On Monday, April 14, 2025, the Electroacoustic Music Studios @ Eastman (EMuSE) welcomes award-winning composer Andrew Lewis to Hatch Recital Hall! An internationally recognized figure in the field of acousmatic composition, Lewis studied composition with Jonty Harrison at Birmingham University (UK), and as a student there was part of the original line-up of BEAST at its founding in 1982. He worked with BEAST throughout the ’80s and early ’90s, helping to establish the group as a leader in acousmatic performance on the UK and international scenes.
“[Lewis’s music] possesses the ability to transport the listener to somewhere beyond the concrete and the everyday while apparently originating from within it.” (The Sound Projector)
Along with acousmatic music, Lewis’s recent work includes compositions for orchestras and ensembles, while retaining a strong interest in the phenomenon of sound as raw material and the use of technology to realize new kinds of musical ideas. He is especially interested in spatial sound, in the relationship between ‘real-world’ and ‘abstract’ sounds, and in the phenomena of aural perception as part of the creative process.
EMuSE, led by Professor of Composition Mikel Kuehn ’93E (MA), ’95E (PhD), utilizes technology to foster new paths of expression for compositional and performative imagination. The students performing on this concert are excited to learn from and work with Lewis, culminating in the opportunity to share his music with the Eastman community. A highlight of the program is a new piece written by Lewis for the occasion: Soundings. It features the Eastman Brass Guild, led by Mark Kellogg, and utilizes 18 loudspeakers while dispersing the 15 brass players around the hall.
This event is free and open to the public. It will be livestreamed for those who are unable to attend in person! To learn more about upcoming events at Eastman, visit our online calendar.
EMuSE with Andrew Lewis, guest composer
Monday, April 14 | 7:30 PM
Hatch Recital Hall