Composer and pedagogue / Peter Mai studied composition at the University of Music in Leipzig. He then taught at various music schools children and adolescents in the subject of music education and ear training. From 1972-1977 he was a consultant at the Halle Conservatory (Saale) and then worked until 1992 at the special school of music in Halle (Saale), where he prepared the students in the subjects of theory and ear training on music studies. Finally, until 2005 he taught composition and methodology of sound education at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig. (Rainer Stelle)