Faye Chiao (music) is a composer of musical theater, opera, and concert music. Chiao has received awards from The Presser Foundation and OPERA America. Chiao’s works have been commissioned, produced, and developed by The New Victory Theater, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Saratoga, Syracuse Stage, Duffy Institute for New Opera, Boston Chamber Symphony, O’Neill National Music Theater Conference, NAMT Festival of New Musicals, American Music TheatreProject, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Manhattan School of Music, Prospect Theater, and The Playwrights Realm. Chiao holds degrees from The Peabody Institute of TheJohns Hopkins University.