J. David Moore
Composer and Arranger
Welcome!
News
- New work - "Lion Of the Heart"
- "I Know My Time Ain't Long" in print
- Current Commissions
- New recordings on the site
- New sample pages on the site
New work completed for MN-ACDA
Lion Of the Heart (SATB, piano) - Written for the Minnesota 9th and 10th grade Honors Choir, this is a ferocious setting of a poem by the 13th century Persian poet Rumi:
You, who are born
and bring us the mysteries,
the thunder of your voices delights us.
Roar, lion of the heart,
and tear me open!
Here is a perusal score. It will be premiered on February 16 of next year, during the 2012 ACDA Convention in Minneapolis.
My daughter Rosannah is now 15, and the piece is dedicated to her and all of her generation who are preparing to become the shapers of the world. It is written in the hopes that they will shape it to the contours of their own passions and joy.
"I Know My Time Ain't Long" now available in print.
My single most popular mp3 download ever is now available in print form. Order using the online form above, or download perusal pages here.
Current Commissions
2012 - Joyful Noise Chorus. A piece for this marvelous New Jersey-based mixed chorus of adults with physical and neurological challenges.- Caritas Vocal Ensemble - choral setting of the Ubi Caritas text
2013 - Melange a Trois - work for French horn, violin, and piano.
2014 - Minnesota Youth Chorale
TBD - Catherine Deiner: commemorative piece in memory of her mother. An exuberant instrumental inspired by the New Orleans jazz funeral.
New Recordings posted on the Site
Keeping QuietI Know My Time Ain't Long