Howie Kenty
Howie Kenty is a Brooklyn-based composer and performer, occasionally known by his
musical alter-ego, Hwarg. His music, called “remarkable” with “astonishing poetic
power” by the International Compendium Prix Ars Electronica, is stylistically diverse,
encompassing ideas from contemporary classical, electronic, rock, sound art, theatre,
and everything in between, occasionally with visual and theatrical elements. Howie
plays guitar in the progressive rock band The Benzene Ring, and is currently a Graduate
Council Fellow ABD PhD candidate at Stony Brook University. Recent recognition includes
a 2017 Copland House residency, a 2018 Virginia Center for the Creative Arts residency,
first prize commission in the 2017 Null-state Chaosflöte competition, competition
winner for the 2018 Open Space Festival of New Music, competition winner for the 2018
RED NOTE New Music Festival Composition Workshop, and an ASCAP Plus+ award.
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