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.

ACE Publications

107 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Lewis Nielson Les Chansons de Gavroche percussion quartet
Lewis Nielson Lizard Blizzard viola solo
Lewis Nielson LOVE ME DEW Sop, fl, cl, vln, vcl
Lewis Nielson MAD QUEENS AND WEATHER VANES Bar, pf
Lewis Nielson MISERERE Violin and Piano
Lewis Nielson modus ponens - modus tollens solo alto saxophone
Lewis Nielson MOTIONSENSING - MULTIMUSIC tpt/flghn, pf
Lewis Nielson MUSIC FOR VIOLA & PIANO vla,pf
Lewis Nielson New World Rising saxophone quartet
Lewis Nielson NIGHTS BEHIND THE DAYS trombone, piano
Lewis Nielson O Rosa Bella large ensemble, some performers speak text
2021 021(bstbn)0 2 vcl, 2 cb, perc (3)
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 OF TIME vln,pf
Lewis Nielson OUTSIDE OUT 4perc
Lewis Nielson Partita cello solo
Lewis Nielson Pinball Lizard violin and piano
Lewis Nielson PORTENT (AIR HAS NO RESIDENCE) cl, tbn, vc, pf
Lewis Nielson PRELUDE and FUGUE guitar
Lewis Nielson PROCESSION orchestra
Lewis Nielson QUEEN'S PEAL flute, clarinet in Bb, and piano with mobile preparations

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