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The Importance of Being Oscar: Remembering Wilde...

Left: Oscar Wilde, 1882. Middle: Max Tilke, Poster for the opera Salome by Richard Strauss, 1910; Right: From the 1945 film, The Picture of Dorian Gray (directed by Albert Lewin, painting by Ivan Albright).
Left: Oscar Wilde, 1882. Middle: Max Tilke, Poster for the opera Salome by Richard Strauss, 1910; Right: From the 1945 film, The Picture of Dorian Gray (directed by Albert Lewin, painting by Ivan Albright).

Tune in Tuesday afternoon as Foley marks the recent 125th anniversary of the death Oscar Wilde, with several musical selections associated with the great Irish author, poet, playwright and wit.

You can hear Foley Schuler's musical selections—and stories behind the music—every weekday from 1 until 4 on Blue Lake Public Radio.

Encouraged by creative parents, Foley began his music career at age 7, studying violin with Jean Manning at North Muskegon Public Schools. As a Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp camper, he became Blue Lake Public Radio’s first high school intern. Foley earned an English Literature degree from Hope College, and Masters in Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson College. He has performed with the West Michigan (formerly West Shore) Symphony; served on the English Department faculty at Muskegon Community College, and been the Music, Art & Theatre reviewer for the Muskegon Chronicle. He follows his love of the arts around the globe, but says, “There is no place like the Blue Lake setting, sharing extraordinary music with our listeners.” Foley hosts Blue Lake Public Radio’s weekday classical music from 1 to 4 p.m. and “Sunday on Blue Lake”.