Rae Howell

Rae Howell is an Australian composer, performer, multidisciplinary artist, and director of bespoke multi-artform projects. She is founding director of Sunwrae, a creative enterprise developing projects at the intersection of science and art; and Opportune Pianos, her ventures as a piano artisan. Rae studied music at Melbourne University, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, New York University Steinhardt, and has worked professionally in many places over the globe, producing a large catalogue of original music albums, publications, and collaborative projects. Her awards include a UNESCO Aschberg Bursary, a Finzi Trust Scholarship and Guildhall Trust Scholarship (UK), the Eric Stokes Award (USA), the inaugural MOMENTUM Commission, and The BigCi Environmental Award. She has performed for UK royalty in London; she is a fellow of Yaddo and the Millay Artist Colony in New York, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center in Nebraska, the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, The Banff Centre Canada, and has been Visiting Composer for numerous projects, festivals and residencies internationally.