Colorado Springs Chamber Music Society

Conductor and Music Director

Michael Paul Gibson

BIO as of 1974 during the time of the Colorado Springs Chamber Music Society

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Michael Gibson has been the conductor and musical director of the Colorado Springs Chamber Music Society for the past three years. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1971 from Northwestern University, and his formal training in conducting with Margaret Hillis; conductor of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, the Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and Northwestern University Chorus, Bernard Rubenstein; conductor of the Northwestern University Orchestra and John P Paynter; conductor of bands at the same university.  He is now studying with Allan Miller, conductor of special projects for the Denver Symphony Orchestra.  Mr. Gibson studied composition with Lyndon DeYoung and James Hopkins both professors at Northwestern University

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Since its inception two years ago the society has performed works from the Baroque to the modern repertoire, including several world premieres written especially for the group. While in the eyes of many people the group's name "Chamber Music Society" may imply the performance of antiquated music, nothing could be further from the truth, as evidenced by the works selected for this and past programs. Chamber music may range from a trio or quartet to a wind orchestra, programming music from Bach to the Beatles.

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Michael Gibson taking a bow after the performance of Schleptet in E Flat Major (S. 0) by P.D.Q. Bach that received thunderous applause at the last program Michael conducted in Colorado.


If you would like more information about Maestro Gibson, concerts, recordings, videos and more, please visit BACH to Music and Michael’s MPG Website

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BIO as of 2014 in the Silicon Valley Symphony program: May 16 & May 17, 2014.  The last program Michael conducted.

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Michael Paul Gibson is one of the most versatile and experienced conductors in the Bay Area since 1975. Gibson founded the Silicon Valley Symphony in 2001 and is Music Director and Conductor.   Maestro Michael Paul served as Conductor and Founding Music Director of the Foothill Orchestra (1999), Menlo Park Chorus (1998), and Colorado Springs Chamber Music Society (1971).

His experience includes conducting Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Chorus, Church Choir, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Musical Theater and Ballet Pit Orchestra. Michael's charismatic energy garners respect and reviews from critics, audiences and musicians. In addition to conducting, he has expertise in recording and editing audio and video of concerts and performances, and he makes the recordings of the Silicon Valley Symphony available on its website (siliconvalleysymphony.net) and on his YouTube Channel at: youtube.com/user/maestrobamusic (currently over 95,000 views).

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 Laszlo Varga (SFSU); instrumental conducting from John Paynter (NU); and choral conducting with Margaret Hillis (Chicago Symphony Chorus) at Northwestern University from which he holds Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting degrees. He played trombone in the Denver Symphony, Bohemian Club Orchestra, and the San Francisco 49ers Band. Gibson is also Music Director and CEO of the Bay Area Music Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit corporation, fisca sponsor of the SVS. He offers expertise in business, operating his own company, BACH to Music. For details and resume, please visit www.bach2music.com.


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Michael’s performance from March 2, 2013 of Petite Suite by Debussy currently has nearly 50,000 views on YouTube.

 


Maestro Gibson’s final performance was May 17, 2014 conducting Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons (Le Quattro Staggioni) with First Prize Winner of the 2014 Menuhin International Violin Competition, Stephen Waarts.  This performance currently has 116,595 views on YouTube.  Please enjoy:

 

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