Nicholas Bannan is an internationally recognized composer, conductor, and music scholar. Professor Nicholas Bannan served for twelve years as conductor of The Esterhazy Singers, a London-based chamber choir specializing in the performance of Haydn's music and that of his contemporaries. He has also conducted contemporary music ensembles and collaborated on electroacoustic projects with composer Rolf Gehlhaar. In 1992, he was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship, through which he prepared a report on the training of choral conductors and vocal educators. At the University of Reading, he conducted research on the use of electronic resources in vocal education and explored methods of unlocking vocal potential in singers of all ages and abilities. Professor Nicholas Bannan's research led to the creation of Harmony Signing, an innovative pedagogical system designed to develop aural sensitivity and creative potential through group singing. His scholarly work focuses on the evolutionary origins of humanity's musical capacity, the role of vocalisation in song and language, the function of music in child development, as well as musical communication and pedagogy. A former chorister of Canterbury Cathedral and choral scholar at Clare College, Cambridge, Professor Bannan has also distinguished himself as a composer, winning numerous awards, including the Fribourg Prize for Sacred Music (1986). His compositions have been commissioned by ensembles such as the Guildhall String Ensemble, Cantemus Novum (Antwerp), and the Gentlemen of St Paul's Cathedral.