{{Short description|American composer (born 1950)}} {{distinguish|Lewis Neilson}} {{Infobox person |name = Lewis Nielson |image = |imagesize = |caption = |birth_name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1950|9|26}} |birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |education = |alma_mater = [[University of Iowa]] |years_active = 1977–present |other_names = |occupation = Musical composer |website = |spouse = }}
'''Lewis Nielson''' (born 1950) is an American composer. Until 2012, he served as chair of the composition department at [[Oberlin Conservatory of Music]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Lewis Nielson Bio|url=http://www.lewisnielson.com/}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Nielson spent his childhood in [[Washington, D.C.]], but moved with his family to [[London]] at age 9. He studied at the [[Royal Academy of Music]] in London, [[Clark University]] in Massachusetts, and the [[University of Iowa]], where he received his Ph.D. in music theory and composition in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|title=2007 MID-CAREER ARTIST AWARD FOR MUSIC|url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/awardees/lewis_nielson.html|work=Cleveland Arts Prize|accessdate=1 October 2013}}</ref> During his youth, Nielson played guitar in a garage rock band.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jul/16/lewis-nielson-axis-cd-review-jack-quartet-steven-schick |title=Lewis Nielson: Axis CD review – squeak, bounce, grunt and shimmer |last=Molleson |first=Kate |date=2015-07-16 |website=the Guardian |language=en |access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref>
== Career == He served as a professor of music composition for 21 years at the [[University of Georgia]] while directing the University of Georgia Contemporary Chamber Ensemble.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.newmusicusa.org/profile/lnielson/?email=&subscription_option_monthly_list=ac2529c9d7&subscription_option_nmbx_digest=c43422e8cf |title=Lewis Nielson |website=New Music USA |language=en |access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref> His works have been performed by the [[Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra (SOČR)|Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra|Slovak Orchestra of Bratislava]], the [[Musique Expérimentale de Bourges]], and the [[American Composer's Orchestra]] at such venues as the [[Moscow International House of Music]], the [[Smithsonian Institution Building|Smithsonian Institution and the National Gallery of Art]] and at a number of international events including the [[World Saxophone Congress]], the [[American Society of University Composers]] and the Society of Composers, and I Seminario Nacional Pesquisa em Performance Musical in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://clevelandartsprize.org/awardees/lewis_nielson.html |title=Lewis Nielson |website=clevelandartsprize.org |access-date=2018-05-09}}</ref>
He has received a [[Fulbright-Hays Scholarship|Fulbright-Hays Grant]] from the French government, the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], the Ibla Foundation in Sicily and the [[International Society of Bassists]]. In 2000, he joined the faculty at [[Oberlin Conservatory]].
Nielson won honorable mention in the International Society of Bassists’ Composition Competition 2000 for his Duo Concertant (Danger Man), a work for double bass and percussion.
== Discography == • [http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/283-nielson.html '''''Lewis Nielson: Axis'''''] (Mode Records, 2015)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.moderecords.com/catalog/283-nielson.html|title=Lewis Nielson - AXIS|website=www.moderecords.com|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>
• '''''Lewis Nielson: The Twittering Machine: Ecritures''''' (Centaur Records, 2008)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centaurrecords.com/store/albums/harpsichord/music-of-lewis-nielson-violin-concerto.html|title=Music of Lewis Nielson. Violin Concerto|website=www.centaurrecords.com|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>
• '''''Vortex: Music by Lewis Nielson''''' (ACA Digital, 2000)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=48079|title=Vortex - Music By Lewis Nielson - Aca Digital: CM20041 {{!}} Buy from ArkivMusic|website=www.arkivmusic.com|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref> <br /> ==References== {{Reflist}}
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