Peter Aloysius Meechan (born 29 January 1980) is a British composer, conductor, and music publisher.

Life

Meechan studied

musical composition Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called ...

at the

Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music education ...

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and received his

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

. He then studied at the University of Salford in Salford and received his

PhD PHD or PhD may refer to: * Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification Entertainment * '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series * ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic * Ph.D. (band), a 1980s British group ** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ...

in musical composition. Currently, he is a musical assistant of

Foden's Band Foden's Band (originally Foden's Motor Works Band, and variants with sponsors' names) is a brass band from Sandbach in Cheshire. The band derives its name from the Foden manufacturer of trucks in Sandbach. Foden's Band are one of the top br ...

, a brass band from Sandbach in the English county of

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. He mostly writes works for concert and brass bands, but also for chamber ensembles and winds. His works for brass bands are often chosen as compulsory works for musical festivals and competitions. His works for concert band have been performed at the annual

Midwest Clinic The Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference is the world's largest instrumental music education conference, annually drawing approximately 17,000 attendees to Chicago from all 50 states and as many as forty countries. It is he ...

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and at the International Wind Festival held by the British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles by orchestras such as the

Eastman Wind Ensemble The Eastman Wind Ensemble was founded by conductor Frederick Fennell at the Eastman School of Music in 1952. The ensemble is often credited with helping redefine the performance of wind band music. At the time, concert bands used all of their playe ...

, the

Wind Orchestra, the Kew Wind Orchestra, and the

Band of the Coldstream Guards The Band of the Coldstream Guards is one of the oldest and best known bands in the British Army, having been officially formed on 16 May 1785 under the command of Major C F Eley. History The band of the Coldstream Guards was officially formed un ...

. In 2006, he set up his own music publication company, Meechan Music. From 2006 to 2007, he was the composer of the well-known

Black Dyke Band Black Dyke Band, formerly John Foster & Son Black Dyke Mills Band, is one of the oldest and best-known brass bands in the world. It originated as multiple community bands founded by John Foster at his family's textile mill in Queensbury, West ...

Compositions

Works for concert band and brass band

* 2001-2002 ''Revamp'', for brass band * 2002 ''Crazy Diamonds Shining'', for

soprano saxophone The soprano saxophone is a higher-register variety of the saxophone, a woodwind instrument invented in the 1840s. The soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sop ...

and concert band * 2002-2003 ''Three Stories - Three Worlds'', concert for euphonium and brass band or concert band *# Hubris: The House of Atreus *# Discardation: Lament for Aerope *# New Order: Flight to Sparta * 2004 ''Elegy'', for solo euphonium (or trombone) and brass band or concert band * 2004 ''Purcell Variants'', for brass band * 2005 ''Alu'', for

Baritone A baritone is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the bass and the tenor voice-types. The term originates from the Greek (), meaning "heavy sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the r ...

(or euphonium ) and brass band * 2005 ''B of the Bang'', for brass band (dedicated to Luc Vertommen) - premiered during the World Music Competition in Kerkrade by the Brass Band Buizingen * 2005 ''Episodes and Echoes'', for solo tuba and brass band or concert band * 2005 ''Match Day'', for brass band or concert band * 2005 ''Requiem Paraphrases - on a theme by Mozart'', for euphonium and brass band or concert band * 2006 ''Carnival'', for concert band * 2006 ''Devil's Duel'', for solo euphonium and brass band * 2006 ''Lift Off'', for concert band * 2006 ''Hymn for Africa'', for concert band * 2006 ''Red Flame'', for euphonium (of baritone) and brass band * 2007 ''Apex'', for

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

(or

cornet The cornet (, ) is a brass instrument similar to the trumpet but distinguished from it by its conical bore, more compact shape, and mellower tone quality. The most common cornet is a transposing instrument in B, though there is also a sopr ...

, bugle) and brass band * 2007 ''Bang 2'', for concert band * 2007 ''Fanfare for a Festival'', for brass band of concert band * 2007 ''Macbeth'', for brass band or concert band *# Witches *# Dagger *# General Macbeth *# Contemplations of Lady Macbeth *# Lament *# Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow *# A spell still cast *# Final Battle *# Not of woman born * 2007 ''These Mist Covered Mountains'', for soprano saxophone (or

alto saxophone The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones were invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s and patented in 1846. The alto saxophone is pitched in E, smaller than the B tenor ...

) and concert band of for cornet en brass band * 2008 ''Apex'', for trumpet and concert band * 2008 ''Apophenia'', for trumpet and concert band of brass band * 2008 ''Autumn Falling'', for concert band * 2008 ''Curtain Call'', for brass band * 2008 ''Devil's Duel'', for solo euphonium solo and concert band * 2008 ''Eternal Light'', for concert band (dedicated to Geoffrey Brand and Michael Brand) * 2008 ''Lament (from Macbeth)'', for brass band or concert band * 2009 ''Epitaph (for Hillsborough)'', for brass band (or concert band) - in memory of the 96 victims of the

Hillsborough disaster The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal human crush during a football match at Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, on 15 April 1989. It occurred during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest in the ...

* 2009 ''Scene From the Silver Plate'', for trombone and brass band * 2009 ''The Kármán Line'', for concert band * 2010 ''Chorlton Suite'', for concert band *# Introduction *# Sunset *# Toccata * 2010 ''Fenix Blue'', for solo alto saxophone solo and concert band * 2010 ''Fire in the Sky'', for brass band * 2010 ''Manchester Concertino'', for cornet (or trumpet) and brass band *# Fanfare *# Dream *# Finale * 2010 ''Sentinel'', for brass band * 2010 ''Shine'', for solo tuba and brass band * 2010 ''The Legend of King Arthur'', for brass band of concert band * 2010 ''Triptych (on a theme by Handel)'', for

tenor horn The tenor horn (British English; alto horn in American English, Althorn in Germany; occasionally referred to as E horn) is a brass instrument in the saxhorn family and is usually pitched in E. It has a bore that is mostly conical, like the flug ...

and brass band *# Fanfare and theme *# Slow song *# Finale * 2011 ''2nd Epitaph – Across the Water'', for brass band or concert band * ''Fields of Destruction'', 3 songs for euphonium and concert band

Chamber music

* ''Break It Down'', for trombone quartet * ''Floating Dreams'', for tuba and CD * ''Introduction and Toccata'', for tenor horn and piano * ''JET A'', for euphonium and CD * ''Manchester Sketches'', for brass quartet * ''Moz!'', for euphonium and brass ensemble (or piano) * ''Storm'', for brass quintet

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Meechan, Peter 1980 births Living people People from Nuneaton 21st-century British composers Musicians from Warwickshire