{"id":296,"date":"2013-09-05T18:06:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T23:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/?page_id=296"},"modified":"2013-10-21T20:16:55","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T01:16:55","slug":"ian-gibson-percussion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/?page_id=296","title":{"rendered":"BIO – Ian Gibson (Percussion)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"View<\/a>Ian resides in Sudbury, Ontario and has been the Head of Percussion Studies at both\u00a0Cambrian College and Laurentian University since 2005. \u00a0 He is the\u00a0Principal Percussionist and Timpanist with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, a\u00a0position held since 2006. \u00a0Ian has also recently accepted the position of being the Scottish Bass & Tenor Drum Instructor at Dojo University.<\/p>\n

Ian received both a Bachelor and Master Degree in Percussion Performance from the University of Toronto where his principal teachers were Russell Hartenberger, Beverley Johnston and John Rudolph.\u00a0 As a member of the University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Robin Engleman, he can be heard performing on the ensemble’s 2001 recording, Rondino<\/em>.\u00a0 While living in Toronto he travelled to Philadelphia to study with Alan Abel – retired percussionist with the Philadelphia Orchestra. Ian became the first Canadian Percussionist\u00a0to be awarded both the Sabian PASIC Scholarship and the Zildjian Percussion\u00a0Scholarship while completing his undergraduate degree.<\/p>\n

Ian is a founding member of three chamber ensembles: Duo Libre,\u00a0a flute and percussion duo with his wife Rachel Gibson, the Eagle|Gibson Duo, with New York City percussionist Michael Eagle and the PerStr Duo, with violist Jane Russell. In 2012, Ian became the Bass Drummer and Midsection Leader of the Peel Regional Police Pipe band, which is considered to be one of the premier bands in the world and the reigning North American Champions since 2010.<\/p>\n

He has acted as a member of the Pipers’ and Pipe Band Society of Ontario Music Board and has\u00a0adjudicated numerous contests throughout Ontario. In the Fall of 2011, he became\u00a0the Scottish Bass Drummer for The Ruff Drags; a multi-style\u00a0fusion drumming ensemble consisting of members from across North America with backgrounds in both Pipe Band and DCI.<\/p>\n

Ian is a sponsored educator\/artist for Innovative Percussion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ian resides in Sudbury, Ontario and has been the Head of Percussion Studies at both\u00a0Cambrian College and Laurentian University since 2005. \u00a0 He is the\u00a0Principal Percussionist and Timpanist with the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, a\u00a0position held since 2006. \u00a0Ian has also … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":603,"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/296\/revisions\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operaforacause.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}