ALTHEA TALBOT-HOWARD
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Based in London, England, international prizewinning musician Althea Talbot-Howard is a classical composer who began her professional career in 1992 as a soloist and orchestral guest principal. In 2005, Gramophone Magazine called her “a superb oboist”.  A graduate of Girton College, Cambridge and the Royal Academy of Music; she won Third Prize in the Paris-Ville d'Avray International Oboe Competition in 2007; and was one of twelve equal prizewinners in the Ora Singers Christmas Gift Composition Competition in 2019. 
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Of Afro-British ancestry, she is a 12th-generation direct descendant of King Charles II, who formalized Britain’s involvement in the Atlantic slave trade; and therefore a 14th-generation descendant of King James I & VI, who commissioned the Authorized Version of the Bible.  Both anti-slavery and 
Christian themes feature strongly in her compositional output. 
  • Home
  • Featured Works
    • List of Works by Instrument
    • List of Works by Theme
    • Solo Works (1 player) >
      • Fantasia Dodecaphonica
      • Fantasia La Folia
    • Duo Recital Works - Easy to Intermediate >
      • Chanson de l'Eternel II
      • The Church at Errislannan
      • Deep River
      • Prelude The Seafront & Vallum Mare
      • Thata Nabandji
    • Duo Recital Works - Advanced >
      • Byzantion 2 Through Space and Time
      • Deep River Sonata
      • Dolphins
      • The Door of No Return
      • Ego Flos Campi
      • The New Chevalier Sonata
      • Troparion
    • Duets >
      • On Walmer Beach
      • Three Country Dances
    • Chamber Music (3+ players) >
      • Byzantion Hagia Sophia
      • Rievaulx
      • Seville Cathedral
      • Three-Ply Yarn
      • Trans-Atlantic Triptych
    • LIFT: Solos for Horn by Black Composers
  • About
  • Events
  • Byzantion
    • About Byzantion
    • Consortium INFO
    • Members
  • ABRSM-AMEB
    • ABRSM Grades
    • 2026 Woodwind Syllabus
    • Strings and Piano (2023-26)
    • 2022 Woodwind Syllabus
    • ABRSM DIPLOMA
    • AMEB DIPLOMAS
  • Press, Gallery & More
    • Ask Althea
    • Press
    • Gallery
  • IDRS & Various
    • Fantasia La Folia Consortium (2023-2024) >
      • Commissioners
      • Consortium Information
      • Fantasia La Folia - Original Page
    • IDRS 2024
    • IDRS
    • Programme Notes
    • 2022 Conference Images
    • BC 365
    • IG Archive
  • CDs
    • From Leipzig to London Oboe CD
    • Seville Cathedral Composition CD
  • Synch Licensing
  • Score Purchase & Contact