NAME:
Ken Gable
SCHOOL:
Lexington High School, Estabrook
EMAIL:
kgable@sch.ci.lexington.ma.us
SCHOOL PHONE:
(781)861-2320, ext. 3716
Saxophonist Ken Gable, originally from Andover, MA, teaches jazz and band at
Lexington High School, and general music at Fiske and Hastings. He was a
student teacher at LHS in 1995.
Gable began his professional career in Boston. A graduate of Berklee College
of Music, he has performed with such notables as Wynton Marsalis, David
Sanchez, Michael Philip Mossman, Herb Pomeroy, Alan Dawson, Victor Mendoza,
Sal Cracchiolo, Steve Cotter and Lee Thornburg. He recently played with the
MVPs who shared the stage with such artists as Kelly Clarkson, The GoGo’s, Tom
Jones and Santana.
Receiving his undergraduate in Music Education at Berklee College of Music,
Gable has taught all levels in schools in Massachusetts, New York and
California. He has also taught in the Jazz Programs at Queens College [NY] and
St. John’s University [NY]. In addition to teaching, he has adjudicated the
Alhambra [CA] High School Jazz Festival as well as the SCSBOA [Southern
California School Band and Orchestra Association] Honor Band for southern
California.
Gable has strived to develop quality Fine and Performing Arts programs in many
schools and co-chaired with an organization called Arts for All. As co-chair,
he developed a districtwide arts policy and strategic plan, which would
provide music, visual art, dance and theatre to all students in the Wiseburn
[CA] School District.