UPPER LAKE, Calif. – Awardwinning composer and professor Clovice A. Lewis will be performing on cello at Lake County Wine Studio from 5 to 6:30 p.m. during the art and wine reception on Friday, June 6.

When he was 17 years old Lewis composed his first symphony, “Portraits of the Gulfcoast.”  The piece was performed by the Gulfcoast Symphony Orchestra under the direction of James Shannon as part of their 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 in 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 Multi-Media 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 3D modeling, animation, game design, computer programming, and app development in Lake and Mendocino counties.

The Lake County Wine Studio is located at 9505 Main St. in Upper Lake. For more information call 707-275-8030 or 707-293-8752.