Karen Gibson (choir conductor)

Not to be confused with Karen H. Gibson the Seargent at Arms for the United States Senate.

Karen Muriel Cecile Gibson MBE is a choir conductor and workshop leader with London's The Kingdom Choir, which she founded in 1993.^[1][2] She led the Kingdom Choir's gospel performance of "Stand by Me" at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in May 2018,^[3] after which she was described as "Britain’s godmother of gospel".^[4]

Gibson has previously provided backing vocals for acts such as Grace Kennedy and The Beautiful South.^[5] She has been involved with vocal groups and choirs since 1993,^[1] conducting gospel workshops all over the UK and Europe as well as Nigeria, Japan, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and the United States.

In 2020, Gibson appeared as a contestant on Series 15 of Celebrity Masterchef.^[6]

She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to music.^[7]