Althea's compositions have so far focused entirely on recital, chamber, choral & pedagogical music. 
Recital music consists both of pedagogical works from Initial to Grade 5; and advanced and professional-level recital pieces from Grade 7 to Licentiate standard. 
​Choral music consists, so far, of two experimental SATB motets, of which Bethlehem Ephrathah is one.
There are also a number of arrangements of recital music by historical composers of African descent.  Please see below, for further information.
Commissions
​2020 - Rainbow's End   ABRSM Grade 1 Clarinet List B:3  
2021 - Rievaulx - A Study in Memory, in Arch Form for Reed Quartet, with Bells
2022 - Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia  International Double Reed Society Conference Commissioning Grant Winner 
2022 -Solos for the Student Horn Player...  New Horn Music Project, USA 
2022 - La Catedral de Sevilla - un Estudio en la Memoria for Oboe Quartet (Oboe** & String Trio) with Aluphone Bell - **Multi-instrumental woodwind part
2022 - Confidential commission, scheduled for publication in 2023
​Composition Competitions
Bethlehem Ephrathah was one of twelve prizewinning compositions in the 2019 Ora Singers Christmas Gift Competition.​ ​
List of Recital & Chamber Works, by Instrument  
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Please see the Sections below for Further Information about Each Piece; Links; & Feature Pages
BASSOON
  • Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia​
  • The Church at Errislannan​
  • ​​The Door of No Return
  • ​Fantasia Dodecaphonica
  • ​On Walmer Beach (Avail. Fall 2023)
  • ​Rievaulx - A Study in Memory, in Arch Form
CELLO
  • The Church at Errislannan​
  • ​​The Door of No Return
  • ​Seville Cathedral - A Study in Memory, in Arch Form
CLARINET FAMILY

​​CLARINET in Bb
  • Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe
  • The Door of No Return
  • The New Chevalier Sonata
  • ​Rievaulx​
CLARINET in A
  • ​Blue Sahara Crossing
  • The Lost Tribe
  • ​Rievaulx - A Study in Memory, in Arch Form
BASSET HORN & BASS CLARINET
  • Rievaulx - A Study in Memory, in Arch Form
FLUTE
  • The Church at Errislannan 
  • Dahomey Passacaglia
  • Deep River
  • Ego Flos Campi
  • Fantasia Dodecaphonica 
  • The New Chevalier Sonata (in Eb or G)
OBOE FAMILY
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​​OBOE 
  • ​EVERYTHING (including The Deep River Sonata) EXCEPT...
  • Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia (see COR ANGLAIS)
  • Soyuz Departing (for Solo Piano)​
OBOE D'AMORE
  • Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe (alt. part)​
  • Rievaulx - Part II
  • Troparion (alternative part)
COR ANGLAIS/ENGLISH HORN
  • ​Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia
  • On Walmer Beach (Fall 2023)
  • Rievaulx - Part III
  • Troparion 
BASS OBOE
  • Rievaulx - Part IV (alt. part)
PERCUSSION

​(ALUPHONE/TUBULAR BELLS)
  • Rievaulx - A Study in Memory, in Arch Form
  • Seville Cathedral - A Study in Memory, in Arch Form
PIANO (COLLABORATIVE)
  • EVERYTHING, EXCEPT...
  • Fantasia Dodecaphonica
  • Rievaulx - A Study in Memory
  • Seville Cathedral - A Study in Memory​
PIANO (SOLO)
  • ​Soyuz Departing​
RECORDER FAMILY

DESCANT (SOPRANO)
  • The Church at Errislannan​
  • Fantasia Dodecaphonica​​
ALTO (TREBLE) RECORDER
  • The Church at Errislannan
  • Dahomey Passacaglia
  • Ego Flos Campi
  • Fantasia Dodecaphonica
  • The New Chevalier Sonata
  • Troparion
TENOR RECORDER
  • Deep River 
SAXOPHONE FAMILY

SOPRANO
  • Blue Sahara Crossing
  • The Lost Tribe
  • The Door of No Return
  • Fantasia Dodecaphonica
  • Rievaulx​​​ ​
​ALTO​
  • Fantasia Dodecaphonica
  • The New Chevalier Sonata
  • Rievaulx
  • Troparion 
TENOR
  • ​Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia
  • On Walmer Beach (Autumn 2023)
  • Rievaulx
BARITONE
  • Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia
  • ​On Walmer Beach (Autumn 2023)
  • Rievaulx
VIOLA
  • Blue Sahara Crossing
  • The Lost Tribe
  • Seville Cathedral - A Study in Memory (Available Fall 2023)
  • Troparion​​
VIOLIN
  • Blue Sahara Crossing
  • The Church at Errislannan
  • Deep River
  • Fantasia Dodecaphonica
  • The New Chevalier Sonata
  • Seville Cathedral -  Study in Memory (Available Fall 2023)
  • Troparion​
Professional Recital Music
The Church at Errislannan ​(2018) for solo instrument (Oboe, Recorder, Saxophone, Bassoon, Violin) & Piano (encore piece) Dur: 1.25 mins   -  https://youtu.be/wmi3PR-FQ9Q;  https://youtu.be/8BSh7uF03CM

Dahomey Passacaglia -  an arrangement of Dahomey from The Door of No Return with a key change, for instruments such as the Alto Recorder & Flute

The Door of No Return (2020-21) for Solo Instrument & Piano (Bassoon/Cello/Clarinet/Oboe/Soprano Saxophone scores currently available) Dur: 13 mins  https://youtu.be/QQRuAjXVcok​ from 11:55; youtu.be/dyHWnSvmwk0

Ego Flos Campi (2017-18) for Modern Alto Recorder with E-foot (or Flute/Oboe) & Piano Dur: 6.5 mins - Programme Notes

Fantasia Dodecaphonica sopra Amarilli mia bella for Solo Instrument (Dur: 6.5 mins) (Scores are currently available for Oboe/Violin/Modern Soprano Recorder with B extension; Flute or Alto Recorder with E extension; Alto Saxophone; Bassoon)

Troparion (2018) Dur: 3.25 mins
in B minor for Oboe & Piano
in Eb minor for Modern Alto Recorder or Flute/Oboe d'amore or Clarinet in A/Alto Saxophone & Piano
in D minor for Violin/Viola/Bb Clarinet/Cor anglais & Piano

Soyuz Departing (2017) for Solo Piano Dur: 3 mins - https://youtu.be/bnYgaKB5EL4​
Transcriptions and Arrangements
Deep River by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) - A new transcription from the original Opus 59 piano score, for Solo Instrument & Piano (Oboe/Flute/Violin) Dur: 5 mins  Deep River

The Deep River Sonata by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) - A new sonata for Oboe & Piano, comprising four melodies from the original Opus 59 piano score Dur: 10 mins

The New Chevalier Sonata c.1799/2022 by Joseph Bologne, le Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799) & Althea Talbot-Howard (b.1966) Dur: 11 mins
A re-worked & re-voiced new presentation of the original Sonata for the Harp with obbligato Flute for Solo Instrument & Piano (Oboe, Flute, Clarinet in Bb, Alto Saxophone, Violin or Alto Recorder )
Professional Chamber Music

Blue Sahara Crossing & The Lost Tribe - for Oboe*, Viola*** & Piano (dur: 10 mins) *(or Soprano Sax, Clarinet, Flute with B-foot or Violin)  https://youtu.be/hz2UiJ7c3JA;  https://youtu.be/owNDQHeBVi0 ***Violin 
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Byzantion I - Hagia Sophia - for Cor anglais, Bassoon & Piano (dur: 4.5 mins) - Programme Notes
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Rievaulx, A Study in Memory - in Arch Form  for Reed Quartet with Bells (Double-reeds, Clarinets or Saxes with Aluphone or Tubular Bells) (Dur: 6 mins) 
SATB Choir

Bethlehem Ephrathah   (Dur: 3 mins) -  Christmas & Epiphany - Latin & English
The Crimson Robe   (Dur: 6.5 mins) - Easter & Christ the King - Latin, Greek & English
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.