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




Life and education


Meechan studied musical composition at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester and received his Bachelor of Arts. He then studied at the University of Salford in Salford and received his PhD in musical composition.
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 in Chicago 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 Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra, the Kew Wind Orchestra, and the Band of the Coldstream Guards. 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.




Compositions


Below is a list of Meechan's compositions.




= Works for concert band and brass band

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2001–2002 Revamp, for brass band
2002 Crazy Diamonds Shining, for soprano saxophone 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 (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 (or cornet, 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) 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
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 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

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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

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