1933–

Introduction

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Born: Feb­ru­ary 14, 1933, Dall­as, Tex­as.

Biography

Charles was the son of Charles Haiz­lip Webb and Ma­ri­on Gil­ker, and hus­band of Ken­da Mc­Gib­bon (mar­ried 1958).

He at­tend­ed South­ern Me­tho­dist Uni­ver­si­ty (AB & MM, 1955) and In­di­ana Uni­ver­si­ty (IU) (DM 1964).

He served as ar­tis­tic di­rect­or of the Ind­i­an­a­po­lis Sym­phon­ic Choir (1967–80), and as dean of IU’s Ja­cobs School of Mu­sic (1973–97).

In 1989, he re­ceived the Gov­er­nor’s Award for the Arts from In­di­ana gov­er­nor Ev­an Bayh.

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