KC Symphony violinist plays Ruel Joyce Recital
Johnson County Community College
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9/08/09
Story by Peggy Graham
KC Symphony violinist plays Ruel Joyce Recital
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Violinist Tamamo Gibbs will perform at noon Monday, Oct. 5, in the Recital Hall of the Carlsen Center, Johnson County Community College, as part of the Ruel Joyce Recital Series, free classical music concerts featuring Kansas City artists. She will be accompanied by Dan Velicer on piano.
Gibbs, a native of Yokohama, Japan, began studying the violin at age 3. She received her bachelor of music degree at Toho College of Music, Tokyo. Gibbs came to the United States to join the New World Symphony in Miami, where she served as an assistant concertmaster and principal second violin. In the 1995-96 season, she appeared as first violinist of the Sacramento Symphony, Calif. In 1996, Gibbs joined the Kansas Symphony where she has been the principal second violin since 1999. She also holds the co-concertmaster chair of the Kansas City Chamber Orchestra. Gibbs is married to Mark Gibbs, principal cellist, Kansas City Symphony, who is scheduled to perform a Ruel Joyce recital Nov. 2.
The Ruel Joyce Recital Series continues at noon Mondays in the Recital Hall, except as noted:
Oct. 12 Don Lipovac, accordion
Oct. 19 Duo Solo — Mary Kirkendoll, flute; Mike Kirkendoll, piano
Oct. 26 Nathanael May, piano
Nov. 2 Mark Gibbs, cello, Yardley Hall
Nov. 9 Jeff Harshbarger, bass, and guests, Yardley Hall
The series, named for Ruel Joyce, a longtime jazz bassist who headed the local musicians’ federation from 1977 until his death in 1989, is cosponsored by the JCCC music departments, Community Services and the Richard J. Stern Foundation for the Arts. Seating is available first-come, first-served.
For more information, call 913-469-8500, ext. 3605.
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