J. DAVID MOORE
Composer, Arranger, Conductor
He lives with his beautiful wife Anna in Minneapolis, where he makes pie, drinks tea, and is distracted by shiny objects.
First Readings Project
Fresh Ayre Music
Founded in 2006 to publish and distribute David’s works to performers around the globe.
J. David Moore
Composer, Arranger, Conductor
J. David Moore is a composer, arranger, conductor, teacher, and Southerner who has lived in the Upper Midwest for most of his life. His music has been called “endlessly inventive,” “glorious…haunting… breathtaking,” and “joyous…wild and elemental.” He publishes through his company Fresh Ayre Music.
He lives with his beautiful wife Anna in Minneapolis, where he bakes bread, drinks tea, and is distracted by shiny objects.
First Readings Project
A professional chamber choir producing high-quality demo recordings of new music for vocal ensemble.
Fresh Ayre Music
Founded in 2006 to publish and distribute David’s works to performers around the globe.
FEATURED Video Peformances
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To Know The Dark
To Know the Dark
music by J .David Moore
poetry by Wendell Berry
performed by Lumina, 12/22/18
published by Fresh Ayre Music http://www.jdavidmoore.net -
A Ketterling Carol – premiere
A Ketterling Carol
music by J. David Moore
text by Sara Teasdale
performed by The Choral Arts Ensemble, Rochester, MN
bassoon: Spencer Ketterling
conducted by Rick Kvam
published by Fresh Ayre Music -
Navajo Blessing
Navajo Blessing
music by J. David Moore
text traditional Navajo
sung by Dare To Breathe
published by Fresh Ayre Music
Commissions
Let’s make something beautiful together.
Learn more about the commissioning process and how to get started.
Workshops
I would be delighted to join your choir for a rehearsal or workshop, in person or Interwebically.
REHEARSALS
If you are preparing a piece of mine for performance, I would be delighted to join your choir as a clinician or guest conductor. I can provide a composer’s perspective of the piece, discuss creative process, and offer performance feedback, conducted in person or over Skype or FaceTime.
HALF-DAY CLINICS / MASTERCLASSES
A half-day clinic could cover an extended rehearsal period or masterclasses in a variety of topics such as creative process, musical score preparation, self-publishing, conducting, or life as a professional composer.
RESIDENCIES
A multi-day residency could be tailored to fit the interests and needs of your singers or students, and would afford time for more individual instruction. Offerings could include small ensemble coaching, private composition or conducting instruction, and any of the subjects listed for workshops.
PRIVATE LESSONS
I am available to teach composition, arranging, and musical score preparation in person or online. Times and frequency are negotiable.
Recent Quotes
Endlessly Inventive
“J. David Moore’s imagination is endlessly inventive. No one more effortlessly breathes new life into the familiar, nor creates original compositions with more humor, passion and joie de vivre.”
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