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    British playwright and actor, part of Mischief Theatre

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      • Sixteen-year-old double bass player Henry Lewis made history in 1948 when he was hired by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Lewis was the first African American appointed to a major symphony orchestra and one of the youngest players in LA Phil history, period.
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  2. Feb 9, 2024 · February | 15. Choose another date. 1968. Henry Lewis named first Black conductor of a major U.S. orchestra. In 1968, 36-year-old Henry Lewis makes history when he is chosen, over more than...

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  3. Henry is an Olivier Award-winning writer, actor and is the Artistic Director of Mischief Theatre. Henry writes and performs for the company as well as producing.

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  4. Watch & Listen. Sixteen-year-old double bass player Henry Lewis made history in 1948 when he was hired by the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Lewis was the first African American appointed to a major symphony orchestra and one of the youngest players in LA Phil history, period.

    • Made Historic Firsts in Conducting
    • Made Symphony Accessible as Head Conductor
    • Demanded Much from His Musicians
    • Selected Discography
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    Yet Lewis was an anomaly, for in the late 1940s there were few classical musicians of color. His father tried to discourage him from pursuing music as a profession, but Lewis was determined to break barriers on his own. He started private bass lessons with Herman Reinshagen, a former New York Philharmonic member who was then playing with the Los An...

    Lewis was made an associate conductor with the Philharmonic and gave up his bass seat. He was also involved with the String Society of Los Angeles, which he founded in 1959, and in 1963 the group toured Europe under the auspices of the U.S. State Department. By the mid-1960s, race relations were undergoing dramatic changes in the United States, aid...

    In his eight years with the New Jersey Symphony, Lewis turned what had been a somewhat moribund community group into an esteemed professional organization that played in both New York’s Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Despite these achievements, however, there was tension. “While the New Jersey orchestra’...

    Marilyn Home Sings Bach and Handel,London, 1969. Beethoven: Symphony no. 6, in F major, op. 68,London, 1969. Mahler: Kindertotenlieder,London, 1970. Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra,London, 1970. Meyerbeer: Le prophète,MRF, 1970. Massenet: La Navarraise,RCA, 1975.

    Books

    Notable Black American Men,Gale, 1998.

    Periodicals

    Guardian (London, England), February 12, 1996, p. 13. Jet,October 21, 1996, p. 20. Los Angeles Times,January 28, 1996, p. 1. New York Times,January 29, 1996. Record(Bergen County, NJ), January 30, 1996, p. E6. Rocky Mountain News(Denver, CO), January 29, 1996, p. 33A. St. Louis Post-Dispatch(MO), January 30, 1996, p. 4B. —Carol Brennan

  5. Henry William Lewis (born 21 November 1988) is a British actor and playwright. He co-founded Mischief Theatre, responsible for The Play That Goes Wrong, Peter Pan Goes Wrong, The Comedy About a Bank Robbery, Groan Ups, Magic Goes Wrong and The Goes Wrong Show, and co-hosts Riddiculous, an ITV daytime game show.

  6. Jan 25, 2024 · Henry Lewis Top Stories RISHI'S FLAK-PACK: Multimillionaire Rishi Sunak flaunts his wealth using a luxury £750 backpack - as he tours one of the country's poorest regions General election

  7. Henry Jay Lewis (October 16, 1932 – January 26, 1996) was an American double-bassist and orchestral conductor whose career extended over four decades. A child prodigy, he joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic at age 16, becoming the first African-American instrumentalist in a major symphony orchestra and, later, the first African-American ...

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