James Kibbie

James Kibbie

James Kibbie (born March 13, 1949) is an American concert organist, recording artist and pedagogue. He is Chair of the Organ Department at the University of Michigan.

Biography

Kibbie was born in 1949 in Vinton, Iowa, USA. He graduated from Davenport West High School in 1967.[1] He holds a Bachelor of Music in Organ Performance from North Texas State University (Magna cum Laude, 1971), the Master of Music in Organ Performance from North Texas State University (1972), and the Doctor of Musical Arts in Organ Performance from the University of Michigan (1981). He won the International Organ Competition of the Prague Spring Festival in the former Czechoslovakia in 1979 and the Grand Prix d'Intérpretation at the International Organ Competition "Grand Prix de Chartres" in France in 1980. He joined the University of Michigan organ faculty in 1981 and is currently Professor of Organ, Chair of the Organ Department, University Organist and Curator of the Frieze Memorial Organ in Hill Auditorium. A number of his former students hold positions as college professors and church musicians. The University of Michigan has endowed the James Kibbie Scholarship in perpetuity to support students majoring in organ and church music.

Performing career

Kibbie has presented recitals, masterclasses and workshops throughout North America and Europe, including appearances at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Royal Festival Hall in London, Dvořák Hall in the Rudolfinum in Prague and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York. His performances have been broadcast on radio and television in the USA, Canada and Europe. His recordings have been issued on a variety of labels in North American and Europe (see Discography). Since 2002 he has released annual holiday recordings on the seven-stop Létourneau mechanical-action organ in his home.

Complete Organ Works of J.S. Bach

Kibbie performed the complete organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach in a series of 18 recitals at the University of Michigan in 2000. From 2007 to 2009 he recorded the complete works on seven historic baroque organs in Germany built by Gottfried Silbermann, Arp Schnitger and Behrendt Huß, Tobias Heinrich Gottfried Trost, Erasmus Bielfeldt, and Zacharias Hildebrandt.

Discography

Notes

  1. ↑ Jensen, Marcia (September 16, 2013). "Davenport West High School to Present Three Alumni With Hall of Honor Awards". River Cities' Reader. Retrieved October 6, 2013.

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