Ohio State University
Don Gibson
Professor
School of Music
Ohio State University
Research Areas:
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Music Perception and Cognition
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Music Theory
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Perception of Contemporary Pitch Structures
Brief Biography:
Don Gibson received his B.M. and M.M. from Duquesne University,
and his Ph.D. from
Florida State University.
Prior to his appointment as professor and director of the
School of Music
at the
Ohio State University,
Gibson held positions as director of the School of Music
at
Western Michigan University,
associate dean of the School of Music at
Baylor University,
chair of the Department of Fine Arts at
Elon College,
and chair of the division of instrumental studies at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
He was principal flute of the Greensboro Symphony and the Winston-Salem
Symphony as well as principal flute and featured soloist with the
United States Navy Band.
In addition, he has performed throughout Japan and South Korea with
recorded appearances on national radio (Japan) and national television
(South Korea).
A respected music theorist, his research has utilized computers to
examine the correlation between theoretical relatedness and perception
of contemporary pitch structures.
The results of his investigations have been reported in the
Journal of Research in Music Education,
Psychomusicology,
(research summary)
and Music Theory: Explorations and Applications.
Gibson currently serves as president of
Pi Kappa Lambda,
national music honor society, and as a member of the
NASM
Commission on Accreditation.
Publications:
Mailing Address:
School of Music
1866 North College Road
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210 USA
E-mail Address:
gibsön.105@osü.edü [Please ignore umlauts: they are present to foil web crawlers.]
Phone:
(614) 292-7664