Phoebe Legere

Phoebe Hemenway Legere is an American pioneer of multi-disciplinary art. She is a Juilliard-educated composer, soprano, pianist and accordionist, painter, poet, and film maker. A graduate of Vassar College with a four octave vocal range, Legere has recorded for Mercury Records in England, and for Epic, Island, Rizzoli, Funtone, ESP Disk and Einstein Records in the United States. Legere plays seven musical instruments and has released 15 CDs of original music. She has appeared on National Public Radio, CBS ''Sunday Morning'', PBS's ''City Arts'', WNYC's ''Soundcheck'', Charlie Rose and in films by Troma, Island Pictures, Rosa von Praunheim, Ela Troyano and Ivan Galietti, Abel Ferrara, Jonathan Demme, Ivan Reitman and many others. Legere is of Acadian and Abenaki descent. She is a standard bearer of the Acadian and Abenaki renaissance in America. Provided by Wikipedia