Peter Sheridan, a native of New York City, has performed and taught in America,
England and Australia. He has been a faculty member of numerous music faculties
in Los Angeles and was a founding member of the Los Angeles Flute Quartet.
He has recorded Hollywood soundtracks and has been a recipient of awards from
Mannes College, University of Arizona, Aspen Music Festival, Ottorino Respighi
Festival (Italy), American Composers Forum, and Santa Monica College. A
specialist on the low flutes, he has commissioned over thirty compositions for these
instruments. Peter Sheridan is a flute teacher for the University of Melbourne,
Monash University, the Victorian College of the Arts, and Donvale Christian College
in Australia. Peter performs on Kotato and Fukishima bass and contrabass flutes,
and a Jelle Hogenhuis subcontrabass flute. He is an active soloist and chamber
musician and his flutes can be heard on Albany, Innova, Warner Music Latina, and
Varese Sarabande record labels.