Peter Scott Lewis (born August 31, 1953 in

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) is an American composer of

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included seria ...

Career

Lewis's works have been commissioned and/or performed by the

Rotterdam Philharmonic The Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (RPhO; nl, Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest) is a Dutch symphony orchestra based in Rotterdam. Its primary venue is the concert hall De Doelen. The RPhO is considered one of the Netherlands' two principal orc ...

;

Princeton Symphony Orchestra The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (locally known as the PSO) is a professional U.S. orchestra based in Princeton, New Jersey. Rossen Milanov has been music director since 2009, leading the orchestra in critically acclaimed performances. All orchest ...

; Berkeley Symphony Orchestra;

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (CMS) is an American organization dedicated to the performance and promotion of chamber music in New York City. It is the largest organization of its kind in the country for chamber music. CMS's home is ...

;

Alexander String Quartet The Alexander String Quartet is a string quartet based in San Francisco. Formed in New York in 1981, the Alexander String Quartet has since 1989 been Ensemble in Residence of San Francisco Performances and directors of the Morrison Chamber Music ...

Orion String Quartet The Orion String Quartet is a string quartet formed in 1987. It is the quartet-in-residence of New York's Mannes College The New School for Music. The members are Todd and Daniel Phillips, brothers who alternate on first and second violin, violis ...

, and

Ciompi Quartet The Ciompi Quartet is a string quartet at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, where they were founded in 1965 by Italian violinist Giorgio Ciompi. The Quartet has produced twelve recordings (half collaboratively with other ar ...

;

Dorian Wind Quintet Dorian Wind Quintet is an American wind quintet. Formed at Tanglewood Music Festival, Tennessee, in 1961, their repertoire includes Baroque pieces to contemporary pieces. They have released recordings on Summit, New World, and CRI Records. Members ...

;

Conspirare Conspirare is a choral ensemble based in Austin, Texas. They were formed in 1991 by conductor and musical director Craig Hella Johnson as New Texas Festival but did not begin to regularly perform until 1999. They have released over 25 albums and ...

, Intiman Theater; and various conductors and soloists including

Kent Nagano Kent George Nagano GOQ, MSM (born November 22, 1951) is an American conductor and opera administrator. Since 2015, he has been Music Director of the Hamburg State Opera and was Music Director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra from 2006 to 20 ...

, Alan Gilbert,

Craig Hella Johnson Craig Morris Hella Johnson (born Craig Morris Johnson, June 15, 1962) is an American choral conductor, composer, and arranger. Life and career Johnson was born on June 15, 1962 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota to Morris Melvin Johnson (1929-2015) a ...

David Tanenbaum (guitarist) David Tanenbaum (born 1956) is an American classical guitarist. Career Tanenbaum made his concert debut at the age of 16. He later studied guitar privately with Rolando Valdés-Blain in New York City. He has since become known as an enthusiastic ...

William Winant William Winant (born 1953) is an American percussionist. In addition to his work in contemporary classical music—notably performing Lou Harrison's compositions—Winant has worked in a variety of genres, including noise rock, free improvisation ...

, Susan Narucki,

Sasha Cooke Sasha Cooke is an American mezzo-soprano. Cooke was born in Riverside, California, and grew up in College Station, Texas, where her parents are professors of Russian at Texas A&M University. She earned a bachelor's degree from Rice University and ...

Jason Vieaux Jason Vieaux (born July 17, 1973, in Buffalo, New York) is an American classical guitarist. He began his musical training in Buffalo, New York at the age of eight, after which he continued his studies at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In 1992, ...

, and Kees Hülsmann. His 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. Naxos - American Classics, New Albion, and Lapis Island Records have produced numerous albums 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), ''River Shining Through'' (2007), ''The Four Cycles'' (2016), and ''Home Stretch'' (2019). Publishers:

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and Lapis Island Press (SMD). Lewis graduated from the

Yale School of Music The Yale School of Music (often abbreviated to YSM) is one of the 12 professional schools at Yale University. It offers three graduate degrees: Master of Music (MM), Master of Musical Arts (MMA), and Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), as well as a joi ...

(MM) and

San Francisco Conservatory of Music The San Francisco Conservatory of Music (SFCM) is a private music conservatory in San Francisco, California. As of 2021, it had 480 students. History The San Francisco Conservatory of Music was founded in 1917 by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodgh ...

(BM). He studied composition with

Andrew Imbrie Andrew Welsh Imbrie (April 6, 1921 – December 5, 2007) was an American contemporary classical music composer and pianist. Career Imbrie was born in New York City and began his musical training as a pianist when he was 4. In 1937, he went to Par ...

Jacob Druckman Jacob Raphael Druckman (June 26, 1928 – May 24, 1996) was an American composer born in Philadelphia. Life A graduate of the Juilliard School in 1956, Druckman studied with Vincent Persichetti, Peter Mennin, and Bernard Wagenaar. In 1949 and 1 ...

Nicholas Maw John Nicholas Maw (5 November 1935 – 19 May 2009) was a British composer. Among his works are the operas '' The Rising of the Moon'' (1970) and ''Sophie's Choice'' (2002). Biography Born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Maw was the son of Clarence ...

, and

Morton Subotnick Morton Subotnick (born April 14, 1933) is an American composer of electronic music, best known for his 1967 composition '' Silver Apples of the Moon'', the first electronic work commissioned by a record company, Nonesuch. He was one of the foun ...

; studied guitar with

Alirio Diaz Alirio is a given name of uncertain origin, perhaps from a popular form of Latin Hilarius. Notable people with this name include: * Alirio Díaz (1923–2016), Venezuelan classical guitarist and composer * Alirio Palacios (1938–2015), Venezuel ...

and Carlos Barbosa-Lima; and conducting with

Arthur Weisberg Arthur Weisberg (April 4, 1931 – January 17, 2009) was an American clarinetist, bassoonist, conductor, composer and author. Biography Weisberg was born in New York City. He attended The High School of Music & Art, majoring in bassoon and s ...

Personal life

Peter Scott Lewis is the son of artist, Clayton Lewis. He attended Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington.

References

*Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday: November 21, 2004 "Atlantic Crossing/Rhapsodic Images" *Blair Sanderson, Allmusic: Fall, 2007 "River Shining Through" *

Donald Rosenberg Donald Rosenberg (born 1952) is an American musician, music critic and journalist. Biography Rosenberg was born in New York City and educated at the Mannes College of Music and the Yale School of Music. He is a horn player, who participated in ...

, Gramophone Magazine, London, England: December, 2003 "Three Suites for Guitar"

External links

Official WebsiteLewis Page at New Albion RecordsLewis Bio at AllMusic
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