Born: July 4, 1923 (Hazard, KY)

Died: September 7, 2017 (Seaman, OH - Hospice of Hope)

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Gertrude Gibson, soprano, graduated from the Juilliard School of Music. While at Juilliard she performed in several of its operatic productions and later had a leading role in the Chautauqua Opera Company.

Ms. Gibson won the Naumburg Award in 1939 and gave her New York debut in Town Hall on January 9, 1940.

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Excerpt from The New York Times, January 10, 1940

Gertrude Gibson Has Debut

"Miss Gibson has a light voice of attractive clarity and smoothness... the pervasive intelligence of her singing and the potentialities of the voice seem to auger progress both in technique and musicianship." G.G.

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