Peter Scott Lewis
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Peter Scott Lewis is an American composer of contemporary classical music
. His works have been commissioned and/or performed by the Rotterdam Philharmonic; Chamber Symphony of Princeton; Berkeley Symphony; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Alexander, Orion, and Ciompi String Quartets; Dorian Wind Quintet; Seattle's Intiman Theater; and various conductors and soloists including Kent Nagano
, Alan Gilbert
, David Tanenbaum
, and Kees Hülsmann.
Lewis's compositions include two violin concertos; Guitar Concerto (Waves of Grain); Cello Concerto; Where the Heart Is Pure, for mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra; Pacific Triptych (orchestra); An Urban Landscape (orchestra); River Shining Through (string quartet); Night Lights (string quartet); Rhapsodic Images (piano trio); Beaming Contrasts (guitar and string quartet); Through The Mountain (cello and piano); A Whistler's Dream (flute and piano); Three Suites for Guitar; and Sun Music, for piano; among others.
New Albion and Lapis Island Records have produced five CDs devoted to his music. They are Beaming Contrasts (1993), Where The Heart Is Pure (1996), Peter Lewis: Three Suites For Guitar (2003)*, Atlantic Crossing/Rhapsodic Images (2004), and River Shining Through (2007). Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
.
Lewis graduated from Yale University
School of Music (MM) and San Francisco Conservatory of Music
(BM). He studied composition with Andrew Imbrie
, Jacob Druckman
, Nicholas Maw
, and Morton Subotnick
, and studied guitar with Alirio Diaz
and Carlos Barbosa-Lima
, and conducting with Arthur Weisberg
.
Peter Lewis is also the son of the artist, Clayton Lewis
.
Contemporary classical music
Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...
. His works have been commissioned and/or performed by the Rotterdam Philharmonic; Chamber Symphony of Princeton; Berkeley Symphony; Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Alexander, Orion, and Ciompi String Quartets; Dorian Wind Quintet; Seattle's Intiman Theater; and various conductors and soloists including Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano
__FORCETOC__Kent George Nagano is an American conductor and opera administrator. He is currently the music director of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal and the Bavarian State Opera.-Biography:...
, Alan Gilbert
Alan Gilbert (conductor)
Alan Gilbert is an American violinist and conductor. He is currently the Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, making his debut performance as the orchestra's music director on September 16, 2009.-Early years:...
, David Tanenbaum
David Tanenbaum
David Tanenbaum is an American classical guitarist.Tanenbaum made his concert debut at the age of 16. He has since become known as an enthusiastic promoter of new music for his instrument, although his repertoire also includes much music from other periods...
, and Kees Hülsmann.
Lewis's compositions include two violin concertos; Guitar Concerto (Waves of Grain); Cello Concerto; Where the Heart Is Pure, for mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra; Pacific Triptych (orchestra); An Urban Landscape (orchestra); River Shining Through (string quartet); Night Lights (string quartet); Rhapsodic Images (piano trio); Beaming Contrasts (guitar and string quartet); Through The Mountain (cello and piano); A Whistler's Dream (flute and piano); Three Suites for Guitar; and Sun Music, for piano; among others.
New Albion and Lapis Island Records have produced five CDs devoted to his music. They are Beaming Contrasts (1993), Where The Heart Is Pure (1996), Peter Lewis: Three Suites For Guitar (2003)*, Atlantic Crossing/Rhapsodic Images (2004), and River Shining Through (2007). Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Theodore Presser Company
The Theodore Presser Company is an American music publishing and distribution company located in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and formerly based in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. It is the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States.-Theodore Presser:...
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Lewis graduated from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
School of Music (MM) and San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, formerly the California Conservatory of Music, founded in 1917, is a music school, with an enrollment of about 400 students. It was launched by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodgehead in the remodeled home of Lillian's parents on Sacramento Street. It was called the...
(BM). He studied composition with Andrew Imbrie
Andrew Imbrie
Andrew Welsh Imbrie was an American composer of contemporary classical music.-Career:Imbrie was born in New York on April 6, 1921, and began his musical training as a pianist when he was 4. In 1937, he went to Paris to study briefly with Nadia Boulanger...
, Jacob Druckman
Jacob Druckman
Jacob Druckman was an American composer born in Philadelphia. A graduate of the Juilliard School, Druckman studied with Vincent Persichetti, Peter Mennin, and Bernard Wagenaar. In 1949 and 1950 he studied with Aaron Copland at Tanglewood and later continued his studies at the École Normale de...
, Nicholas Maw
Nicholas Maw
John Nicholas Maw was a British composer.-Biography:Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Maw was the son of Clarence Frederick Maw and Hilda Ellen Chambers. He attended the Wennington School, a boarding school, in Wetherby in the West Riding of Yorkshire. His mother died of tuberculosis when he was 14...
, and Morton Subotnick
Morton Subotnick
Morton Subotnick is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his Silver Apples of the Moon, the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch...
, and studied guitar with Alirio Diaz
Alirio Diaz
Alirio Díaz is a Venezuelan classical guitarist.The eighth of eleven children, Díaz was born in Caserio La Candelaria, a small village near Carora in western Venezuela. From childhood he showed a great interest in music. At age 16 he ran away from home to Carora, where he sought better schooling...
and Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Carlos Barbosa-Lima
Antonio Carlos Ribeiro Barbosa Lima is a Brazilian guitarist born in São Paulo. He devotes most of his time as a recitalist on international concert tours and regularly appears as a soloist with numerous major orchestras....
, and conducting with Arthur Weisberg
Arthur Weisberg
Arthur Weisberg was an American bassoonist, conductor, composer and author.-Biography:Weisberg was born in New York City. He attended the Fiorello H...
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Peter Lewis is also the son of the artist, Clayton Lewis
Clayton Lewis
Clayton Scott Lewis was an American artist known primarily for his work as an envelope artist and jewelry designer.- Life and career :...
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