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The American conductor, educator, and baritone, Rayvon T.J. Moore, obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Choral Music from the University of Southern California (2011-2014); his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from California State University, Fullerton (2015-2017); and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (2017-2020). His conducting mentors include William Weinert, Robert Istad, Donald Brinegar, Brad Lubman, Joel Pressman, Jo-Michael Scheibe, Cristian Grases, Mark Scatterday, and Neil Varon. As a conducting fellow at several programs, he has worked with Ann Howard Jones, John Alexander, Jerry Blackstone, David Hayes, and Daniel Bara. He also was Bass Choral Scholar at First United Methodist Church of Pasadena (November 2014-August 2016).
In 2015 Rayvon T.J. Moore received the Graduate Equity Fellowship at California State University, Fullerton and in 2016 he was the recipient of the Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation's, Foncannon Choral Conducting Grant, for his academic and conducting excellence. In April 2017, he was awarded the Elliot and Kathleen Alexander Memorial Scholarship from Pacific Chorale for excellence in choral conducting. He has participated as a conducting fellow in several workshops including Chorus America’s Conducting Academy, the National Collegiate Choral Organization’s Conducting Fellowship program, the University of Michigan’s Choral Conducting Symposium and others.
Being a versatile performer, Rayvon T.J. Moore has sung back up for The Rolling Stones, Barry Manilow, Patti Austin, Andrea Bocelli, Kathleen Battle and Deborah Voigt. Moore can be heard on the album “John Williams & Steven Spielberg: The Ultimate Collection” recorded with Sony Classical. He has sung under the baton of Helmuth Rilling, John Williams, Jeffrey Kahane, Carl St. Clair, James Conlon, Grant Gershon, Marvin Hamlisch and others. As a conductor/soloist, he has premiered works by composers such as Christopher Tin, Stacey V. Gibbs, Seth Houston and many more.
Rayvon T.J. Moore specializes in topics on conducting gesture and musical interpretation. He has held faculty positions at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York (August 2019-July 2020); Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York (September 2017-May 2018); The Young Musicians Foundation, Los Angeles, California (September 2015-August 2016); The Saturday Conservatory of Music, Pasadena; California (September 2014-September 2016); and Esperanza Azteca Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (October 2014-2015). He has also served as Associate Conductor of the Eastman-Rochester Chorus and Eastman Chorale ane was one of the conductors of Eastman School of Music: Bach Cantata Series (August 2017-August 2019), Assistant Conductor for California State University Fullerton's Opera, Concert Choir and Women's Choir (August 2015-May 2017), as well as the Assistant Conductor of the Donald Brinegar Singers.
Rayvon T.J. Moore has been lauded for his energetic, yet sensitive conducting and his rich baritone voice. Currently he serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at Friends University (since August 2020) and as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Wichita Chamber Chorale (since July 2020). At Friends, he conducts the internationally renowned Singing Quakers, in addition to teaching courses in conducting, choral methods, and applied voice.
Rayvon T.J. Moore has also been Director of Music and Chancel Choir at Northridge United Methodist Church (August 2016-August 2017); Director of Music at Western Presbyterian Church in Palmyra, New York (September 2017-May 2020); Director of Music Ministries at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church (since August 2020).
Rayvon T.J. Moore is an active member of the American Choral Directors Association, Chorus America, National Collegiate Choral Organization, the National Association for Music Education, and is sought after as a guest conductor, clinician, speaker, and adjudicator. He is currently lives in Wichita, Kansas. |
