Robert Gibson to perform guitar recital at Huntingdon  Montgomery, Ala.—The
Huntingdon
College music program will offer a special guest recital
performance by classical guitarist Dr. Robert Gibson, Thursday, January
31, at 7:30 p.m. in Smith Music Building's Delchamps Recital Hall. The
concert is free and open to the public and will feature works by
Augustin Barrios, F. Moreno Torroba, Joaquin Rodrigo, and Mauro Giuliani.
Gibson, a dedicated concert artist, teacher, and advocate of new music,
has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in venues around the
United States, Mexico, and Italy. He has introduced world premieres of
music written by Donald Grantham, James Norman, Traci Mendel, and Sir
Anthony Hopkins. Gibson has also performed on electric guitar in nearly
every musical genre. He has earned prizes in several competitions,
including the Appalachian Guitar Festival, the U.T.S.A. Concerto
Competition, the Etude Music Club Competition, and the M.T.N.A. National
Competition.
Gibson, a member of the music faculty at Troy University, began his
musical studies at age 11 and was introduced to the classical guitar in
high school by Jennifer Whatley. He earned a Bachelor of Music in
guitar performance under the direction of Dr. Matthew Dunne at the
University of Texas at San Antonio and a Master of Music and a Doctor of
Musical Arts under Adam Holzman at the University of Texas at Austin.
In 2006, he completed his fourth year of studies with legendary
guitarist Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena,
Italy. He has also studied with Pepe Romero, David Russell, Eliot Fisk,
Sharon Isbin, Aaron Shearer, Leo Brouwer, Ricardo Cobo, Bruce Holzman
and others in master class settings and has studied composition and
musical arranging with Donald Grantham, James Balentine, and David
Heuser.
Huntingdon College, grounded in the
Judeo-Christian tradition of
the United Methodist Church, is committed to nurturing growth in
faith, wisdom, and service and to graduating individuals prepared
to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Founded in 1854,
Huntingdon is a coeducational liberal arts college. The Huntingdon
music program offers a degree in music with P–12 teacher certification
or concentrations in voice, piano, instrumental music, or worship
leadership. The department offers a number of performing ensembles for
students, including the Marching Scarlet and Grey, Concert Choir, Wind
Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Huntingdon Harmony (jazz/show choir),
Percussion Ensemble, and Barbershop.
Huntingdon's Cultural and Community Events Series is sponsored by
Baptist Health. Events are free and open to the public. For a complete
list of Huntingdon's Cultural and Community Events for the 2012–2013
academic year, visit: http://www.huntingdon.edu/events.aspx or contact
the Office of Communications at (334) 833-4515. |