The Mark of Zorro – The Silent Series

ABOUT TEDDE GIBSON
Tedde Gibson is one of a few musicians able to play classical and theatre pipe organ, jazz, and gospel on the Hammond and piano. He integrates these styles into his playing of the theatre and classical pipe organ, which are the ultimate vehicles to showcase his talents.
A native of Tacoma, WA, Tedde began playing piano at age four and later studied pipe organ with the late Dr. Edward Hansen, president of the American Guild of Organists and organ professor at the University of Puget Sound (UPS). He was organist at First Assembly of God/Life Center in Tacoma and First AME Church in Seattle. He studied classical organ with international organist Dr. Mickey Thomas Terry of Howard University, the editor of a 10+ volume anthology of organ works by African American composers. Tedde was an organ performance major at The Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, in the organ studio of Dr. John Walker.
He cut his theatre organ teeth as an organist at Pizza and Pipes in Tacoma, WA, for five years until that restaurant’s untimely demise due to fire in 1999. Before relocating to the east coast, he played many concerts and silent films on local instruments. He is the former chairman of the board of directors of The American Theatre Organ Society, he is the first African American to have held this position. Tedde has recorded and accompanied several gospel and jazz artists.
Tedde is the Director of Fine Arts at Mount Pleasant Church and Ministries in Baltimore, MD., and organist of Capitol Hill Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He was organist/musician-in-residence at First Baptist Church of Highland Park in Landover, MD for 18 years. He is also the house organist at the Weinberg Center of the Performing Arts in Frederick, MD.
Tedde performs across the country, accompanying silent films and concertizing. As of July 2024, he will have performed for the Organ Historical Society’s convention in Baltimore, MD, the American Guild of Organists, and the American Theatre Organ Society’s annual conventions.