Pianist returns as artist in residence

Gibbons played concerts and taught a class at Davis and Elkins College in May. Gibbons will spend more time in the state as artist-in-residence at Davis and Elkins this year.

Jack Gibbons spoke with WV Public Broadcasting before his May concert. During that interview, he expressed enthusiasm about his visit. "I love working in the states," he said.

"Every year I usually do a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. Every year I usually do a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. And, I just also love meeting the students. I’m really looking forward to meeting the students and sharing my love of music with them."

In a letter to the college, Gibbons added that he “would love to be a part of that community and help in any way--even if it means putting a piano on a flatbed truck and going out into the rural areas.”

Gibbons will perform a free public concert this Sunday at 7:30pm at Davis & Elkins’s Harper-McNeeley Auditorium, during student orientation. You can hear an interview with pianist Jack Gibbons on the Classically Speaking blog.