Allan Bevan was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1951. He did his undergraduate studies in music at the University of Windsor (Ontario) and Queen’s University in Kingston (Ontario). His composition teachers and mentors include Istvan Anhalt, Howard Bashaw, Allan Bell, Clifford Crawley, David Eagle, Malcolm Forsyth, Paul McIntyre, and William Jordan. Dr. Bevan holds the M. Mus. degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Alberta and a Ph. D. in Composition from the University of Calgary.

His choral compositions have been awarded significant prizes in Canadian, American, and European composition competitions. He is the winner of the 2002 Ruth Watson Henderson Award for his motet Peace and he is a three-time recipient of first prize awards in the Association of Canadian Choral Conductor’s Composition Competitions for his music for treble voices (2000, 2002, 2004). His To Morning, a recent composition for string orchestra, was awarded the Member’s Prize in the 2006 Mozart-250 competition sponsored by Chamber Orchestra Kremlin of Moscow. Dr. Bevan’s Passion Oratorio, Nou Goth Sonne Under Wode, was selected as the Outstanding Choral Work by The Association of Canadian Choral Conductors at their biennial convention in 2008.

He has been commissioned and performed by many of Canada’s finest choirs and by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. His works have been performed, recorded, and broadcast worldwide.

Dr. Bevan currently resides in Calgary, Alberta.