi* by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2020-10-31T12:12:30Z Tinctures by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2019-11-23T10:05:14Z An American Dream by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2019-03-18T02:04:28Z Wendelstein 7 – X by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2018-11-24T21:18:56Z Senescence by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2018-11-23T20:53:26Z How 2 Shopping Cart by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2018-11-20T00:30:07Z The Pirates of Stockbridge by Dallas Joseph Howard published on 2018-09-18T18:33:45Z