Composer Leonard Mark Lewis (b. 1973, Great Yarmouth, England) (D.M.A., Composition, University of Texas; M.M., Composition, University of Houston) is a composer, conductor and pianist specializing in new music. Lewis, a member of B.M.I., is the recipient of awards from ASCAP (Morton Gould Young Composer Award), B.M.I., Columbia University (Bearns Prize), Voices of Change (Russell Horn Young Composers Award), and MACRO. While on the faculty at the University of Missouri, Lewis was named Missouri's Composer of the Year (2002) by Missouri Music Teacher's Association (MMTA). His Concerto for Orchestra, was chosen for inclusion in the 2001 American Composers Orchestra Whitaker New Music Readings series, and was conducted by Dennis Russell Davies. In addition to his catalog of solo works, compositions by Lewis have been commissioned and performed by an array of ensembles including the North/South Consonance, Truman State Orchestra, AURA (University of Houston), Symposium for New Band Music, University of Texas Composer's Orchestra, University of Texas Wind Ensemble, New Music Camerata (East Carolina University), NACUSA, Concordia Trio, University of Missouri Symphonic Band and Hyperion Ensemble. New Music Camerata premiered his wind ensemble work Black Against White Sky at The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. in March 2000. Lewis's main composition teachers were Dan Welcher (University of Texas) and Carlisle Floyd (University of Houston). Lewis has served on the faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia (Assistant Professor of Composition/Theory) and Cy-Fair College (Chair and Associate Professor of Music). Dr. Lewis is currently Assistant Professor of Composition/Theory at Winthrop University
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