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IntroductionConversation One, 20 July 2016. Childhood and teenage yearsReflection One. Music and/as home - Matthew HeadConversation Two, 4 August 2016. The music from A Humming Song (1967) to Lento (1990)Reflection Two. Skempton and experimentalism - Heather WiebeConversation Three, 18 August 2016. Becoming established, and the music after Lento (1990)Reflection Three. "Strangely simple": Howard Skempton's composingConversation Four, 23 August 2016. On teaching compositionLessons were "magical": Skempton's composition students (with Luke Deane)Testimony from Rosie Clements about her studies with HowardReflection Four. "Not a lot spoken, but a lot said": Skempton as teacher and composer - Pwyll Ap SiônPerforming (with Peter Hill, Thalia Myers, John Tilbury, James Weeks and Howard Skempton)The story of the story - Esther CavettAfter-image: A reflection on a reflection - Howard SkemptonAppendix One. Authorised worklistAppendix Two. DiscographySelect bibliography