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

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)