Michael Paul Gibson

Education

Educational Institutions Attended
Years Attended	Institution	Accomplishment	Awards
1966 - 1971	Northwestern University	*Bachelor of Music Education*	Awarded full tuition scholarship
1974 - 1975	Northwestern University	*Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting*	Assistant Orchestra Conductor
1978 -1979	San Francisco State University	*Credits toward advanced degree*	Assistant Choral Director

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)
Ronald Rockow (My first Trombone teacher, a music teacher in Monona, Wisconsin)
Clifford Keuler (My band director in HS)

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 conducting with Margaret Hillis (Chicago Symphony Chorus).