Appearances with Symphony Orchestras, Radio, and TV
Howard has performed his “Concerto for Diatonic Harmonica and Orchestra” and other classical music with orchestras in the US, Europe and Asia. These include: The Chicago Sinfonietta, The Bayerischer Rundfunk Orkester, The Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano, Italy, The Czech National Symphony Orchestra, The Rockford Symphony Orchestra, The Evanston Symphony Orchestra, The Illinois Philharmonic, The Wichita Symphony, The Lawrence University Orchestra, The Hohner Akkordeonorkester1927, The Hong Kong Harmonica Orchestra, and many others.
Howard has also appeared three times with The Chicago Symphony, performing music by Gyorgy Kurtag, John Williams, and as a featured soloist in a CSO Brass Holiday Concert.
From 1996 to 2015, Howard was a featured guest several times a year on Garrison Keillor’s NPR radio show “A Prairie Home Companion”, making at least 50 appearances on the show in the US and Europe. He continues to perform on APHC's live shows.
Stories about Howard have appeared on NPR’s “Weekend Edition”, “All Things Considered”, WBUR Boston’s “On Point”.
He has been a guest several times on Chicago’s WTTW TV’s “Chicago Tonight” with Phil Ponce, has performed on Chicago’s classical music station WFMT, and made numerous appearances on Chicago’s WGN Radio 720.
He has also performed on The Tonight Show hosted by Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, and on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.