Education
He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, Clark University in Massachusetts and the University of Iowa, where he received his Doctor of Philosophy in music theory and composition in 1977.
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Lewis Nielson
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He currently serves as chair of the composition department at Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Early Nielson spent his childhood in Washington, District of Columbia, but moved with his family to London at age 9. 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.
In 2000, he joined the faculty at Oberlin Conservatory.
He has received a Fulbright-Hays Grant from the French government, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ibla Foundation in Sicily and the International Society of Bassists. Anthony Aibel of the New York Times wrote “Lewis Nielson is a master composer, an American original.".
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Membership
A few years ago, members of Oberlin"s Contemporary Music Ensemble traveled to New York to perform works by Nielson in Carnegie Hall.
