J. David Moore
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Fern Hill - In 1993, I was having a wonderful time with a group in Cincinnati called The Village Waytes, my first professional a cappella group. We were collaborating on a piece for voices and dancers with a local modern dance troupe that we had fallen in love with Shawn Womack Dance Projects, named for its founder and principal choreographer. The piece included an a cappella setting of Dylan Thomas' "Fern Hill," which after fifteen years, I have finally readied for publication. It is still one of my favorite pieces, and I'm excited about the prospect of hearing it again. You can hear it in its entirety by clicking that link over to the right. Here is the full text, if you want to read along.

Current Projects and Awards:

The South Bend Chamber Singers - under the direction of Nancy Menk, has asked me to write a Christmas carol for next winter. I had the tremendous pleasure of hearing their premiere performance of The Ditchling Carol in 2006, so this opportunity tickles me pink.

The Venere Lute Quartet - Through the benificence of the Composers Commissioning Program of the American Composers Forum, I will be writing a piece for the Venere Lute Quartet, a remarkable and scintillating ensemble. This is especially exciting and daunting for its being the first non-choral piece that I've been asked to write in a decade. I am envisioning a multi-movement piece exploring the Renaissance concept of the "music of the spheres," as discussed by Johannes Kepler from Pythagorean models, and that would reflect the characters of the six planets of Kepler's time.

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J. David Moore (b. 1962) has had works performed and recorded all over the world. He has degrees in composition and choral conducting from Florida State University School of Music and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. In the years following his studies, David founded and directed two professional a cappella ensembles, Cincinnati-based The Village Waytes and St. Paul's award-winning Dare To Breathe. He has won numerous grants and awards through the American Composers Forum, the McKnight Foundation, and the Jerome Foundation. An active educator and clinician, David has coached vocal ensembles and served as composer-in-residence at elementary, middle and high schools throughout the midwest. He is a member of ASCAP and the American Composers Forum, and is devoted to bread baking, yoga, his daughter Rosannah, and a good cup of tea.[Click to hear Rosannah's classic hit "I Love Macaroni and Cheese."]

Featured Work for July

Fern Hill
From a larger work for dancers and voices called "Swimming In the Absence of Water" created with Shawn Womack Dance Projects and The Village Waytes in 1993, back in the Twentieth Century. This is the original analog recording, made in the studios of WGUC Cincinnati.


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