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.
Mr. Gibble 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.
Mr.Gibble 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.