Peter Hannan

Peter Hannan (born 19 March 1953) is a Canadian composer, opera director and recorder player based in British Columbia. Hannan has composed music for the recorder, and is known for his work in the field of electro-acoustics. and sampled music as well as his compositions for modern opera. Early life and education Hannan was born in Montreal, Quebec. He studied initially at the University of British Columbia, where he received a B. Mus. in 1975. He pursued advanced studies in recorder performance at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, who awarded him a Certificate of Advanced Studies in 1978. In 1979–80 he studied recorder with Kees Boeke at the Sweelink Conservatory under a Netherlands Government Scholarship. Career Hannan taught music at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and at Vancouver Community College. In 1986 he performed and recorded with a baroque ensemble on the album Baroque sonatas and canzonas for recorder, harpsichord, and gamba, published the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Hannan began composing music for recorder; many of these compositions were written for his own use as a performer, and included real-time performance using electronic MIDI instruments, and especially the MIDI wind controller. His tunes include strong rhythms, showing the influence of the "New Hague" school of Dutch minimalism, and in particular of composer Louis Andriessen.