Hello, members of Women Band Directors International!
Nice to meet you!
I am Clare Howard, a Minneapolis-based composer devoted to creating music that captures the depth and vitality of the wind band.
I’m excited to share two of my wind band works, Over the Blue and Green and Hath No Fury, as free offerings to members of Women Band Directors International. Though very different in style, they both represent the passions and experiences that have shaped me as a 24-year-old composer at the beginning of her career.
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Over the Blue and Green was inspired by my encounter with astronauts who described seeing Earth from space. Their stories reshaped my own fear of space into a sense of awe, gratitude, and reverence for life on our fragile blue and green planet. The piece is sensitive, existential, and full of wonder.
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Hath No Fury channels something quite different: rage. Too often women’s anger is expected to remain hidden—reduced to silence or a single tear. This piece resists that narrative, presenting women’s rage as righteous, powerful, and unapologetic, framed through a march-like energy.
I hope these works will resonate with you and your ensembles. If you choose to program either piece, I would be grateful to hear from you. I am always looking for more opportunities to bring new music to the wind band world, and I look forward to building connections with women band directors who share in this passion.
Cheers,
Clare