About James Gilbert

James Gilbert is professional musician, specializing in accompanying, solo performing and teaching music. His primary instruments are piano and pipe-organ. He is also a composer, arranger, orchestrator and music typesetter. James has been accompanying choirs for over 30 years. He has been very involved in music education, including public schools and private music instruction, as well as church music. He has worked as a freelance piano teacher, pipe organist, pianist, accompanist, choir director, orchestra director, handbell director, handbell ringer, music associate or assistant, high-school music teacher, music consultant for performing arts magnet schools and as an arranger/composer. He is proficient in all styles of music, from classical to pop/rock to jazz, and is an excellent sight-reader. He is also a nationally published arranger and composer having been published by such publishers as Theodore Presser, Triune (Lorenz), and Broadman Press (Lifeway) and others. Music from his website has been bought by persons from Singapore to Europe and everywhere between. He has released his own solo piano CD (see main page for details) and has been accompanist (keyboards) and co-producer on 4 additional CD recordings.

On the computer side of things, he maintains or founded several web sites and has done much with computers. He was the founder of the award winning web site from the early days of the world-wide-web, The Gilbert Links. He also maintains this web site which lists hundreds of arrangements or compositions that he is offering for sale. See Main Page for further details. Several years ago, he helped his parents build their dream home (see some pictures) - a home they built without the help of contractors.

James is or has been a member of various professional organizations including: the Florida chapter of the Fellowship of United Methodist Musicians and Worship Artists; the Gainesville Music Teacher Association (GMTA) and the American Guild of Organists (AGO). He has led classes at and been very involved in various summer workshops. James is also a big fan and user of the Finale music notation program, contributing over the years to the questions and answers on its unofficial mailing list and has even written a tips book. James also volunteers in the community when able and has been a regular volunteer playing the piano in the lobby of the VA hospital (Gainesville).

For further information, including information about hiring him as an accompanist, piano teacher, pianist, pipe organist, or solo performer (including weddings, funerals, and social events), please contact James by using the Contact form