February 2, 2010

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Music will present a concert of classical guitar music performed by Robert Gibson, D.M.A., at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10 in the UAB Mary Culp Hulsey Recital Hall, 950 13th St. South. Admission is free. Call 205-934-7376 for more information.

Gibson, who is dedicated to performing and promoting new music for the guitar, has given performances in the United States, Mexico, Spain and Italy. He has performed as a soloist with several orchestras, including the San Antonio Symphony under the baton of Ken-David Masur and Larry Rechleff, and has had the privilege of working with and premiering the works of such notable composers as Donald Grantham, James Norman and actor Sir Anthony Hopkins.   

Gibson has won prizes in several competitions, including the Appalachian Guitar Festival Competition, U.T.S.A. Concerto Competition, Etude Music Club Competition and M.T.N.A. National Competition. He has been a finalist in several national and international competitions, such as the 2000 American String Teachers Association competition and the 2001 Stotsenberg International Classical Guitar Competition. Gibson studied four years with the legendary guitarist Oscar Ghiglia at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and also has studied with Pepe Romero, David Russell, Eliot Fisk, Sharon Isbin, Aaron Shearer, Leo Brouwer, Ricardo Cobo, Bruce Holzman and others in master class settings.

Gibson currently teaches guitar at Troy State University, Faulkner University and B.T.W. Arts and Academics Magnet High School in Montgomery. 

About the UAB Department of Music

UAB is the first all-Steinway piano school in Alabama. The UAB Department of Music presents more than 150 concerts, recitals, master classes, and lectures each year - many of them free - for more than 400,000 people throughout the region. The department features 17 ensembles.