Professor of Low Brass

DMA in Trombone Performance, University of North Texas
MME in Jazz Studies, University of North Texas
BME, Hastings College

Applied Trombone, Euphonium, Tuba, and Jazz Bass
1st and 2nd year Music Theory
1st year Aural Skills
Low Brass Techniques
MIDI Lab and Recording Studio

Performing Artist/Educational Consultant for United Musical Instruments Inc., U.S.A.

Michael Lewis is currently Professor of Trombone at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and previously held a similar position at Elon College. In 1989 he was awarded the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Trombone Performance from the University of North Texas. His teachers include: Leon Brown; Vern Kagarice; Irv Wagner; and Michael Mulcahy, and he has coached with John Marcellus; John Kitzman; and Alain Trudel. As a trombonist and band leader he has toured Europe, Russia, Canada, and the United States, and has performed with Louis Bellson, Clark Terry, Joe Williams, Natalie Cole, and the North Texas State One O’clock Lab Band. Dr. Lewis has been a member of the Winston-Salem and Greensboro Symphony Orchestras, and currently performs with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. He has been a member of the faculty of the Midwest Trombone Symposium and the Minnesota Trombone Symposium, and is a frequent soloist with public school and university jazz ensembles, wind ensembles, and orchestras. He is an active member of the International Trombone Association having served on the Research Committee; as Chair of the Literature and Publications Committee; and as Exhibits Director of the International Trombone Festival.

In the field of trombone related research as a grant funded scholar, he spent the summer of 1991 and 1992 in Germany and Austria. His research uncovered over 100 unknown works for trombone, including concertos, duets, trios, quartets, and methods, from nineteenth century Germany, the most famous of these being a second concerto by Ferdinand David, the Concerto Militaire. Dr. Lewis will publish modern editions of these compositions, and they will be available through Robert King Music. Compact discs include two recordings of nineteenth century German trombone solo literature: Trombone on My Head with pianist Esther Wang, and Character Pieces with pianist Timothy Lovelace. His most recent recordings are jazz CDs in collaboration with Joe Caploe, drums; Donny McCaslin, tenor sax; and Scott Colley, bass. Recordings are available through T.A.P. Music or from LEWIS EDITIONS MUSIC. Dr. Lewis performs on Benge, King, and Conn trombones, and is an exclusive Performing Artist/ Educational Consultant for United Musical Instruments, U.S.A., Inc.

Mike Lewis is also an avid flyfisher, golfer, and alpine skier.

Email: lewis@uwplatt.edu
Office Phone: 608-342-1016
Fax: 608-342-1039
Address: 157 Doudna
LEWIS EDITIONS MUSIC Phone 608-348-4423