My Dad.
David Hibbard, my dad, passed away in March of 2019. He lived an incredible life of a husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, friend, musician and teacher. There was an old family joke that I chose the saxophone because it was his least favorite instrument. When I first started playing jazz, he didn’t teach me lessons, he let me learn on the bandstand.
In terms of his professional life, after almost 30 years in Texas, he moved to Chicago in 2003 after retiring as the chairman of the innovative and prestigious Commercial Music Program at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, which he founded. In addition to being a superb jazz trumpeter, he was also a composer, author and music industry consultant. When he moved to Chicago he was an adjunct professor of Music at the College of Lake County.
I miss him everyday.
When he passed, my family thought the best way to show tribute to his years as a musician and educator was to start memorial scholarship in his name. If you are interested in donating, please click the button below, and follow these directions. Thank you.
David Hibbard Endowed Music Industry Careers Scholarship
1. Click Make a Gift
2. Click MCC Foundation Contribution
3. Type in amount of contribution
4. Scroll down and fill in your information
5. Click existing scholarship fund -other
6. Type in the name of David's scholarship
7. Continue filling in the rest of the information