Background
Kubik, Gail was born on September 5, 1914 in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Henry H. and Eva O. (Thompson) Kubik.
composer conductor music educator musicologist university professor
Kubik, Gail was born on September 5, 1914 in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Henry H. and Eva O. (Thompson) Kubik.
Bachelor of Music with distinction, Eastman School, University Rochester, 1934. Master of Music cum laude, American Conservatory, Chicago, 1935. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1938.
Studied piano under Ida Smith. Violin under Scott Willets, Samuel Belov, Robert Reed, Alexander Baird. Composition under Edward Royce, Bernard Rogers, Leo Sowerby, Walter Piston, Nadia Boulanger.
Conducting under Harold Byrns, Igor Markevitch. Doctor of Music (honorary), Monmouth College, 1955.
Composer music, 1930-1984;
violin soloist, Kubik Ensemble (Evalyn, Howard, Gail, Henry K.), 1930-1937;
violin soloist, New York Civic Orchestra, 1937;
violin soloist, Chicago Civic Orchestra, 1938;
violin soloist, Rochester Civic Orchestra, 1939;
teacher, Monmouth (Illinois) College, 1934-1936;
teacher, Dakota Wesleyan University, 1936-1937;
teacher, Columbia Teachers College, 1938-1940;
staff composer, music program advisor, NBC, 1940-1941;
concert, functional-music commissions, 1940-1982;
director music, Office of War Information Bureau Motion Pictures, 1942-1943;
composer-conductor film, radio units, United States Army Air Force, 1943-1946;
professor music, University of Southern California, summer 1946. Guest lecturer Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, 1952, University of Oxford, 1966;visiting professor Kansas State University, 1969, Gettysburg (Pennsylvania) College, 1970, California State University, Fullerton, 1975-1976, Mount San Antonio Junior College, 1978. Professor music, composer-in-residence Scripps College and Claremont (California) Graduate School, 1970-1984.
Lecturer tours United States, 1968-1970, Morocco, 1978. Recorded works Radio Corporation of America Victor, Columbia, Desto, Capitol, Orion and Contemporary. Lecturer, contributor to professional publications.
(paperback music book)
Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, American Music Center, Century Club, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (honorary.life), Delta Omicron (honorary life).
Married Jesse Louise Maver, April 5, 1938. Married second, Joyce Mary Scott-Paine, December 21, 1946. Married 3d, Mary Gibbs Tyler, April 9, 1952.
Married 4th, Joan Allred Sanders, September 1, 1970 (divorced October 1972).