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NEWS... JACK GIBBONS APPOINTED "ARTIST IN RESIDENCE" AT DAVIS AND ELKINS COLLEGE, ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA, USA Davis & Elkins College, in the beautiful Appalachian mountain town of Elkins, West Virginia, USA, has announced the appointment of Jack Gibbons as their new “Artist in Residence” Davis & Elkins College President G.T. “Buck” Smith announced today (June 21 2010) that Jack Gibbons has accepted a multi-year appointment at D&E as “Artist in Residence.” Jack will begin his tenure in August, opening the College’s 2010-2011 academic year with a concert in Harper-McNeeley Auditorium on August 29 as part of Orientation Weekend. Davis & Elkins College is a private, four-year liberal arts college ranked by U.S. News and World Report magazine in the top tier of Southern Comprehensive Colleges in its 2007 'Guide to America's Best Colleges'. Introduced to the college by philanthropist Doris Buffett, sister of financier Warren Buffett, Gibbons spoke of his enthusiasm for the new position: “I am so impressed both with the college, and the community of Elkins, and also all the supporters of D&E. It's a remarkable place that seems to attract remarkable people, and I would love to be a part of that community and help in any way I can". For more details follow this link JACK GIBBONS RETURNS TO OXFORD ENGLAND FOR TWO EASTER RECITALS in 2010 Jack Gibbons returns to Oxford for his traditional Easter concerts at the historic and intimate Holywell Music Room (Europe’s oldest purpose-built concert hall): On Tuesday 30th March 2010 he celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Chopin with a programme of some Chopin's greatest works including all 4 of Chopin's incomparable Ballades, interspersed with his mazurkas, waltzes and other musical gems. The whole programme concludes with a rare opportunity to hear Jack Gibbons playing Chopin's greatest masterpiece, the deeply moving Sonata in B minor, Op.58. On Tuesday 6th April 2010 Gibbons gives an evening of Gershwin, playing his famous reconstructions of the composer's exuberant show-tunes and concert works, including the Rhapsody in Blue, An American in Paris, I Got Rhythm, Let's Call The Whole Thing Off, and much more. For more details of these concerts, and links for purchasing discount tickets direct from this website follow this link to the Oxford Concerts pages. JACK GIBBONS' SELL-OUT ANNUAL SUMMER PIANO SERIES Jack Gibbons 22nd annual Summer Piano Series was once again a complete sell-out in the historic university city of Oxford, England in 2009. In the space of 8 weeks Gibbons performed 11 different programmes, his repertoire drawn from the music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan, Brahms, Debussy, Ravel, Rachmaninov, Gershwin, Gibbons etc with whole programmes devoted to the life and works of J.S.Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Alkan (including the Overture, Symphony and Concerto for solo piano) and Gershwin. For more details of Jack's Oxford concerts, visit the Oxford Concerts pages. JACK GIBBONS PLAYS CHOPIN: now available on iTUNES
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Gibbons' album "Jack Gibbons plays Chopin Live in Concert, Vol. 2" Click the link to the right to visit the iTunes store. It's also possible to purchase Jack Gibbons' Chopin album direct from this website thanks to the innovations of SNOCAP. To listen to samples and purchase digital files downloaded direct to your computer visit this section of the Recordings page. Many of Jack Gibbons' recordings can be purchased in music downloads and CD format from Amazon.com in the US and their corresponding companies around the world (www.amazon.co.uk for the UK, www.amazon.de, for Germany, etc.) as well as from itunes. MUSIC PLAYER ADDED TO SITE A music player (using flash technology) has been added to several pages on this website (see below) playing a selection of tracks performed by Jack Gibbons, several of which have not been issued commercially. The music selection for this player will be changed on a regular basis. The player begins automatically but can be switched off easily and the controls on one page will effect the player throughout this website in order for the music to continue to play (or stop playing!) not matter what pages you are visiting. Pages that have their own audio or video on them will not have this player to avoid a cacophony of sound from more than one audio source. This is a new venture and any feedback/comments from web visitors will be most welcome, and can be sent to info@jackgibbons.com. Also additional playlists have been added specific to some of the composer pages, including those of Alkan, Chopin, Sainsbury and Gibbons, plus a complete performance of Bach's Partita no.1 in B flat for the Bach page.
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