Peter Allen (composer)

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Allen was a pupil of Boyd McDonald and Robert Turner[1] at the University of Manitoba where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in 1975.

Between 1976 and 1977 he pursued graduate studies at McGill University where his teachers included Bengt Hambraeus, Alcides Lanza, and Bruce Mather.

During the 1970s he was a founding member of the contemporary concert series IZ Music,[2] along with three other Manitoba composers; Bruce Carlson, William Pura and James Hiscott.

Allen also worked as a pianist with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and was active as a keyboardist with a number of local club and rock bands.

Peter worked with Kim Collier again in 2019 to create the score for "The Full Light of Day", which played at the Luminato Festival in Toronto in 2019.