Lewis Nielson

Biography

Lewis Nielson (b. 1950) studied music at the Royal Academy of Music in London, England, Clark University in Massachusetts and the University of Iowa. His works have been performed throughout the North and South America, and in Europe. He served as Professor of Music Theory and Composition at the University of Georgia, and, in 2000, joined the composition faculty of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where he was Professor of Composition and chair of the Composition Department.

  • Percussion
  • ACE Publications

    23 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Lewis Nielson BETWEEN fl, perc(2)
    Lewis Nielson BOGEN UND KEHRE Cello and Percussion
    Lewis Nielson Crosscurrents on the Vertical River Large Orchestra
    3333 4321 perc(4) timp, hp, strings
    Lewis Nielson EL DESCANSO DEL GUERRERO soprano voice, flute/voice, viola/voice. guitar/voice, and percussion/voice
    Lewis Nielson FARTHER, FURTHER Solo Percussion
    Lewis Nielson Hands and Feet Drumset Solo
    Lewis Nielson HOW YOU GO Cello, Harp, Percussion (1)
    Lewis Nielson KASSANDRA Mezzo Soprano, vln, perc, pf
    Lewis Nielson Les Chansons de Gavroche percussion quartet
    Lewis Nielson On Regression, Accumulation, and the Persistence of Ghosts flute, oboe, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, small multi-percussion set-up
    fl, ob, bsn, vln, vla, vcl, perc(1), conductor
    Lewis Nielson OUTSIDE OUT 4perc
    Lewis Nielson SMOOTH TRANSGRESSION piano and one percussionist
    Lewis Nielson SOLE SURVIVOR asax, tpt, 2perc, cb
    Lewis Nielson TASKS tbn, perc
    Lewis Nielson TRIO (VORTEX) cello, piano, one percussionist
    Lewis Nielson VALENTINE MECHANIQUE (Eating Carmen) Cello and Percussion
    Lewis Nielson Where Ashes Make the Flowers Grow viola and percussion (1)
    Lewis Nielson WORLD INSIDE bbar, pf, perc

    Additional Works

    alito, gemito
    Anabasis
    Axis (sandman)
    Cilice
    E non está conmigo
    Go (...go...go)
    Herzplatten 
    Il Romanticismo di Lucrezia e Cesare
    In Terra Aliena
    Iskra
    Le Journal du Corps
    Mirror with(out) reflection
    Nos qui captivos duxerunt
    Of Flesh and Stone
    Opera Amoris
    Super flumina Babylonis
    Those Who Do Not Move
    Tocsin
    USW
    Verge (remember)
    You Choose