“My mission is to get people to make music an important facet of their lives, no matter whose music that may be, nor how that music may be experienced.”
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He has scored two independent film projects in Kansas City, as well as a number of film projects with rising filmmakers through the Savannah College of Art and Design.
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"Bacon, like Copland and Ives, wrote music whose breath smelled American. His output is witty, honest, and always entertaining."
- Syracuse Post Standard
Sanjuán’s career later took him to Havana, Cuba, where he founded and conducted the Havana Philharmonic. His composition pupils included Cuban composers such as Roldán and Caturla.
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“I start with a cell that's interesting. I have a great love for language, and many of my rhythms and melodic motives come from speech: little snippets of poetry, a moment in an overheard conversation, a phrase from a prayer or hymn. I transcribe how it sounds, then I start to play with it.”
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Over the years, he has become a quintessential part of the music education community in Spartanburg.
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His love for the piano began when he was 7 years old. By the time he was 11, he had written his first work for solo piano.
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In addition to his work as a composer, Peter is also a music educator and advocate for composers.
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