Howard Goodall

Howard Lindsay Goodall CBE (/ˈɡʊdˌɔːl/; born 26 May 1958) is an English composer of musicals, choral music and music for television. He also presents music-based programming for television and radio, for which he has won many awards. In May 2008 he was named as a presenter and Composer-in-Residence with the UK radio channel Classic FM, and in May 2009 he was named "Composer of the Year" at the Classical BRIT Awards.

Born in Bromley, Kent, Goodall was educated at New College School, Stowe School and Lord Williams's School and read music at Christ Church, Oxford. He is married to Val Fancourt, who is a classical music agent.

Goodall's 1984 musical The Hired Man, an adaptation of the novel by Melvyn Bragg, won an Ivor Novello award (1985) and TMA Award (2006) award for Best Musical. Professional revivals of The Hired Man in recent years include a UK tour by the New Perspectives Theatre Company in 2008 and a production directed by David Thacker and Elizabeth Newman at the Octagon Theatre, Bolton in June 2010.

A Winter's Tale, commissioned for the opening of The Sage, Gateshead in December 2005 was presented during 2009–10 by Youth Music Theatre[1]: UK. In 2011 its London professional premiere at the Landor Theatre won the Off west end award for Best New Musical.

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