| | Gibbs on his website calls himself a "teacher who is dedicated to his students and who will give all he has to making sure that each of his students reach their fullest potential. ... Students and teachers must understand each other and each other’s goals. I believe that classical training is the best and most healthy way to sing and that is the only style of teaching that I offer in my studio/"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://raygibbs.com/|title=Ray Gibbs: Voice Lessons|publisher=Raygibbs.com|accessdate=August 21, 2017}}</ref> | | Gibbs on his website calls himself a "teacher who is dedicated to his students and who will give all he has to making sure that each of his students reach their fullest potential. ... Students and teachers must understand each other and each other’s goals. I believe that classical training is the best and most healthy way to sing and that is the only style of teaching that I offer in my studio/"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://raygibbs.com/|title=Ray Gibbs: Voice Lessons|publisher=Raygibbs.com|accessdate=August 21, 2017}}</ref> |
| − | Gibbs' wife, the former Ann Marie Perkins (born c. 1950) is a graduate of Wesleyan College with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and a Master of Music in Voice Performance from the University of New Mexico at [[Albuquerque]]. Mrs. Gibbs has sung with opera companies in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], [[Baltimore]], and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. Gibbs left the Metropolitan Opera upon his conversion to faith in [[Jesus Christ]]. He and Ann formed a traveling music ministry and have sung in churches all over the United States and in some foreign countries. Once retired from college teaching, the two resumed their traveling ministry.<ref name=bio/> A daughter, Christina Gibbs, joins her parents on tour on occasion. | + | Gibbs' wife, the former Ann Marie Perkins (born c. 1950) is a graduate of Wesleyan College with a Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance and a Master of Music in Voice Performance from the University of New Mexico at [[Albuquerque]]. Mrs. Gibbs has sung with opera companies in [[Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico]], [[Baltimore]], and [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]. Gibbs left the Metropolitan Opera upon his conversion to faith in [[Jesus Christ]]. He and Ann formed a traveling music ministry and have sung in churches all over the United States and in some foreign countries. Once retired from college teaching, the two resumed their traveling ministry.<ref name=bio/> A daughter, Christina Gibbs, joins her parents on tour on occasion. |