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Richard Gibson (composer)

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Richard Gibson
Born (1953-12-13) December 13, 1953 (age 70)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
GenresClassical
Occupation(s)composer, educator

Richard Gibson (born December 13, 1953) is a Canadian composer of contemporary classical music, and Professor of Composition at the Université de Moncton in New Brunswick.[1]

He is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre,[2] and a member of the Canadian League of Composers.[3]

Gibson has also been active as a producer for classical recordings. One of these – the New Brunswick Youth Orchestra's Forbidden City Tour CD – won an East Coast Music Award (ECMA) in 2008 for Classical Recording of the Year.[4]

Education

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Awards

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Compositions

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Solo works

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  • Nightingales for Katy (flute) 1982
  • Cantilena (guitar) 1984
  • Sonate (saxophone) 1984
  • Resonances (percussion) 1985
  • Sept Miniatures (guitar) 1986
  • Hemispheres (bass guitar) 1987
  • Prélude, Fugue et Allegro Vivace (piano) 1987
  • 25 Préludes (piano) 1996
  • Cora (percussion) 2000
  • Lepidoptera (piano) 2002
  • You gotta move (trumpet) 2002
  • Julia – Variaciones sobre un tema de Juan Lennon (guitar) 2013

Chamber works

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  • Les Îles (12 brass) 1976
  • Oboe Piece (oboe, piano) 1976
  • Free Flight I (trumpet, fixed media) 1977
  • What? Not Another Dance! (3 percussion) 1977
  • Oboe Metamorphosis (oboe, fixed media) 1978
  • Capriccio (flute, 4 percussion) 1979
  • Pattern Music (bass guitar, 2 synthesizers) 1980
  • Jazz Poems (5 jazz players, live electronics) 1981
  • Free Flight II (trumpet, double bass, percussion) 1983
  • Passacaille (violin, piano) 1988
  • Changing Perspectives (string quartet) 1990
  • The Mindfulness of Breathing (4 tubas) 1990
  • Conversation Piece (flute, oboe, bass clarinet, trumpet, piano) 1991
  • Neuf Cartes Postales de Cornwall (violin, viola) 1992
  • Les Cloches de Kastelli (4 percussion) 1994
  • Montañas del Fuego (clarinet, percussion) 1995
  • Seven Pieces (bass clarinet, piano) 1995
  • Le Barachois (violin, cello, piano) 1996
  • Canzona (11 brass) 1997
  • Éloges pour Han-Shen (4 percussion) 1998
  • April Remembered (violin, double bass) 1999
  • Mouvement Polyphonique (3 trombones, piano) 2001
  • Guitar Quartet (4 guitars) 2002

Vocal works

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  • Glistenin' Whistle (mixed chorus, flute, French horn, 2 trumpets, trombone, tuba, guitar, violin, bass guitar, percussion) 1976
  • Parfums Exotiques (soprano, flute, cello, piano) 1976
  • Beatus Vir (mixed chorus) 1987
  • Hidden Rivers (soprano, piano) 1987
  • The Gravity of Earth (speaker, synthesizers, percussion, string orchestra, live electronics) 1988
  • Nisi Dominus (soloists, 4 choruses, orchestra) 1989
  • Remembering a Woman's Voice (soprano, cello) 1990
  • White Pearls (baritone, clarinet, French horn, cello, percussion) 1991
  • Cinq Poèmes de Raymond Guy Leblanc (soprano, lute, 4 percussion, string quartet) 1993
  • Transfigured Autumn (mixed chorus, small orchestra) 1993
  • For Daniel (tenor, piano) 1995
  • Trois Chants Klingons (soprano, 4 flutes, synthesizer, 2 percussion, live electronics) 1995
  • Poème du Mois de Juillet (soloists, speaker, mixed chorus, 9 percussion) 1999

Works for large ensemble

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  • Synchrony (symphonic band) 1978
  • Concerto (trombone, orchestra) 1982
  • Mantras (youth orchestra) 1987
  • Musique Solennelle (small orchestra) 1987
  • November Music (14 strings) 1990
  • Étude Chromatique (symphonic band) 1994
  • Sinfonietta (symphonic band) 1994
  • Symphony (orchestra) 1994
  • A Festive Overture (orchestra) 2000
  • Neo-Baroque Suite (youth string orchestra) 2002

Discography

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  • Et + Ke 2 – Amerythme (Atlantica Musique 02002) – 1994 (contains Les Cloches de Kastelli for 4 percussion)
  • Canadian Music for ClarinetJames Mark, clarinet – 1999 (contains Montañas Del Fuego for clarinet and percussion)
  • Nightingales for Katy – Karin Aurell, flute – 2005 (contains Nightingales for Katy for flute)
  • Piano Atlantica – Barbara Pritchard, piano (Centrediscs CMC CD 15210) – 2010 (contains Variation and excerpts from 25 Préludes)
  • Richard Boulanger joue Richard Gibson – musique pour piano seul – 2015 (contains Le 24 décembre 2004, Lepidoptera, 24 Notes, 25 Préludes (excerpts), Prélude, Fugue et Allegro Vivace, and Sarabande)

References

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  1. ^ Albertson, Dan; Hannah, Ron. "Richard Gibson – The Living Composers Project". www.composers21.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Richard Gibson: Biography | Canadian Music Centre | Centre de Musique Canadienne". musiccentre.ca. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  3. ^ "Richard Gibson | Canadian League of Composers". www.composition.org. Retrieved November 10, 2017.
  4. ^ "Festival – Awards Archive – East Coast Music Association". ecma.com. Retrieved November 10, 2017.