Richard Gibson (composer)

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.

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

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.

Education

* B.Mus., Dalhousie University (Steve Tittle, composition)
* M.Mus., University of Western Ontario (Peter Paul Koprowski, composition)
* PhD, King's College London (David Lumsdaine, composition)

Awards

* 1983 – First Prize, Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) competition for young composers
* 1992 – New Brunswick Award for Excellence in Arts

Compositions

Solo works

* 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

* 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

* 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

* 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

* ''Et + Ke 2'' – Amerythme (Atlantica Musique 02002) – 1994 (contains ''Les Cloches de Kastelli'' for 4 percussion)
* ''Canadian Music for Clarinet'' – James 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Richard
1953 births
Living people
Musicians from Charlottetown
Canadian classical composers
Dalhousie University alumni
University of Western Ontario alumni
Alumni of King's College London
Academic staff of the Université de Moncton