Thank you for visiting my web page. A composer and choral director living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, I direct choral music and teach at Phillips Theological Seminary (Chapel Choir, Music and Liturgy), Tulsa Community College, (Music Appreciation, Humanities), and University of Tulsa School of Music (Music Theory). I am Music Director at Memorial Drive United Methodist Church in Tulsa, and direct the High Holy Days Choir at Temple Israel, Tulsa's Reform Jewish congregation. From 1999-2004 I served as Director of Music Ministries at First Christian Church, downtown Tulsa.
I am graduate (Ph.D.) of the Eastman School of Music and the University of California, Santa Barbara (B.A.; M.A.), with additional composition studies at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland, and the Royal Music Academy, Århus, Denmark. My teachers include Daniel Lentz, Peter Racine Fricker, Per Nørgård, and Warren Benson. I have studied Library and Information Sciences at the University of Oklahoma, and hold a Certificate in Graduate Theological Studies from Phillips Theological Seminary.
My previous teaching experience includes positions at the Crane School of Music (SUNY Potsdam), SUNY Cortland, the Eastman School of Music, University of Tulsa School of Music. and Roberts Wesleyan College. I have also served on the reference staff of Tulsa Public Library, Rochester Public Library's Fine Arts Division, as well as the Rare Books and Special Collections division of the Eastman School of Music's Sibley Music Library. I am an active performer on clarinet, saxophone, recorder, and other early woodwinds. I have served as an adjudicator for the American Guild of Organists Regional Convention Composition Contest, and the Bela Rosza Memorial Student Composition Contest.
My catalog of works includes vocal, instrumental, and electronic music, and my music has been performed by student ensembles, church choirs, community choirs and orchestras, as well as professional performers throughout the United States and in Europe. I have written commissioned works for both public and private occasions, including music for commemorative church services, community celebrations, weddings, baptisms, etc., musical reviews for corporate events, and music for an award-winning animated film.
I am a member of Society of Composers, Inc., American Music Center, College Music Society, American Choral Directors Association, Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers, American Composers Forum, and Broadcast Music, Inc.
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I offer a variety of services to the public, including:
Variations on an Ancient Chinese Melody , piano and wind ensemble. For the University of Tulsa Wind Ensemble, Kenneth Grass, director.
Three Spring Songs [Thomas Nashe, A. E. Houseman, William Blake], SSATB unacc. For the University of Tulsa Chorale, Kim Childs, director.
Jesus, Our Friend and Brother [Native American texts and melodies], SATB, flute, hand drum. For Memorial Drive United Methodist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The God Who Gave Us Life [Thomas Jefferson], SATB, keyboard. For First Christian Church, Pryor, Oklahoma, Independence Day 2004.
Christ Has No Body on Earth, Now, but Ours [Theresa of Avila], SATB, keyboard. For Frist Christian Church, Pryor, Oklahoma.
Sing Praise to God upon the Harp [Psalm 147], SATB, 2 trumpets, organ. For the 2003 Tulsa Downtown Ministers Alliance Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service.
Holy Wisdom, SATB, flute, clarinet, organ. For the Dedication of Meinders Chapel, Phillips Theological Seminary, Tulsa.
Y'Varech'cha , [Aaronic Blessing], SATB unaccompanied, with reader. For Rabbi Charles Sherman, Temple Israel, Tulsa.
Agnus Dei, SATB, brass, organ. For the Installation of the Rev. Dr. L. Brent Cantrell as Senior Minister, First Christian Church, Tulsa.
Awake and Arise, [Isaiah 51/52], SATB, brass, organ. For the Centennial of First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Tulsa.
The Words of King Lemuel, [Proverbs 31], SATB, organ. For First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Tulsa, Mother's Day 2000.
Out of the Deep, [Psalm 130], SATB, euphonium, handbells, organ. For the Rev. Dr. L. Brent Cantrell.
Harrah Centennial March, band. For the Harrah, Oklahoma Historical Society.
Meditation on Avinu Malkeinu, flute, clarinet, piano. For Temple Israel, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Yom Kippur, 5759.
The Lord Created Medicines [Ecclesiasticus 38], SATB, organ. For St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York, for the sesquicentennial patronal feast of St. Luke, Evangelist and Physician.
O Send out Your Light. [Psalm 43], SATB, organ. For the Church of St. Luke and St. Simon Cyrene, Rochester, New York, Feast of Absolom Jones.
I Was Glad When They Said unto Me [Psalm 122], SATB, organ. Second Place, City of Rochester, New York Sesquicentennial Church Anthem Contest.
Uxor Tua, flute, oboe, clarinet. For Mrs. Janet Lindsey on the occasion of the her daughter's wedding.
Let the Light Shine [Leviticus 19; Deuteronomy 6], SATB, 2 trumpets, keyboard. Honourable Mention, Amadeus Choir of Greater Toronto 1996 Christmas Carol and Chanukah Song Contest
Sicut Cervus: Spirit Music for Verner Merritt Ingram III, 2 saxophones, organ. For Mr. & Mrs.Verner Ingram for the baptism of their son.
Clarkson College Alma Mater. Orchestration. For Clarkson College, Potsdam, New York.
Mass: Wondrous Love, SATB, congregation, organ. For Trinity Episcopal Church, Potsdam, New York.
Gaudeamus, Let Us Rejoice, SATB, trumpet, keyboard. For the State University College, Cortland, New York, on the occasion of the inauguration of President Judson H. Taylor.
Le Rêve, alto saxophone, percussion. For Maaike Gerlsma on the occasion of her Master's degree recital, Eastman School of Music.
When in the Fulness of Time [Galatians 4], SATB, unaccompanied. For the Chapel Singers of Colgate-Rochester Divinity School.
Responsorial Psalms and Cantlicles for Advent and Lent, cantor, congregation, organ. For Seneca United Methodist Church, Irondequoit, New York.
Bachappricio, flute, viola, harpsichord. For the Rochester Public Library, Rochester, New York, on the occasion of the Tricentennial of the birth of Johan Sebastian Bach.
Study for Blue Painting, bassoon, harp. For the Brainerd Art Gallery, Potsdam, New York.
Lipstick, film score, animated film by Betty Juodis. First Prize, Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers Film Festival, Rochester Institute of Technology.
Lazarus Rising, orchestra. For the Ärhus, Denmark City Orchestra.
Works currently in progress:
Requiem, SATB, congregation, organ.
Solo Vocal Music:
The Grandeur of God: Three Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins , tenor & piano
Four Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson , mezzo-soprano, piano
Dagen Svalnar: Four Poems of Edith Södergran [Swedish], mezzo-soprano, flute, 'cello, piano
Three Sacred Songs, medium voice, keyboard
The Sparrow Has Found Her a House [Psalm 84], medium voice, organ
Loveliest of Trees [A.E. Houseman], medium voice, piano
Two Love Songs [Susan Goldman], soprano, piano
To Dansk Sange (2 Danish Songs) [H.C. Andersen, Helge Rode], soprano, piano
The Lark at Break of Day [Shakespeare], baritone, viola
In Heavenly Love Abiding [Anna L. Waring], medium voice, viola, organ
Choral Music
Agnus Dei, SATB, brass, organ.
As Joseph Was A-Walking, SATB, viola, organ.
Awake and Arise [Isaiah 52:1, 51:1] SATB, brass, organ
Behold, a Hand Touched Me [Daniel 10:10-19], SATB, unaccompanied
Christ Has No Body on Earth, Now, but Ours [Theresa of Avila], SATB, keyboard
Father Abraham [Spiritual], SATB, unaccompanied
Gaudeamus, Let Us Rejoice, SATB, trumpet, keyboard
God So Loved the World [John 3:16], SATB, unaccompanied
Great Shall Be Their Reward [Tongan melody], SATB, keyboard
Holy Wisdom, SATB, flute, clarinet, organ.
I Was Glad When They Said unto Me [Psalm 122] SATB, organ
I'm Goin' to Sing When the Spirit Says Sing [Spritual], SATB, piano
I'm Gonna Live So God Can Use Me [spiritual], SATB, unaccompanied
In the Beauty of Holiness [Psalm 110], SATB, viola, organ
In the Midnight Sleep [Walt Whitman], SATB, unaccompanied
Jaya Ho, Jaya Ho (Victory Hymn) [anon. Hindi], SATB, organ, clarinet, flute, handbells, percussion
Jesus, Our Friend and Brother [traditiional Native American texts and melodies], SATB, handbells, percussion
Joseph, Dearest, Joseph Mine , SATB, clarinet, viola, organ.
Let the Light Shine, SATB, 2 trumpets, keyboard
Like Seed upon the Ground [John Cawood], SATB, unaccompanied
Little David, Play on Your Harp [spiritual], SATB, percussion
Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace [Francis of Assisi], SATB, organ
The Lord Created Medicines [Ecclesiasticus 38], SATB, organ
Magnificat, SATB, organ
Mass: Wondrous Love, SATB, congregation, organ
Out of the Deep [Psalm 130], SATB, euphonium, handbells, organ
Ride on, King Jesus [spiritual], SATB, unaccompanied
Rise, Heart, Thy Lord is Risen [George Herbert], SATB, organ
Sing Praise to God upon the Harp [Psalm 147], SATB, 2 trumpets, organ.
Souls of the Righteous [Wisdom 3:1], SATB, organ
The God Who Gave Us Life [Thomas Jefferson], SATB, keyboard
The Lord Is My Shepherd [Spiritual, Psalm 23], SATB, piano
The Time Is Drawing Nigh [spiritual, Matthew 25:1-13] SATB, unaccompanied
The Words of King Lemuel [Proverbs 31] SATB, organ
To You, O Lord, I Lift up My Soul [Psalm 25], SATB, organ.
Three Marian Motets [traditional texts], SATB, unaccompanied
When in the Fulness of Time [Galatians 4], SATB, unaccompanied
When Jesus Sat Down to Eat [Matthew 26], SATB, unaccompanied
Y'Varech'cha Adonai [Numbers 6:24-26], SATB unaccompanied, with reader.
Chamber Music
Meditation on "Avinu Malkeinu" , flute, clarinet, and piano
Aurora, tenor saxophone, piano
BACHappricio, flute, viola, harpsichord
Divertimento, flute, oboe (or 2nd flute), clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone
Four Autumn Sketches, clarinet, piano
La Nave del Deleite, clarinet, electronic tape
Le Rêve, alto saxophone, percussion, 2 players (vibraphone, marimba, wind chimes)
Sicut Cervus: Spirit Music for Verner Merritt Ingram III, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, organ
Study for Blue Painting, bassoon, harp
Uxor Tua, flute, oboe, clarinet
At the River, clarinet, organ, and handbells
Music for Larger Ensembles
Chamber Concerto for Ten Instruments, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, horn, viola, 'cello, celeste, harp, piano
Lazarus Rising, orchestra
Vesper Symphony, brass choir
Winter Concerto, tuba, wind ensemble
Harrah Centennial March, band
Opera
Jephtha, opera in two acts, libretto by Franklin Brewster
Musical Reviews for Corporate Events
Mr. Dewey's Neighborhood. For the Rochester Public Library.
Upstacks, Downstacks, with Your Host, Alistair Booke: an epic, fact-based (except for the stuff we made up) , PBS-like micro mini-series on the Lives, Loves, and Amusing Quirks of Melvil and Annie Godfrey Dewey. For the 1990 Centenniel of the New York Library Association.
Film Score
Lipstick, animated film by Betty Juodis.
Amadeus Piano Festival, New Music Concert (6/26/05)
La Nave del Deleite
Trinity Episcopal Church, Tulsa, OK, "Tuesdays at Trinity" concert series
Three Spring Songs
University of Tulsa Chorale, Spring Concert (4/18/05)
Three Spring Songs
University of Tulsa, School of Music Faculty Recital: Emily Truckenbrod, Michelle Cowen (3/29/04)
The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from Five Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson)
Bela Rozsa Memorial Concert, University of Tulsa (2/22/04)
La Nave del Deleite
The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from Five Songs on Poems of Emily Dickinson)
Amadeus Piano Festival, New Music Concert (6/21/03)
BACHappriccio
Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN (4/27/03)
Ride on, King Jesus
Salem United Church of Christ, Rochester, NY (5/11/03)
The Words of King Lemuel
Southminster Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, OK (4/27/03)
Ride on, King Jesus
First Christian Church, Tulsa, All Souls Concert (10/28/01)
Souls of the Righteous
At the River
Temple Israel, Tulsa, OK (10/99)
Meditation on Avinu Malkeinu
Voice Faculty Artists Concert Series , Gooywon Elissa Kim, Philadelphia, PA (4/25/01)
Spring Song (from Two Love Songs)
Society of Composers, Inc. Region VI Conference, Conway, AR (3/6/99)
La Nave del Deleite
College Music Society Conference, Edmond, OK (2/20/99)
La Nave del Deleite
State University College, Cortland, NY (12/98)
Let the Light Shine
Temple Israel, Tulsa, OK (9/98)
Meditation on Avinu Malkeinu (premiere)
St. Thomas the Apostle Episcopal Church, Rochester, NY (5/10/98)
God So Loved the World
Irondequoit Chorale, Irondequoit, NY (12/14/97)
The Time is Drawing Nigh
Society of Composers, Inc. Region III Conference, Elizabethtown, PA (10/18/97)
La Nave del Deleite
Rochester Jewish Chorale, Rochester, NY (12/8/96)
Let the Light Shine (premiere)
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, East Rochester, NY (11/10/96)
The Time is Drawing Nigh
Brooklyn College Electro-Acoustic Music Festival, Brooklyn, NY (10/23/96)
La Nave del Deleite
State University College, Cortland, NY (10/14/95), Inauguration of President Judson H. Taylor
Gaudeamus, Let Us Rejoice (premiere)
Preble Congregational Church, Preble, NY (5/28/95)
Prayer of St. Patrick
Cortland College-Community Orchestra (4/25/95)
Vesper Symphony (premiere)
Tompkins-Cortland Community College Chorus (12/16/94)
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Penfield Presbyterian Church, Penfield, NY (1/23/94)
The Time is Drawing Nigh
Rochester Chapter, American Guild of Organists Convention, Rochester, NY (1/22/94)
When Jesus Sat down to Eat
Webster Council of Churches Ecumenical Palm Sunday Service, Webster, NY (4/4/93)
Ride on, King Jesus
First Presbyterian Church, Seneca Falls, NY (4/12/91)
Souls of the Righteous
David A. Moore, Ph.D.
An Erratum in Ernst Krenek's Twelve Short Piano Pieces written in the Twelve-Tone Style, op. 83:l Does it matter if you play the right notes? [In progress].
Explores the significance of a misprint in the first measure of "Peaceful Mood," op. 83 no. 2, through analysis and correspondence with the composer.
Four 18th Century settings ofThe Beauty of Israel is Slain: Biblical Allegory and Themes of Reconciliation in English and American Settings of II Samuel 1: 17-27.
-At the 1999 South Central Chapter Meeting of the College Music Society, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK.
While David's lament over the death of Absalom is a highly personal expression of grief on the death of his treacherous son, his eulogy for Saul and Jonathan is a public expression of sorrow over the loss of a noble, albeit flawed, leader and his son. It can be viewed as a conciliatory gesture, in which David seeks to win over Saul's followers and re-unify the nation. This study focuses on four 18th century musical settings of the Saul/Jonathan Laments. Their historical and literary contexts will be explored, and their publication history will be traced from 17th manuscript and madrigal collections, through the later singing tutors and anthem collections of Law, Walter, and Billings, and others. A heretofore undocumented setting from James Hewett's An Introduction to Singing... (1765) is discussed.
Davidic Sacred Madrigals and Anthems from Thomas Weelkes to William Billings: their literary and historical context.
-At the 1998 Northeast Chapter Meeting of the College Music Society, University of Albany, Albany, NY.
The tradition of English settings of the "Great Lamentations" of King David for Saul, Jonathan, and Absolom which flourished in the 17th and 18th centuries extends from Jacobean England to colonial America. These moving works arise in the context of several important literary and historical events, including the 1611 publication of the King James Bible, the mysterious and tragic death of the teenage Henry, Prince of Wales in 1612, the English civil wars, and the American Revolution.
Dogfight to Lullaby: Vernacular Forms in Alban Berg's Wozzeck.
-At the 1997 Northeast Chapter Meeting of the College Music Society, Trinity College, Hartford, CT.
While folksongs and other popular or "vernacular" forms are frequently used as "atmospheric" devices in opera, Berg makes use of marches, bugle calls, and a folk song lullaby to create unique musical characterizations.
Ryhming Retrogrades: Sonnet Structure in Rilke and Rautavaara (lecture recital).
-At the 1996 Northeast Chapter Meeting of the College Music Society, Muhlenburg College, Easton, PA.
The contemporary Finnish composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara, inspired by Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus, makes use of unique periodic formal structures corresponding to poetic rhymes in his Sonnetto for clarinet and piano. A performance of the work by the author follows the presentation.
Victorian Anthems of the Oxford Movement: composers and theologians in dialogue.
-In Choral Journal, 12/93.
A study of the sermons and essays of Oxford Movement ("Tractarian") theologians such as Keble, Pusey, and Wilberforce reveals a remarkable correlation between their citation of Biblical texts, and anthems by Oxford educated composers such as Stainer, Goss, Ousely, and their contemporaries.
Reviews of books and choral music.
-In Choral Journal, 2/92, 3/92, 9/93, 3/94, 5/96. 10/96.
Eighteenth Century Clarinet Music.
Faculty Recital, State University College, Cortland, NY, October 20, 1995. Assisting artists: Linda Gard, 'cello, James Weiss, 'cello, Stephen B. Wilson, harpsichord.
Gregorio Sciroli (1722-1781), Sonata in Bb Major for clarinet and continuo
Jean Xavier Lèfevre (1763-1829), Sonata No. 4 from Méthode de Clarinette
C. P. E. Bach (1714-1788), Six Little Pieces for clarinet, 'cello, and harpsichord
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813), Sonata in Bb Major
Twentieth Century Clarinet Music.
Faculty Recital, State University College, Cortland, NY, March 7, 1995. Assisting artist: Karen Bals, piano.
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), Petit Concert
Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958), Nachtlieder
David Moore (b. 1948), La Nave del Deleite
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Sonata
Music for Clarinet and Piano.
Faculty Recital, State University College, Cortland, NY, March 18, 1993. Assisting artist: Rhonda Wright, piano.
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), Five Bagatelles
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Three Intermezzi, op. 13
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890), Fantasistykker, op. 43
Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928), Sonnetto, op. 53
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), Grand Duo Concertante, op. 48
Organ Fund Benefit Recital Series.
United Church of Christ, Congregational, Webster, NY, July-October, 1992. Assisting artist: Rhonda Wright.
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), Five Bagatelles
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), Grand Duo Concertante, op. 48
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890), Fantasistykker, op. 43
Scott Joplin (1868-1917), Three Rags
Faculty Composition Recital: Music of David Moore.
Crane School of Music, State Universtiy College, Potsdam, NY, December 8, 1981.
Three Marian Motets
Agus Dei from Mass: Wondrous Love
Chamber Singers, David Moore, cond.
Four Autumn Sketches for clarinet and piano
Alan Woy, clarinet, Cathy Loomis, piano
Dagen Svalnar: Four Poems of Edith Södergran [Swedish], mezzo-soprano, flute, 'cello, piano
Anitra Lynch, mezzo-soprano, Donald MacDonald, flute,
Rodney Farrar, 'cello, Janet Karpus, piano
Memories of the Gods and Birds (tape)
La Nave del Deleite (clarinet and tape)
David Moore, clarinet
Five Songs on Poems by Emily Dickinson
Pat Misslin, soprano, Carol Ann Elze, piano
Aurora for tenor saxophone and piano (premiere)
Sheila Smart, tenor saxophone, Robin MacMillan, piano
Chamber Concerto for Ten Instruments
Faculty Chamber Ensemble, David Moore, cond.
Scandinavian and American Music for Clarinet.
Howard Hanson Hall, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, February 24, 1980. Assisting artists: Miriam Tan, piano, Evan Rothstein, violin, Basil C. Vendryes, viola, Sharon A. Borst, 'cello.
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890), Fantasistykker, op. 43
Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928), Sonnetto, op. 53
Bernhard Henrik Crussell (1775-1838), Quartet in C minor, op. 4
David Moore (b. 1948), La Nave del Deleite
Clarinet:
C. P. E. Bach (1714-1788),Six Little Pieces for clarinet, 'cello, and harpsichord
Ernest Chausson (1855-1899), Andante et Allegro
Bernhard Henrik Crussell (1775-1838), Quartet in C minor, op. 4
Norman Dello Joio ( ), Concertante
Gerald Finzi (1901-1956), Five Bagatelles
Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817-1890), Fantasistykker, op. 43
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Sonata
Scott Joplin (1868-1917), Three Rags
Jean Xavier Lèfevre (1763-1829), Sonata No. 4 from Méthode de Clarinette
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), Petit Concert
David Moore (b. 1948), La Nave del Deleite;
-Four Autumn Sketches for clarinet and piano
-At the River, for clarinet, organ, and handbells
Juan Orrego-Salas,Variations for a Quiet Man
Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928), Sonnetto, op. 53
Paul Reade (b. 1943) Suite from the Victorian Kitchen Garden
Giacchino Rossini (1792-1868), Variations
John Rutter, The Lord is My Light
Esa-Pekka Salonen (b. 1958), Nachtlieder
Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Das Hirt auf dem Felsen
-Sonatina, op. 137 no. 1
Gregorio Sciroli (1722-1781), Sonata in Bb Major for clarinet and continuo
Ralph Vaughan Williams ( ) Six Studies in English Folksong
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), Three Intermezzi, op. 13
Johann Baptist Vanhal (1739-1813), Sonata in Bb Major
Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826), Grand Duo Concertante, op. 48
Saxophone:
Matyas Seiber (1905-1960), Dance Suite
Robert Schumann, (1810-1856) Three Romances
Recorder:
Peggy Glanville Hicks, Sonatina
G.F. Handel (1685-1759), Sonata in C Major, op. 1, no. 7
Fitzwilliam Sonatas
Colin Hand, Sonata Breve
Jean Baptiste Loelliet (1680-1730), Sonata in C Major
-Sonata in A minor
Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739), Sonata in F Major
Johann Helmich Roman (1694-1758), Sonata VIII in C Major
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Il Pastor Fido
Courses taught:
Humanities, Music Theory, History, Composition, Orchestration, Form and Analysis, Introduction to Music Literature (Music Appreciation), Creativity in Music, Introduction to Music Theory, Bibliography and Research Techniques (graduate seminar), Twentieth Century Music, Chamber Music, Applied Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Flute Choir, Clarinet Choir.
Workshops available:
Setting Words to Music
A step by step approach to creating an effective musical setting for songwriters, lyricists, teachers, choral directors, church musicians, and anyone interested in how music and words work together.
Creative Music Workshops for All Ages
De-mystifying the simple decision making process of creating simple musical compositions. These workshops can be adjusted to meet the needs of different age groups and levels of musical accomplishment.
Help! My Child Wants To Be a Music Major!
A workshop for college bound high school students and their parents.
Your Church Choir Doesn't Have To Be the "War Department!"
Understanding conflict in an around the church music program, and learning how to channel it in positive directions.
Developing a Balanced Church Music Program
Finding creative solutions to recruitment, repertoire, and congregational relations in today's challenging church environment.
History of Church Music
A workshop for clergy, musicians, and laity who want a more informed perspective on the place of music in today's worship.
Building a Basic CD Library
Getting the most for your money as you build your home, school, or church CD library.
Woodwind Repertoire for Contests and Festivals (Clinic/Recital)
Choosing the piece that's right for you; working with your accompanist; communicating over the music stand with your audience.
David A. Moore, Ph.D.Communications, Research, and Archival Services
Communications and Research
As a free-lance writer with a broad background of education and experience, I have written on a wide variety of topics, from the arts, to travel, to opinion essays, to articles and reviews for professional journals. My clients include communications firms as well as non-profit public relations offices. I am an expert researcher, having worked over 15 years in both public and academic libraries, and am able to gather and organize information quickly and accurately. I stand ready to assist you with any project, large or small, including:
- Press releases
- Fact sheets
- PSA's
- On-hold scripts
- Newsletters
- Brochures
- Correspondence
- Reviews
Archive/Special Collection Services for Individuals, Libraries, Museums
Whether it is the memories of a family, the manuscripts of a writer, poet, or composer, or the historical documents of a church or club, we can learn from our history only if it is accessible and in usable condition. All too often collections of photographs, letters, manuscripts, diaries, and legal documents are allowed to decay, or are discarded, simply because their owners don't know how to preserve and organize them.
As former assistant to the Librarian of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Archives division of the University of Rochester's renowned Sibley Music Library, I am familiar with the preservation and cataloging techniques necessary to organize and conserve all types of archival and primary source materials. I am prepared to assist with any project, from organizing the papers of the estate of an individual, to preparing special collections for museums and libraries.
To view some of my work for the University of Rochester, such as the Iconography Collection, the Letter File, or the Carl Nielsen Collection, visit the Sibley Music Library web page.
For further information, send me E-mail at davidcomposer@cox.net
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