J. David Moore
Composer and Arranger
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The South Bend Chamber Singers, under the dynamic leadership of Nancy Menk, have just released "The World's Desire," a sparkly collection of contemporary Christmas carols and songs recorded in the resonant splendor of The Church of Our Lady of Loretto in South Bend, Indiana. Among other fine works are the first recordings of "The Ditchling Carol" and "To Drive the Cold Winter Away," which the group commissioned last year. Click over to your right to hear them sing.
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J. David Moore (b. 1962) has had works performed and recorded all over the world, and is especially enamored with the romance of word and melody. He has composed art songs, oratorios, music for percussion ensemble, string quartet, wind ensemble, baroque orchestra, and tuned wine glasses, in addition to over two hundred vocal arrangements. He has 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, awards, and residencies through ASCAP, the Jerome Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, and the American Composers Forum. 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 November
The One and Only Day
The women of the Cornell University Chorus under the direction of John Rowehl just performed this at their annual twilight concert on Halloween. It is a setting of a poem by north woods poet Tom Hennen, who writes intimately about some of the lonesome places in the world. Here is a portion of the text:
There has only ever been one day, and it happens over and over. No one knows
where it came from. It slides through time
like the prow of a ship through sleeping
water. It bumps against the shore of
daylight each morning and sets sail alone
in the dark at night.
The recording here is of Virgin Ground, a Twin Cities occasional women's ensemble who commissioned the piece.
Manuscript samples are displayed using Adobe Reader.
