Aaron Jonah Lewis
Musician, Teacher, Artist
Education
Suzuki Teaching Certification, Greater
Washington Suzuki Institute, Washington, D.C., 2006
BA Human Ecology, College of the
Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2005
Diploma, High Honors with Distinction,
Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Michigan, 1999
Teaching Experience
Private lessons in fiddle and violin, three-finger and clawhammer banjo, mandolin, guitar, and bass, Bar Harbor, Maine; Richmond, Virginia; Brooklyn, New York; Glasgow, Scotland; Berlin, Germany, 2001-present
Fiddle Masterclass, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow, Scotland, 2009
Fiddle Workshop, The Tolbooth, Stirling, Scotland, 2009
Fiddle Workshop, High Strung Music Store, Durham, North Carolina 2009
Fiddle Workshop, Maverick Music Festival,
Suffolk, England, 2008
Fiddle Workshop, The Tolbooth,
Stirling, Scotland, 2008
Band Workshop, Out Among the Stars
Festival, Benton, Pennsylvania, 2008
Fiddle Workshop, High Strung Music
Store, Durham, North Carolina 2009
Performance
(See complete performance history at www.myspace.com/aaronjonahlewis - scroll down to Upcoming Shows and click 'view all'.)
Discography
"Jumping Through Hoops: Songs of Bravery and Courage"
by Kari Groff-Denis, 2009
"The Hobocamp Mud Show"
by Furious Frank, Southern Love Records, 2009
"Phil's Patio" by Aaron Jonah Lewis and Matt Ball, 2009
"Live at Rockwood Music Hall" by David
Cieri, 2009
"It's Always August" by
Thomas Bailey, 2009
"Retreat To Camp Candy Temptation
Island" by The Hot Seats, 2009
"Greetings from Jackass Flats"
by Jackass Flats, 2009
"Drip Dryin' With The Two Man
Gentlemen Band" by The Two Man Gentlemen Band, Serious Business
Records, 2009
"Untitled" by Mammy, 2008
"Rats In The Kitchen" by
Special Ed and the Shortbus, 2008
"Ground Beef Patrol" by
Special Ed and the Shortbus, 2007
"Special Ed and the Shortbus"
by Special Ed and the Shortbus, 2005
"Downhill From Here" by
Special Ed and the Shortbus, 2005
"Sounds of Mount Desert Island" by Aaron Lewis, 2005
"Mountain Breakdown" by
Aaron Lewis and Danielle Byrd, 2005
Installations and Exhibitions
Talking Piece
Maximum Vision
Human Fireworks, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2003, 2005
Sounds of Mount Desert Island, Dorr Natural History Museum, Bar Harbor, Maine, 2005
Honors and Awards
Bank of Scotland Herald Angel Award,
Special Ed and the Shortbus, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2008
First Place Neotraditional Band Competition,
Special Ed and the Shortbus, Appalachian String Band Festival, Clifftop,
West Virginia, 2008
Sixth Place Bluegrass Fiddle Competition,
Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, Virginia, 2008
Grand Prize, independent Music World
Series, Southeast Region, Special Ed and the Shortbus, Nashville, Tennessee,
2007
First Place Bluegrass Fiddle Competition,
Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, Virginia, 2007
Second Place Bluegrass Fiddle Competition,
Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, Virginia, 2006
Fourth Place Bluegrass Fiddle Competition,
Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, Virginia, 2005
Second Place Old Time Fiddle Competition,
Maury River Fiddlers Convention, Buena Vista, Virginia, 2005
Sixth Place Bluegrass Fiddle Competition,
Galax Old Fiddlers Convention, Galax, Virginia, 2003
Film Credits
Zei Gesundt dir. Beau Marie, 2009
- Musical Director, Violin
The Dreamless Sleep dir. Nancy Andrews
(2004) - Banjo, Mandolin