Peter Hazzard

Peter Hazzard was born January 31, 1949. He studied violin in New York with Arlie Furman writing his first compositions, for violin and piano at the age of eight. He also played guitar, and piano in dance bands throughout his youth. Receiving his BM in Composition from Berklee College of Music in 1971, Mr. Hazzard was asked to join the faculty where he taught composition, conducting, music history, chaired the Traditional Studies Dept. and conducted the Berklee Concert Band. In 1983, Mr. Hazzard was appointed Music Director at Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA teaching band, chorus, and music electives for thirty years. In 2016, he was appointed Director of Music at Granite State Arts Academy, in Salem, NH, where, he taught and ran the music program retiring in January of 2020. Mr. Hazzard received a Presidential Scholar Teacher Award from the U.S. Dept.of Education in 2006. He is a member of ASCAP, NAfME and the NHMEA. Mr. Hazzard was conductor and Music Director of the Melrose (MA) Symphony Orchestra from 1983 to 1997. He has a diverse catalog of more than 85 symphonic and chamber works as well as several hundred arrangements for various ensembles and pop groups. For information on Mr. Hazzard’s music, please visit www.peterhazzard.com , www.jwpepper.com and www.bkjpublications.com