Keith Kreitman

· “Michael Paul Gibson seems to have the right stuff. He has an excellent baton technique and clearly is a master of the scores.”

· “Particularly effective was the main work of the evening, "Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98" by Johannes Brahms. Gibson brought the orchestra through this long and demanding work without missing a single dynamic shading or losing the beauty of a single melodic line.”

· ...Tchaikovsky 5th Symphony
“It is absolutely phenomenal what you are getting from such a small orchestra. It is really a great recording. The only conclusion I am able to come to is that man for man and woman for woman you have the best collection of musicians on the Peninsula.”

Ray Orrock, The Daily Review, Hayarad, CA
“I suspect (the Star Spangled Bonanza) was one of the two or three best chunks of entertainment being presented anywhere in the Bay Area that night. I know I’ve spent 35 bucks for a ticket to a show in San Francisco that was nowhere near as enjoyable as this one.”

Michael Paul Gibson
Music Director and Conductor

John Fetler, Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs
“The program concluded witht he Symphony in B Flat by Paul Hindemith. In this work we should give credit to the en-semble for clear delineation of the musical material, for a grasp of the rhythmic qualities which in lesser hands would not have come through, and for infusing an emotional quality, so that Hindemith does not sound any more as merely a logical construction, but as a musically intriguing work. .And that's saying a great deal for the performers.”

Michael Paul Gibson is one of the most versatile and exciting conductors in the Bay Area.  Whether it’s as conductor of Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Concert Chorus, Church Choir, Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Chamber Ensemble, Musical Theater Pit Orchestra - or in the visual arena: video production, photography - or in business: web site design, marketing, fund raising, musical contracting, sound recording and mastering, Michael has shown that his energetic and charismatic leadership garners great reviews and respect from critics, audiences, and participants alike.

CONDUCTOR & MUSIC DIRECTOR:  Currently.....

Michael Paul Gibson is the Director of Music Ministries at the Presbyterian Church of Los Altos where he conducts the Chancel Choir and Children’s Choir.  Maestro Gibson has been the Music Director and Conductor of the Menlo Park Chorus since its inception in March of 1999. Gibson is also Music Director of the Bay Area Little Symphony, Silicon Valley Symphony,  and the past conductor of the Foothill Orchestra.  Gibson is Music Director and CEO of the Bay Area Music Foundation, presenter and sponsor of fine music and music education. Maestro Gibson has had master classes with Georg Solti and Carlo Maria Giulini working with the Chicago Symphony, Neville Marriner with the Los Angles Chamber Orchestra, Pinchas Zukerman at San Francisco State University, and Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach)with the Denver Symphony. He studied orchestral conducting with Bernard Rubenstein (NU), John Miller (Denver Sym.), and Lazlo Varga (SFSU); instrumental conducting from John Paynter(NU); and choral conducting with Margaret Hillis (Chicago Symphony Chorus) at Northwestern University from which he holds Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music in Orchestral Conducting degrees. He played trombone in the Denver Symphony, Air Force Academy Band, Bohemian Club Orchestra, and the San Francisco 49ers Band. He also offers expertise in business, operating his own company, BACH to Music.

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