Joan Carolyn Gilbert

Name
Joan Carolyn /Gilbert/
Given names
Joan Carolyn
Surname
Gilbert
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Occupation
Piano faculty, Memphis University
2007
Family with parents
father
Noel Gilbert with Rufus, Marvelle and Carla Thomas
19091991
Birth: about 1909 39 38 Tennessee
Death: June 11, 1991Humphreys Co. TN
mother
19061977
Birth: August 24, 1906 64 40 Scotts Hill, Tennessee
Death: February 10, 1977Memphis, Shelby Co. TN
herself
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Shared note

Ms. Joan Gilbert, Professor and Area Coordinator of Chamber Music/Collaborative Piano, performs in Europe and the United States as a recitalist, soloist with orchestra, and chamber musician. A founding member of the Philadelphia Trio, the Memphis Piano Trio, the Gagliano Trio, and the Bellarmine Trio, she has recorded for the Musical Heritage Society and for National Public Radio. Closely connected with the Prague International Chamber Music Festival, she has served as the administrative director of the festival as well as a performer and member of the chamber music faculty. Professor Gilbert is a recipient of The University of Memphis’ Distinguished Teaching Award. A National Merit Scholar and member of Phi Beta Kappa, she received the Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude from Oberlin College, where she studied piano with Jack Radunsky. In Italy, she studied with Guido Agosti at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and at Rome’s Conservatorio di Musica "Santa Cecilia." As a piano student of Sascha Gorodnitzki, Ms. Gilbert received the Master of Science degree from The Juilliard School and a Juilliard Scholarship for excellence in piano performance.

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