UPPER LAKE — Award-winning composer and professor Clovice A. Lewis will perform on cello at the Lake County Wine Studio (LCWS) from 5 to 6:30 p.m. during the art and wine reception on Friday.
Lewis composed his first symphony when he was 17 years old entitled “Portraits of the Gulfcoast.” The piece was performed by the Gulfcoast Symphony Orchestra under the direction of James Shannon as part of its bicentennial salute to American composers. At the age of 22, he was appointed as an associate professor of computer music at the University of California, Santa Barbara and founded Technology Media Enterprises in 1984, a consulting firm which specializes in the creation of all aspects of multimedia production.
The music Lewis has composed has been performed by numerous orchestras in California, including a concerto for trumpets and orchestra, a poem for tenor saxophone and orchestra and a multimedia cantata for soprano voice. He is the recipient of numerous awards for composition, including the 1985 Cabrillo Music Festival award for outstanding composition for a string quartet composed in 1976.
Lewis teaches both composition and cello at the Ukiah School of Music. He also is the president and principal instructor at Akolouthia Institute, a private college teaching 3-D modeling, animation, game design, computer programming and app development in Lake and Mendocino counties.
The reception will also feature artwork by Karen Turcotte, Mary Mattlage and John Randall Williams and wine from Ali?nor Cellars paired with appetizers.
Tickets cost $10 for LCWS members and $12.50 for non-members.
For information, call 275-8030 or 293-8752.
LCWS is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake.
