O. Gibson

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O. Lee Gibson (’60 Ph.D.), Professor Emeritus of music, died Jan. 26 in Estes Park, Colo. He was coordinator of woodwind instruction from 1945 to 1980. Gibson was a renowned clarinetist, pedagogue and authority on clarinet design. In 1988, he created the Vandoren V12 clarinet reed during a visit to the company’s factory in France. The V12 remains popular with clarinetists around the world. He was the first editor of The Clarinet, the journal of the International Clarinet Society, and later served as the society’s president. His book, Clarinet Acoustics, was published by Indiana University Press in 1998. Gibson was principal clarinetist for the Fort Worth Symphony and Fort Worth Opera and played with the Dallas Symphony and Rochester Civic Orchestra. He previously was an instructor and assistant director of bands at Oklahoma State University and assistant professor of music and director of bands at the University of Idaho. Gibson was a graduate of Oklahoma State University and received a master’s degree and performer’s diploma from the Eastman School of Music. He received his doctorate in musicology from North Texas. An avid amateur radio operator, he taught at the U.S. Navy Radio School in Idaho during World War II and at RCA in New York City. Donations may be made to the O. Lee Gibson Clarinet Scholarship in the College of Music.

O. Lee Gibson (’60 Ph.D.), Professor Emeritus of music, died Jan. 26 in Estes Park, Colo. He was coordinator of woodwind instruction from 1945 to 1980. Gibson was a renowned clarinetist, pedagogue and authority on clarinet design. In 1988, he created the Vandoren V12 clarinet reed during a visit to the company’s factory in France. The V12 remains popular with clarinetists around the world. He was the first editor of The Clarinet, the journal of the International Clarinet Society, and later served as the society’s president. His book, Clarinet Acoustics, was published by Indiana University Press in 1998. Gibson was principal clarinetist for the Fort Worth Symphony and Fort Worth Opera and played with the Dallas Symphony and Rochester Civic Orchestra. He previously was an instructor and assistant director of bands at Oklahoma State University and assistant professor of music and director of bands at the University of Idaho. Gibson was a graduate of Oklahoma State University and received a master’s degree and performer’s diploma from the Eastman School of Music. He received his doctorate in musicology from North Texas. An avid amateur radio operator, he taught at the U.S. Navy Radio School in Idaho during World War II and at RCA in New York City. Donations may be made to the O. Lee Gibson Clarinet Scholarship in the College of Music.

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