Howard Skempton
Howard Skempton (born 1947 in Chester) is an English composer and accordionist. He took private composition lessons with Cornelius Cardew from 1967 and joined Cardew's experimental music class at Morley College in 1968. In 1969 he founded the Scratch Orchestra with Cardew and Michael Parsons. His music favours plain materials, melody and short forms, and includes Drum No. 1 (1969), Saltaire Melody (1977), Chorales (1980), the orchestral Lento (1990-91) and the string quartet Tendrils (2004). His Mode titles are Bolt from the Blue and Surface Tension.
Howard Skempton (born 1947 in Chester) is an English composer and accordionist. He took private composition lessons with Cornelius Cardew from 1967 and joined Cardew's experimental music class at Morley College in 1968. In 1969 he founded the Scratch Orchestra with Cardew and Michael Parsons. His music favours plain materials, melody and short forms, and includes Drum No. 1 (1969), Saltaire Melody (1977), Chorales (1980), the orchestral Lento (1990-91) and the string quartet Tendrils (2004). His Mode titles are Bolt from the Blue and Surface Tension.
