Phoebe Legere

Phoebe Hemenway Legere is an American composer. Legere is currently recording for Mercury Records in England and Einstein records in the US. Legere has released eight CDs of original music. She has appeared on National Public Radio, CBS Sunday Morning, PBS's City Arts, and Charlie Rose.

Discography

* "Four Nurses of the Apocalypse', 2004
* "1000 Kisses", 2002, Funtone Records
* "Blue Curtain", 2000, Einstein Records
* "Last Tango In Bubbleland", 1997, Random Records
* "Passionflower, Random Records
* "Children of the Dawn', 2007
* "Midnight Legere', 2007
* "The Common Root of All Organisms", 2007 (with Morgan Powell and the Tone Road Ramblers)
* "The Imaginary Opera, DVD 2008", Roulette Foundation

Plays

*2001 she received a NYSCA grant to write "The Queen of New England", an experimental multimedia opera about the Massachusetts Native American Holocaust.
*Her musical, Hello Mrs. President, about the first African American woman president of the United States played four times in New York City. In 1991, the first woman president was played by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame star Laverne Baker.

Filmography

* The Naked Brothers Band (2007) Nickelodeon, Dir. Polly Draper
* Sin City Spectacular--Episode #1.16
* The Bar Channel (1998)
* Marquis de Slime, Le (1997)
* Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1991)
* King of New York (1990)
* (1989)
* The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
* Mondo New York (1988)

References

"People are saying Phoebe Legere is the new Bobby Short." Liz Smith, Daily News, Nov. 17, 2007

External links

* [http://www.phoebelegere.com/ Official Site]
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