Resumé
Awards
- Multitude of 1st place Class A State of Wisconsin Music Awards
- 1st Place State of Wisconsin Forensics Award
- 1966 John Philip Sousa Band Award
- 1966 Full Tuition Scholarship - Northwestern University
- 1974 Teaching Assistantship and Conductor - Northwestern University Repertory Orchestra
- 1993 Joey Video Award for Jolt video
Education
- 1966 - 1971 Bachelor of Music Education - Northwestern
University, Full Tuition Scholarship
- 1974 - 1975 Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting -
Northwestern University
- 1978 -1979 Credits toward advanced degree and Assistant Choral Director at
San Francisco State University
Primary Teachers
- Margaret Hillis (Conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus)
- Bernard Rubenstein
(Conductor Laureate of the Tulsa Philharmonic and Music Director of the San Juan Symphony Orchestra)
- John P. Paynter (Conductor of Bands at Northwestern University)
- Frank Crisafulli (Trombonist in the Chicago Symphony)
- Byron McGilvray (Head of Choral Department at San Francisco State University)
- Jay Main (Trombone and school teacher in Janesville, Wisconsin)
Other Instruction and Master Classes
Maestro Gibson has had master classes
with Georg Solti and Carlo Maria Giulini working with the Chicago Symphony, Neville Marriner with the Los Angles Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman at San Francisco State University, and
Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach) with the Denver Symphony. He studied orchestral conducting with Bernard Rubenstein (NU), John Miller (Denver Sym.), and Lazlo Varga (SFSU); instrumental
conducting from John Paynter (NU); and choral and orchestral conducting with Margaret Hillis (Chicago Symphony Chorus) – 2 years independent study, D-99 at NU.
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