Tom Gibson

      Adjunct - Part-time Lecturer
      Trombone
      tbonegib@bellsouth.net

Dr. Tom Gibson is one of the most active Brass performers and teachers in the country. He has performed solo recitals, concerts, master classes, and clinics around the world. He enjoys a triple threat career as a Trombonist, Conductor, and as a teacher/coach. Dr. Gibson is a Performing Artist for the Eastman Corporation and proudly performs on his Shires Trombone. His degrees are from University of Michigan (B.M.), University of Northern Colorado (M.M.), and The Catholic University of America (D.M.A.).    

Dr. Gibson was the Coordinator of the Brass Department at Georgia State University School of Music in Atlanta from 2000 through 2007. Under his leadership, the department experienced a 3-fold increase in enrollment and a doubling of brass faculty.He resigned to pursue a variety of musical adventures. One such adventure is a series of Video "Podcasts" begun in January 2007. To date, the videos have received widespread acclaim and nearly 150,000 downloads. Because of their popularity, Dr. Gibson has been invited to perform and teach around the world.

Cobb County Schools, together with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra, named Dr. Gibson an "Artist in Residence" for the 2007 academic year. He regularly visited young people in grades 1-5 to talk about music and the trombone.

He also worked with many talented young musicians in his capacity as the Musical Director of the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra (GYSO) Brass Band.

Dr. Gibson is very proud of the accomplishments of his students. Many of his former students have gone on to earn acceptance at some of the world's finest conservatories, including Juilliard, Cleveland Institute of Music, Eastman School, Indiana University, University of Michigan, Northwestern, University of Maryland, University of Miami, and others. Quite a few have won prestigious playing and teaching positions.

Prior to moving to Atlanta in 2000, Tom was a member of the U.S. Navy Band in Washington, DC, for 6 years. As a member of the Navy Band, Dr. Gibson was twice featured as Band Soloist on National Tours. At the time, he was the most junior member to ever have received such an honor. While serving with the U.S. Navy Band, Dr. Gibson traveled the world and gave frequent performances for Presidents, Senators, Prime Ministers, Cabinet Secretaries, and other VIP's at the White House, Pentagon, Arlington National Cemetery, The US Capital, The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and other venues of great national significance.

Dr. Gibson has played with Atlanta, National, Alabama, Columbus, Greeley Philharmonic, Charlotte, Greenville, Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Ballet, and many other Symphony Orchestras. He is the Principal Trombonist of the Atlanta Pops and lead trombonist for the Neons, one of the premiere Top 40 Bands in Atlanta. He is also a member of "The Posse" at Bishop Eddie Long's New Birth church in Lithoinia, GA.

He has performed the Broadway tours of Chicago, Wicked, Hairspray, Annie, Chorus Line, The Producers, The King and I, Candide, West Side Story, White Christmas, and others. He has performed with such legendary musicians as Leonard Bernstein, James Taylor, Natalie Cole, Faith Hill, The Temptations, Dave Brubeck, Peter Erskine, Pete Christlieb, Wayne Newton, Bill Watrous, David Liebman, John Pattitucci, Olivia Newton-John, Denise Graves, Earl Klugh, Johnny Mathis, Clark Terry, Barry Manilow, Gladys Knight, and others.

Dr. Gibson is a charter member of the Atlanta Jazz Orchestra, The Atlanta Trombone Quartet, and The Atlanta Tuba Patrol. His group, The Piedmont Trombone Society, released their first CD in 2003. Entitled "LetÕs Get Lost", it was selected by the International Trombone Association as the Best Jazz Album of the Year. This outstanding ensemble from Atlanta has performed at the International Trombone Conference, Tanglewood Institute, and the Great American Brass Band Festival.

Dr. Gibson's performing career has taken him around the world, including performances in Stockholm, Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Frankfurt, The Hague, Montreux, Toronto, and Neuchatel. He has performed in almost every major venue in America, including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Hollywood Bowl, Kennedy Center, and Wolf Trap. He is active in the recording studio, too, having performed on more than 30 commercially available CD's and numerous television shows and commercials. His studio credits include a great deal of work for Turner Studios, Tyler Perry studios, and Cartoon Network.

Dr. Gibson maintains one of the Web's most popular trombone-related websites, trombonelessons.com. This website enjoys more than 1 million visits per year and has won awards and accolades as a model of pedagogical excellence on the Internet.

Through his performing, conducting, and teaching, Dr. Gibson is committed to helping other musicians realize their dreams and enhance their lives through a passionate pursuit of excellence. In this regard, he credits his major influences as Edwin "Buddy" Baker, John "Doc" Marcellus, Robert Hamrick, H. Dennis Smith, and Milt Stevens.

Tom presently resides in Powder Springs, GA, with his beautiful wife Katlyn, their highly energized son, Bryce, and their lovely little girl Ella.