About
Dr. Gary Gerber is dean of the School of Fine Arts, chair of the Division of Music, director of choral
activities and professor of music at Ouachita Baptist University in Arkadelphia, Ark.
He directs Concert Choir and teaches various conducting and choral methods classes.
A native of Azle, Texas, Dr. Gerber holds a Bachelor of Music degree from Tarleton
State University in Stephenville, Texas. He received two degrees from Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary: a Master of Music degree in choral conducting in 1990
and a Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting in 1993.
Ouachita Singers under Dr. Gerber’s direction was selected to sing at the 2011 Arkansas
All-State conference and most recently at the Southwestern Division of the American
Choral Directors Association convention in March 2014. He has taken this choir on
numerous tours throughout the United States and overseas, most recently to Italy in
2017.
Dr. Gerber served the Southwestern Division of the American Choral Directors Association
as Repertoire and Standards Chairs for Colleges and Universities from 2006-2010, and
as the coordinator of the Collegiate Honor Choir for the division from 2006-2016.
Before coming to Ouachita, Dr. Gerber served as director of choral studies at Southwest
Baptist University in Bolivar, Mo., from 1996-2004. He also served as music director
and conductor of the Missouri Baptist All-State Youth Choir and the Missouri Music
Men, a male chorus of ministers of music from Missouri Baptist churches. Dr. Gerber
was founder and director of the Bolivar Community Chorus, a chorus that sang four
to five times a season and regularly joined the choral forces at Southwest Baptist
University to present large-scale choral works.
In addition to his academic teaching, Dr. Gerber has served as Minister of Music in
several Southern Baptist churches. Dr. Gerber is active as a clinician both in the
public school and church music fields.
Dr. Gerber is married to Linda Gerber, middle school band director in Bryant, Ark.,
and they have two sons, Nathan and Nicholas.
Fun Facts
Apart from your field, what do you enjoy doing in your free time?
I enjoy turning writing pens, woodworking, photography and running.
Areas of Expertise
- Choral Music Literature
- Choral Techniques
- Choral Conducting
Involvement
- American Choral Directors Association
- Arkansas Choral Directors Association
- College Music Society