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Mary Oliver: A Musical Celebration

Blue Lake Public Radio | By Foley Schuler
Published August 26, 2026 at 5:18 PM EDT

Tune in Thursday afternoon as Foley Schuler presents music inspired by the writings of beloved poet Mary Oliver, now the subject of a new documentary on PBS.

With the new documentary Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World just premiered earlier this week (as part of the American Masters series on PBS) and now streaming on demand, we will explore music inspired by this most beloved of American poets and celebrant and explorer of the natural world on this afternoon's Classical Music With Foley Schuler. This will included a 2006 choral work, Why I Wake Early, by composer Ronald Perera that sets eight poems by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet to music. We'll also take two of Oliver's music-themed poems as points of departure for several other musical selections as well. That and more, this afternoon on Blue Lake Public Radio.

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

Foley Schuler
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”.
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