J. Reilly Lewis

Renowned American Conductor and Organist

J. Reilly Lewis (born September 15, 1944, Vallejo, California, USA – died June 9, 2016, Arlington, Virginia, USA) was an American organist and conductor, founder of the Washington Bach Consort and the music director of the Cathedral Choral Society. Lewis specialized in baroque music and J. S. Bach. He received his bachelor's degree from The Oberlin Conservatory Of Music, master's and doctoral degrees from The Julliard School. Lewis also studied conducting, organ and harpsichord at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main and spent a summer in France as a student of Nadia Boulanger.