Career
In his own words, Callanan is "one of Ireland’s leading composers of liturgical music He hails form Cork and has been involved with liturgical music his entire life. He has been composing music for over 20 years and recently has produced his first recording for GIA Publications in the United States.
Callanan"s own works are inspired by Ireland"s musical tradition.
The popularity of his music has led to much of it being used and sung in the many varied languages throughout Europe. Much of his music has been used for television and radio broadcasts in Ireland.
He holds an honours masters" degree in Religion and Culture from Mater Dei Institute of Education, Dublin and an honours degree in Music from National University of Ireland Maynooth. He is also the director of the “Emmanuel” schools programme, which involves over 2,500 secondary (high school) students, learning new liturgical music, culminating in a celebration concert.
Callanan has worked with the composer Liam Lawton, arranging, producing and recording some of his earlier works.
He has also worked with Davis Haas and Lori True. The Source of is the latest collection.