David Gibble
Composer
David Gibble has composed or arranged over 45 pieces for Brass Band, Brass Quintet, and Jazz Ensemble. His original work, entitled “Duncan Celebration,” was selected and performed by the Boston Brass in 2012 at the Duncan Theatre on the PBSC campus to commemorate their 25th anniversary. His Jazz Ensemble compositions and arrangements have been performed and/or recorded by such notable artists as Ira Sullivan, Carl Saunders, Stephen Scott, and Mike Brignola, along with ensembles like Duffy Jackson’s Swingin’ New Band (Miami and Nashville editions), the Jazz Rats Big Band, the Jazz Rattette, the Palm Beach State College Tuesday Nite Big Band, the Boise State University Jazz Ensemble, Russ Freeland’s Jazz Trombone Ensemble, and the Duke Ellington Award-winning New World School of the Arts in Miami. Several of his arrangements for Jazz Ensemble have been available through the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press since 2003.
He also served as the conductor and personnel manager for the Orchid City Brass Band from its inception in 2012 through to 2018; this is South Florida’s only British-style brass band that he co-founded.
David was the former Director of Bands and Music Department Chair at Palm Beach State College where he taught for 29 years. Since his arrival at PBSC, he was, and continues to be an in-demand clinician for both middle and high school bands and jazz ensembles throughout South Florida.
As a trumpeter, he free lances all over South Florida in classical, contemporary, and jazz styles, appearing with groups ranging from the Brass Renaissance (brass quintet) and South Florida Wind Ensemble to the Charlie Callelo Big Band, Orchid City Brass Band, and Palm Beach Opera Orchestra, among many others.
David graduated Magna Cum Laude from West Chester University (Pa.) with a B.S. in Music Education. He received his M.M. in Jazz Studies from the University of North Texas, where he played with the world-renowned One O’clock Lab Band.