"When Justin Lewis puts the bow to the strings, the cello takes on a glorious voice. It is brooding and then jaunty and melancholy and then exuberant. Its range is so great that a listener wonders how it can be created...." -The Harrisburg Patriot News
Justin Lewis is proving to be an upcoming leader in the music scene. In 2006, he was elected to the Who's Who Among Students at American Universities and Colleges and recorded an award winning chamber music album on the Centaur label. In 2007, Justin soloed with the Penn State Philharmonic and performed throughout The United States, Europe, and South America. And in 2008, he has soloed with the Central Pennsylvania Symphony with the Dvorak Cello Concerto, and will perform throughout Armenia, Lithuania and Russia. Also, Justin has been named the new Managing Director of the Central Pennsylvania Suzuki String Institute, a summer music festival in Hershey, Pennsylvania, which maintains an annual enrollment of approximately 200 young musicians.
To provide an accurate portrait of his life in music and his emerging, multifaceted career, this website provides indepth information about Justin's professional experience as a cellist, vocalist, conductor, educator and as a leader in arts administration and in the community. There are audio files of his cello and vocal recordings as well as video files of him rehearsing and conducting, giving applied cello lessons and teaching in a variety of classroom settings. Also included are Justin's educational philosophies, creative lesson plans and examples of scholarly writing.
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