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Cellist, composer, and improviser Peggy Lee performs frequently locally, across Canada, and in festivals in France, Portugal, The Netherlands, the US.  She has also created music for the Standing Wave ensemble, Vancouver New Music, Talking Pictures and for dance and theatre companies.  In 2009 Peggy wrote and performed the score for Fugue Theatre’s production of the operetta Via Beatrice, and in 2010 she received a Jessie Richardson award for original composition for her work on Eugene Stickland’s play Queen Lear.  Peggy is currently a member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Standing Wave, Wayne Horvitz’s Gravitas Quartet, Talking Pictures, Microcosmos, and the Tony Wilson Sextet. She also leads her own groups, Film in Music and The Peggy Lee Band.  She has released four CDs of her own compositions.  She is a recipient of the Freddie Stone Award for integrity and innovation in music.