Biographies Index

GEORGE LEWIS (Born in Chicago, 1952; B.A., Philosophy, Yale College)

Lewis is an improviser, composer, performer, and computer/installation artist. A member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians for 25 years, Lewis studies composition with Muhal Richard Abrams at the AACM School of Music, and trombone with Dean Hey.

A recipient of several awards from the National Endowment for the Arts in both music and inter-arts categories, Lewis has presented his interdisciplinary compositions across Eastern and Western Europe, North America, and Japan. His computer compositions have been premiered at the Banff Centre (Canada), IRCAM (Paris) and the Studio voor Elektro-Instrumentale Muziek (Amsterdam). Lewis's intermedia installations have been shown at the Randolph Street Gallery in Chicago and the Musee de la Villette in Paris, the Arte Elettronica Festival in Camerino (Italy) and the Kitchen (New York).

Lewis's work as a trombonist is documented on over ninety audio recordings on which he is featured as composer, improviser, or interpreter. He has taught at Simon Fraser University and at the Art Institute of Chicago, and was for two years curator of the Music program at the Kitchen Center in New York City. Most recently, Lewis served as Darius Milhaud Professor of Music at Mills College.

In 1991, George Lewis joined the faculty of the Music Department at the University of California, San Diego. Currently, Lewis is Professor of Music in the Critical Studies/Experimental Practices program at UCSD.