Dr. Ted Gibboney
Ted is our Organist and Director of Music.
Ted joined Idlewild in 2003. In addition to working with the ordained staff in the preparation of weekly worship services, he works with both professional and lay musicians in a music program for all ages, and supervises a busy concert series. In the numerous fields related to church music, he is active as an organ recitalist, conductor, writer, lecturer, and concert or conference entrepreneur. As an organ recitalist he has played throughout Europe and the USA and has recorded three CDs.
A native of Huntington, Indiana, he began musical instruction with piano lessons at the age of seven. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from DePauw University (1976, summa cum laude), Master of Music degree from Yale University (1978) and Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University (1985). His academic areas of concentration are pipe organ playing, music history, and German literature. His foreign study includes a semester in Lausanne, Switzerland (1974) as a student of the French keyboardist Charles Letestu.
In 1985-86 he was the recipient of a fellowship from the German Cultural Exchange Service (Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst). During this year he was enrolled at the Hannover Hochschule für Musik und Theater, was a section leader for Heinz Hennig and the Hannover Boy Choir, and was a student and translator for Harald Vogel at the Norddeutsche Orgelakademie.
Ted can be reached at gibboney@idlewildchurch.org or 901-726-4681 ext. 12.