RICHARD GIBSON (b. Charlottetown PEI) has composed for all instrumental and vocal genres with the exception of opera. Winner of the 1983 SOCAN (PRO) Young Canadian Composer award, Gibson has studied at the graduate level with Peter Paul Koprowski and David Lumsdaine. His music usually contains a high degree of contrapuntal lyricism layered upon a densely chromatic harmonic framework. His piano music (25 Preludes) have proven very popular with prominent performers and his guitar ...

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