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PETER FOLEY writes music for theater, television, film, and recital. Regarded as one of the most promising of the new musical theater composers, his music and lyrics for THE HIDDEN SKY earned him a New American Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as three of the most prestigious prizes given to emerging theater artists: the Richard Rodgers Award (from the American Academy of Arts and Letters), the Stephen Sondheim Award (from the American Music Theater Festival), and the Jonathan Larson Foundation Award. THE HIDDEN SKY (book by Kate Chisholm, based on a short story by acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin) premiered at the Prince Music Theater in Philadelphia, where it was nominated for six Barrymore Awards including Outstanding Original Score and Outstanding New Play; it was subsequently produced at the Spirit Of Broadway theater in Norwich, CT, where it received a Spirit Award for Outstanding New Score. Peter´s other stage works include WHITECHAPEL, and a one-act operetta, THE BEAR. Peter has composed and arranged numerous scores and songs for plays, including NEWTON´S UNIVERSE (Arts at St. Ann´s), HENRY V (New Jersey Shakespeare Festival), Andre Gregory´s adaptation of ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Berkeley Theater Project), and THE MILDRED PIECE (InCoAct, NYC). His art songs and cabaret material have been performed at Lincoln Center, Town Hall, and Symphony Space, among other venues. Most recently, he was one of eighteen composers featured in Mark Campbell´s theatrical song-cycle, SONGS FROM AN UNMADE BED, at New York Theater Workshop. Film and television scores include several commercials; the theme for Bill Moyers´s weekly series, LISTENING TO AMERICA; the independent feature film, 93 MILLION MILES FROM THE SUN; & numerous documentaries, including THE WORLD OF MADELEINE L´ENGLE; and the Emmy-nominated PBS series, ART 21: ART IN THE 21st CENTURY.
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