Peggy Lee
Cellist, improviser, composer Peggy Lee makes her home in Vancouver, BC where she is part of a rich creative music community.In addition to playing with the Vancouver Opera Orchestra and the new music ensemble Standing Wave, she leads/co-leads several projects including the Peggy Lee Band, Film in Music, Waxwing (with Tony Wilson and Jon Bentley), Handmade Blade (with Aram Bajakian and JP Carter), The Sands (with Julie McGeer) and Beautiful Tool (with Mary Margaret O’Hara). She has also collaborated extensively in theatre and dance. Peggy has received numerous awards including the Freddie Stone Award for integrity and innovation in music and the 2013 Mayor’s Arts Award for music.
