Ed Lewis Artist Biography
Ed Lewis has earned a Ph.D. from NYU , M.Sc. from Juilliard and a B.M. from Eastman. He was awarded the Commemorative Medal for the Queen's Golden Jubilee, a National Honour in recognition of contributions to Canada," and the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal "for significant contribution to the people of Saskatchewan." Before moving to B.C., Dr. Lewis was Professor of Music at the University of Regina where he was appointed Professor Emeritus, CBC radio columnist, the Canadian Judge for the International Brass Quintet Competition for the NY Bass Conference in New York, and author of numerous articles for the Canadian Band Journal, the NY Brass Conference Magazine, and others.
As a performer, Ed Lewis has played with the Phoenix, Flagstaff, Regina, Colorado Springs, Frazier Valley Symphonies, the Rochester and Vancouver Philharmonics, and the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra and others. As soloist he has performed in most major and not so major cities in the US and Canada from Boston Symphony Hall and Vancouver's Canada Place to Moosejaw and Abbotsford.
"Trumpet soloist Edward L. Lewis, brought as brilliant a display of trumpet technique as we have heard in the Eastman Theater....all sorts of glittering phrasing, all gratefully musical." — Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY.
It [was] thrilling to hear [Ed Lewis'] expressive, lively performance with superb articulation and dynamic control, artistically performed." — J. Trager, New York Brass Conference, N.Y., New York.
"Brilliant brass exhibitions, especially by solo trumpeter Edward Lewis, injected a fire and excitement that remained throughout." — Serge Huff, The Phoenix Gazette, Phoenix Arizona.
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