09/05/2020
Brother Jordan Gibson was featured this week on Colors of Classical Music! Her story is the perfect example of striving for the highest.
“Teaching music has always been my passion, but having a bad experience with my high school band teacher made me not want to pursue music any further. However, I continued playing tuba by joining my university’s pep band, and that experience has completely changed my life. The director, Dr. Michael Nickens, is someone I will always look up to. The way he encourages, and creates endless opportunities for his students and the band, is something I strive to do for my future students. So, the spring semester of my freshman year I decided to audition for the school of music and major in music education.
My first semester of being a music major was very rough. I didn’t know what I was getting myself into (course load wise), never had private lessons, didn’t know much about classical music or music theory, and by being one of the very few black students in the school of music, I felt very left out.
Now as a senior music education major, it is my goal to become the representation I never had while growing up. I want children of color to look at me, and think to themselves, ‘I can do that too.’
Something I would tell my younger self and to everyone is, ‘don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something, or that you’re not good enough.’ “
~ Jordan Gibson
Student: Music Education Major, Tubist
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