PHILIP SEWARD

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PHILIP SEWARD lists among his operatic and musical works, Nimue (premiered 2007 in Edinburgh, Scotland), Downtown (2007 at Stages Festival in Chicago), Sincerely Yours (2003), Juan Peron’s Hand (2002) at the Northtown Arts Center; Les Dames  à trois...et piano, developed with singers Natalie Arduino, Amy Becker and Patrice Boyd (2000) at Theatre Building Chicago; High Fidelity  (1998) Chicago Humanities Festival and (1999) Merkin Hall in New York; Spreading The News (1998) at North Park University; Hans Brinker (1994) at Theatre Building Chicago which was also a recipient of several Jeff Citations and an After Dark Award. Commissions include the youth operas African Stories (2007), A Noteworthy Tale (2002) and Stone Soup (2001) commissioned by Lyric Opera of Chicago (which have been performed across the U.S. and Canada); Blessing (2003) for the Lira Chamber Chorus to celebrate the 25th Papal anniversary; Psalm 8 (1997) commissioned by the Lyric Opera Chapters Executive Board as a musical memorial for former Artistic Director, Ardis Krainik. He is currently an Artist-in-Residence at Columbia College of Chicago.