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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My COVID Year - J. David Moore
11/21/20 - World Premiere
https://www.angelicacantanti.org/
Minneapolis, MN
Written by singers in Grades 2 --5 during Covid 19 pandemic.
Score available from Fresh Ayre Music – https://jdavidmoore.net/fresh-ayre-music/
Director: Michelle Gehrz.
My COVID Year
Not being able to travel to see my relatives,
Not being able to see my friends,
All of the bad news that I hear about,
Can’t hug my loved ones
It feels so weird, spending all my time at home,
I miss my school and my old routine,
No sleepovers, holidays, vacations, and gathering.
I want this over soon!
My COVID year,
My COVID year,
It’s scary and overwhelming in My COVID year.
Spending time with my dad while he works at home,
Spending time with my family,
Playing with my friends outside on the trampoline,
Bike rides and Minecraft!
My COVID year
My COVID year,
I’m grateful my family is healthy in
My COVID year,
Wash your hands
Wear a mask
Don’t touch your face and eyes
Keep at least six feet apart
Stay home and sanitize
Wash your hands
Wear a mask
Don’t touch your face and eyes
Keep at least six feet apart
Stay home and sanitize
Wash your hands
Wear a mask
Don’t touch your face and eyes
Keep at least six feet apart
Stay home and sanitize
Someday soon, this will all be a memory,
But life after quarantine will feel so strange
People won’t know how to trust what is safe again.
But just imagine
I just can’t wait for the crowds ‘round the ice cream truck
I can’t wait just to go to the mall
Stand with my friends on a stage two feet apart
Singing: May You Always have a song
Jubilate Deo
There is Peace
Imagine Castle on a Cloud
My COVID year,
My COVID year,
We’ll sing again at the end of
My COVID year.
My COVID year.
My COVID year
Our voices will blend at the end of My COVID year
My COVID year.
My COVID year
My COVID year. -
Waltz For Anna
A little waltz for my sweetheart. Played by the magnificent David Lohman in Westminster Hall, Minneapolis.
Order the score from Fresh Ayre Music: http://jdavidmoore.net/instrumental/waltz-for-anna -
Rock Island Line | arr. J. David Moore
The NDSU Concert Choir has a distinguished tradition of performing eminent choral literature at the highest level of artistry. Under Jo Ann Miller's direction, the choir has performed at state, regional and national music conferences--including seven North Central American Choral Directors Association conferences and the association's national conference in San Antonio, Texas. The choir performs regularly with the Fargo Moorhead Symphony and tours overseas every three years. Most recently, the choir visited Eastern and Central Europe in 2009, toured Croatia and Italy in 2012, Iceland and Scotland in 2015, and Germany and Austria in 2018 The choir received the first place gold medal at the International Choral Competition in Zadar, Croatia, during the 2012 tour.
The Store
Music for Quarantine or Choir Reunion
Commissions
Let’s make something beautiful together.
NEW: 2020 Solo Piano Commissioning Consortium
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.
COMPOSING RESIDENCIES
Let’s write a song together! Over the course of a few sessions, I can help write a song based on your singers’ own ideas and in their own words (see “My COVID Year” in the video section above).
PRIVATE LESSONS
I am available to teach composition, arranging, and musical score preparation in person or online. Times and frequency are negotiable.
Recent Quotes
Extraordinary!
David is extraordinary in so many ways! As a composer his music is fresh, melodic, and a perfect blend of accessibility and challenge. As a collaborator, David is brimming with ideas that will work for the specific group he is working with. My Angelica Cantanti Youth Choir singers (ages 7-11) LOVED working with David on composing a piece that expressed their feelings during the Covid-19 pandemic. I can’t recommend enough finding an opportunity to work with David! His exuberant energy, passion and desire to connect with others, and creative, musical skills are tremendous.
Michelle Gehrz
Angelica Cantanti Youth Choirs, Mpls, MN Artistic Staff
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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