Cellist, composer, and improviser Peggy Lee performs frequently locally and abroad, and her music has been presented in festivals in France, Portugal, The Netherlands, The US and across Canada. She has also created music for the Standing Wave ensemble, Vancouver New Music, Talking Pictures; for the dance companies EDAM, Dancecorps, Frozen Eye; and for the theatre companies Rumble Theatre and Ruby Slippers. In 2009 Peggy wrote and performed the score for Fugue Theatre’s production of the operetta Via Beatrice with librettist Jenn Griffen and in 2010 she wrote and performed music for Western Gold and Presentation House’s co-production of Eugene Stickland’s play Queen Lear for which she received a Jessie Richardson award for original composition. Peggy is currently a member of the Vancouver Opera Orchestra, Standing Wave, Wayne Horvitz’s Gravitas Quartet, Talking Pictures, and the Tony Wilson Sextet. Peggy also leads her own groups, Film in Music, and The Peggy Lee Band––which has released four compact discs that feature her original compositions. In 2004 Peggy was the recipient of the Freddie Stone Award which is awarded for integrity and innovation in music.