Jan Gilbert
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Jan Gilbert (born August 6, 1946) is an American composer, cellist, and professor of music.
Janet Monteith Gilbert was born in New York City, NY.[1] She studied cello at the Naples Conservatory and was granted her bachelor of arts in music in 1969 from Douglass College. In 1972 she received a Master of Arts in composition from Villa Schifolianoia in Florence, Italy. Studying under Salvatore Martirano and Ben Johnston, she received her Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Illinois in 1979, where she specialized in electronic music. Other teachers include Piergtro Grossi, Charles Dodge and John Melby.[2] She has taught at Middlebury College, St. Olaf College, University of Maine, and Macalester College.
