Pete Meechan

The music of Canadian-British composer Peter Meechan is extensively performed throughout the world. His music has been commissioned, recorded, broadcast and performed by some of the world’s leading symphony orchestras, wind ensembles, brass bands, conductors and soloists, including: “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra brass, Black Dyke Brass Band, Bramwell Tovey, Jens Lindemann, Ryan Anthony, Patrick Sheridan, and many more.

As well as being featured at festivals and clinics globally, Meechan’s music has received over 130 commercial recordings.

In October 2020, Meechan was awarded the CBA (Canadian Band Association) ‘Canadian Composers’ Award’ – only the 9th recipient since the award’s inception in 1991. In 2010 Meechan’s work Episodes and Echoes was awarded the ITEA Harvey G. Phillips Award for Excellence in Composition, in his work Perpetua was the winner of the American Bandmasters Association 2022 Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Composition Contest.