1. Michael Joseph Howard
6 Glasford Street, LONDON SW17 9HN
07564 366152 / 0203 172 7971
e-mail : info@michaeljhoward.co.uk
website : http://info053124.wix.com/mjhcomposer
PERSONAL PROFILE:
An ultimate year Music Production and Technology student with over twenty five years of
experience of playing guitar, bass and vocals, coupled with substantial teaching experience
and composition. Now wishing to expand my knowledge and gain insight with the potential
to pursue a career composing music for film, TV and radio and other media.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Michael J Howard Music Tuition 2010-present
Guitar/Bass Teacher
Eveline Day School 2013-present
Guitar Teacher
Castle Guitar Tuition, Lancaster (my own business) 2008 – 2010
Guitar/Bass Teacher
Apoco Music, Lancaster 2002 – 2008
Guitar/Bass Teacher
EDUCATION AND COMPOSITION EXPERIENCE
BSc (Hons) Music Technology/Music Production 2012 - 2015
London Metropolitan University – 66.25% average over 4 modules indicating a degree of
2:1 – this will be confirmed on 7 July 2015
During the Second Year, as part of this course, I was required to compose original music for
a film of my choice. My choice was an episode of ‘Jeeves and Wooster’, links of which can
be found below. It was selected to be shown at the London Metropolitan Summer Show in
Central House on Aldgate in 2014.
Link to Film Project completed at London Metropolitan University 2014:
http://youtu.be/0hWH_i1oE28
During the final year, a group project required the composition and production of a number
of pieces of music in various styles for the production of a mini-album. Some of the
compositions, including one from Year 2, can be found on the website link above. The Film
Project above can also be found on this website.

2. City and Guilds 7303 Award in Preparing to Teach Sept - Dec 2010
in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)
OTHER SKILLS:
MUSICAL EXPERIENCE:
I have played guitar for over 25 years in bands in a wide variety of styles ranging from Punk,
Punk/Blues, Soul, Gypsy Jazz, Trad/Dixieland Jazz, Folk, Heavy/Glam Metal, Pop/Covers,
Cabaret and any crossovers in-between. I occasionally perform as a solo act performing
Gypsy/European Jazz to a backing track/loop. I have played/toured in the USA, Canada and
Costa Rica and all over the British Isles, France and Serbia. In the last 2/3 years, I have
played banjo in a jazz band, double-bass/bandleader with my own quartet (Nightflight) and
electric and double-bass in trios/quartets. Much of my musical experience has involved
composing original music for performance.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
I have considerable teaching experience over a number of years through all age ranges and
have taken a pupil through Grades 5 and 6 on Electric Guitar in which he achieved 75%. I
was working through Grade 8 with this pupil until I moved to London. He passed this Grade
8 exam in July 2010. I am a member of the Musicians’ Union and have passed a CRB check
(available on request).
Since November 2013 I have been teaching guitar at Eveline Day School in Balham on a part-
time basis to pupils aged 6 to 10 years teaching chords and simple songs, some of which the
pupils played at recitals held at the school in June and December of 2014 and May 2015.
I have a great deal of experience in using Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, Outlook and Excel
and music programmes (Logic, Finale, Adobe Audition, Nuendo etc).
REFERENCES:
Dr Javier Garavaglia
Associate Professor
Course Leader
BSc Music Technology (Sound for Media)
London Metropolitan University
Sir John Cass Faculty of Art, Architecture and Design
41 Commercial Road
LONDON E1 1LA
j.garavaglia@londonmet.ac.uk
Eveline Drut B.Ed LLAM (Hons)
Headmistress
Eveline Day School
Swan House
207 BalhamHigh Road
Tooting
SW17 7BQ
Tel: 020 8673 3188
Fax: 020 8673 7641
www.evelinedayschool.com