Paul Dedell‘s first original theatrical score, The Great American Hero, won the David B. Marshall award from the University of Michigan in 1979. In 2010, his Songs of Divine Chemistry, a musical exploration of the intersection of the science and the poetry of love, was given its world premiere by the Brattleboro Concert Choir and the Limbic System Percussion Ensemble. With his wife, Susan, he co-directs Winged Productions, a series of events that aims to explore basic animating questions that lie at the heart of the human experience. Paul is director of the middle school at Hilltop School in Brattleboro.