Lyle Rebbeck

Lyle Rebbeck has a Bachelor of Music/Music Education degree from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Music degree from Northwestern University, where he studied saxophone with Dr. Fred Hemke and James Bishop. He has been a resident at the Banff Centre and has been active as a performer in both classical and jazz genres.

Lyle has been teaching woodwinds and jazz improvisation and coaching woodwind chamber ensembles with Medicine Hat College since 1985, and he served as Artistic Manager for the Medicine Hat College Conservatory of Music and Dance from 2000 to 2012. Lyle is a founding member of the Medicine Hat Jazz Society and has been the Executive/Artistic Director of the Medicine Hat JazzFest since 1999. He has written a jazz column for the Medicine Hat News since 1997.

In 2003, Lyle was the recipient of the City of Medicine Hat Civic Recognition Cultural Award for his contribution to the arts in Medicine Hat. In 2005, he was awarded a Province of Alberta Centennial Medal for his contributions to music and the performing arts that have benefited his community and the province. In 2012, he was awarded a Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his role as a teacher and mentor to students who have gone on to pursue careers in music.

Lyle has been privileged to teach hundreds of students over the years, many of whom have gone on to establish music careers or have discovered the richness that music and the arts add to their lives and careers in many diverse fields.