Dr. Gail Lewis, French horn, music theory
Dr. Gail Lewis joined the faculty of the Jordan College of Fine
Arts at Butler University in 1997, as Assistant Professor of Horn
and Music Theory. She has also served as Assistant Professor of
Horn and Music Theory at the Columbus State University (Georgia),
and as Instructor of Horn at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
She received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in performance from
the University of Wisconsin, Madison, the Master of Music degree in
performance from the Eastman School of Music, and the Bachelor of
Music in performance and music theory from Capital University in
Columbus, Ohio. Her principal teachers have included Douglas Hill,
Verne Reynolds, Froydis Ree Wekre, and Nicholas Perrini.
She has maintained an active schedule as a freelance performer
with orchestras and chamber groups throughout the Southeast and the
Midwest, including the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Symphony
Orchestras of Evansville, LaFayette and Kokomo Indiana, Owensboro
Kentucky, Columbus, Macon, Albany, and Valdosta Georgia, Greenville
and Charleston South Carolina, Oshkosh and Madison Wisconsin, and
Dubuque Iowa. She performs extensively with many chamber groups
such as the Resurrection Brass Quintet, Monument City Brass
Quintet, White River Brass Quintet, the Indianapolis Brass Choir,
and is a former member of the Southwind Woodwind Quintet and the
Fountain City Horn Quartet. She is also in demand as a studio
musician at various recording studios in Indianapolis. She has
presented solo and chamber recitals in Indiana, Georgia, Missouri,
New Jersey, Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin.
Dr. Lewis conducts clinics and master classes at many high
schools in Indiana, presents programs through the auspices of the
Young Audiences of Indiana organization, and participates in
clinics presented for high school students at Huntington College
and Butler University. She has also presented clinics and concerts
at the Georgia Music Educators Association annual conference in
Savannah. Dr. Lewis is active with students of all ages through
summer programs which have included the Southeastern Music Center
and the University of Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic, and has
participated in teaching courses in the Elderhostel music program
for senior citizens. She maintains a private teaching studio, which
currently includes horn students from the fifth grade through age
65.
She is currently pursuing a new interest in playing and
researching the alphorn. Additionally, he explores the art of
homebrewing beer, and in the summers enjoys backpacking, canoeing,
and hiking with her dog Hershey.
(317) 940-8369
glewis@butler.edu