“Peter was that rare composer/lyricist who was equally gifted at both. His music is as sophisticated and surprising as it is catchy, and his lyrics poetic and graceful— across an astonishing stylistic range. You end up caught off-guard at how your head and your heart are moved in tandem: astonished at the craft, pierced by the insight.” — Manoel Felciano

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Concert video sneak peek!
Concert video sneak peek!

We completed a full remix of the June 5, 2023, Songs of Peter Foley concert at NYC’s Symphony Space and are putting the final touches on the video edit. Enjoy this sneak peek of Manoel Felciano, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, and chorus singing “The Hidden Sky”!

Profile in “The New Yorker” by Adam Gopnik
Profile in “The New Yorker” by Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik’s poignant essay about Peter that appeared in The New Yorker’s online Cultural Comment section on June 1, 2023. “In the summer of his death, Peter Foley and I talked about the shape of an artist’s life made under the special pressures of the modern musical theatre.”

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The 9th Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata
The 9th Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata

September 6, 2024 • On Thursday, September 12, catch Craig Rubano singing Peter Foley's "You Captured My Heart" at NYC’s 54 Below in the 9th Annual Harvard-Yale Cantata, a lighthearted competition of Harvard alumni vs. Yale alumni, as songwriters and performers. Joshua Rosenblum leads and music directs the Yale team. Yale leads this series 5-2-1, and we're sure with Peter on their team they will secure another victory this year!

Out of Myself — Songs of Peter Foley
Out of Myself — Songs of Peter Foley

June 5, 2023 @ 7:30 pm • Come hear Broadway’s finest perform a dazzling range of Peter’s songs from The Hidden Sky, The Names We Gave Him, Bloom, Songs from an Unmade Bed, and more, in a one-night-only, all-Foley celebration concert at Peter Norton Symphony Space in New York City. Featuring Shereen Ahmed, Kate Baldwin, Mikaela Bennett, Max Chernin, Eisa Davis, Melissa Errico, Manoel Felciano, Ashley Pérez Flanagan, Jason Gotay, Marya Grandy, Darron Hayes, Christian Probst, Michael Protacio, David Rowen, Sam Simahk, Michael Winther, and collegiate choral singers. Music Supervision by Rob Berman. Directed by Leah Hofmann.

The Rebecca Luker Songbook
The Rebecca Luker Songbook

May 22, 2023 • A celebration of the life and legacy of late Broadway great, Rebecca Luker, at Peter Norton Symphony Space in NYC. The concert features an incredible cast of singers performing 20 world-premiere songs from the The Rebecca Luker Songbook, including “Broadway,” Peter Foley’s setting of a poem by Sara Teasdale. Music direction by Joseph Thalken.

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Melissa Errico: A Noir Romance

March 10-11, 2023 • Melissa Errico performs her seductive suite of Noir songs inspired by her album Out Of The Dark, including Peter Foley and Adam Gopnik’s song “On Vit, On Aime,” at Feinstein’s at the Nikko, San Francisco.

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Melissa Errico: A Noir Romance

February 10-14, 2023 • Melissa Errico performs her seductive suite of Noir songs inspired by her album Out Of The Dark, including Peter Foley and Adam Gopnik’s song “On Vit, On Aime,” at NYC’s Birdland.

Song: “There Is No Rose”
Song: “There Is No Rose”

December 14th-18th, 2022 • These VSO Brass Quintet & Counterpoint seasonal concerts feature a blend of brass and voices, conducted by Nathaniel G. Lew. Counterpoint vocal ensemble sang “There Is No Rose,” an SATB choral work by Peter Foley.

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