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JOHN J. MOSES

Clarinet 

Education

• DMA (ABD), The Juilliard School, New York City, 1971, Joe Allard, Professor of Clarinet
  
• MS, The Juilliard School, New York City, 1966, Joe Allard, Professor of Clarinet
  
• BM, The Juilliard School, New York City, 1965, Bernard Portnoy, Professor of Clarinet

Private composition studies: Luciano Berio, Vittorio Giannini, Vincent Persichetti, and Roger Sessions

Music theory studies: Elliott Carter and Arnold Fish
Music history and critical analysis: Gustave Reese and Irving Kolodin

• Included in the first Doctoral class at The Juilliard School, on a three-year, full tuition scholarship
  
• Music studies: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1961 - 1963, John Mohler, Professor of Clarinet

            Musical / Performance Activities

            Orchestral

• American Composers Orchestra, 1979 - present

Principal clarinet, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies, with concerts at Carnegie Hall and dozens of premieres, including recordings of Glass, Cage, Sessions, Harrison, Hovhaness, Wuorinen, Carter, Zorn, Bolcom, Beaser, McPhee, Ung, Consoli, Thorne, Picker, Roussakis, and others.

• New York Pops, 1983 - present

Principal clarinet, founded and conducted by Skitch Henderson, with concerts throughout the US, including New York performances at Carnegie Hall, tours to Japan and numerous recordings.

• Westchester Philharmonic, 1982 - present

Principal clarinet, conducted by Paul Lustig Dunkel, recorded 1999 Pulitzer Prize in composition.

• The Little Orchestra Society, 1988 - present

Principal clarinet, conducted by Dino Anagnost, with concerts for young people throughout the New York City area. The orchestra has been featured in many TV broadcasts and numerous recordings including, Peter and the Wolf, narrated by Dom DeLuise, Gerald McBoing Boing, narrated by Carol Channing, and A Zoo Called Earth, narrated by Peter Schickele.

• P.D.Q. Bach Orchestra, 1980 - 2006

Principal clarinet, conducted by Peter Schickele, featured in concerts and recordings throughout the world.

• Former principal clarinet with:

                        American Symphony Orchestra, 1985 - 1990

                        Ballet orchestras at the Metropolitan Opera, 1980 - 1990

                        Brooklyn Philharmonic, 1972 - 1982

                        Chamber Orchestra of San Francisco, 1970

                        Israel Philharmonic, U.S. tour, 1999

                        Manhattan Philharmonic, 1988 - 1992

                        New Jersey Symphony, 1971 - 1975

                        New York Chamber Symphony, 1996 - 1998

                        New York City Opera Orchestra, 1982 - 1985

                        New York Grand Opera, 1985 - 1995

                        Opera Orchestra of New York, 1980 - 1985

                        Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, 1969 - 1970

• Featured clarinetist with:

                        Metropolitan Opera, 1970 - present

                        New York City Ballet Orchestra, 1989 - present

                        New York Philharmonic, 1981 - present

                        Orchestra of St. Luke's, 1992 - present

                                    Royal Philharmonic of London, U.S. tour, 1970

            Chamber Music Ensembles

            Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, 1993 - present

            Speculum Musicae, 1972 - 1975

            The Amadeus Ensemble, 1982 - present

            The Bronx Arts Ensemble (co-founder), 1970 - 1980

            The EOS Ensemble, 1999 - present

            The Soho Ensemble (co-founder), 1960 - 1970

Major Music Festivals

                        Adare Festival, Ireland, 1992

            Aspen Music Festival, CO, 1970 - 1980

                        Cabrillo Festival, CA, 1969

            International Taiwan Music Festival 2000, Taiwan, 2000 - present

                        Mostly Mozart Festival, NY, 1992 - present

                        North Country Chamber Players, NH, 1994 - present

                        Spoleto Festival, Italy, 1968

                        Vermont Mozart Festival, VT, 1982 -1985

            Solo Performances

                        Bernstein, Leonard, Prelude, Fugue and Riffs, Brooklyn Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein

                        Burwell, Carter, And the Band Played On, HBO AIDS TV Special with Carter Burwell

                        Copland, Aaron, Clarinet Concerto, Columbia Symphony Orchestra with Aaron Copland

                        Four solo New York City recitals

                        International Taiwan Music Festival 2000, John Moses Live in Recital, Taiwan, R.O.C.

                        Mozart, Wolfgang A. Harmoniemusik for Woodwind Octet, The Amadeus Ensemble with Julius Rudel

                        Mozart, Wolfgang A., Clarinet Concerto, The Little Orchestra Society with Dino Anagnost

                        Pousseur, Henri, Madrigal 3, The Berio Ensemble with Luciano Berio, Rome, Italy

                        Strauss, Richard, Duet-Concertino, with Leonard Sharrow, Aspen Festival Orchestra with Sergiu Comissiona

                        Stravinsky, Igor, Ebony Concerto, Brooklyn Philharmonic with Lucas Foss

                        Vivaldi, Antonio, Double Concerto, with Mitchell Estrin, The Little Orchestra Society with Dino Anagnos

            Performed with the following Conductors/Composers

                        John Adams

                        Luciano Berio

                        Leonard Bernstein

                        Pierre Boulez

                        Elliott Carter

                        Aaron Copland

                        Dennis Russell Davies

                        Kurt Mazur           

                        Zubin Mehta

                        Gunther Schuller

                        Leonard Slatkin

                        Stephen Sondheim

            Musical Theatre / Broadway / Original Cast Recordings

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Leonard Bernstein)

Big (David Shire)

Candide (Leonard Bernstein)

Crazy For You * (George Gershwin)

Grind (Larry Grossman)

Into The Woods (Stephen Sondheim)

Jane Eyre (Paul Gordon)

Jerome Robbins' Broadway * (various composers)

Marie Christine (Michael John LaChiusa)

Merrily We Roll Along (Stephen Sondheim)

Mikado (Gilbert and Sullivan)

Nine * (Maury Yeston)

Oh, Kay! (George Gershwin)

Oklahoma! (Rodgers and Hammerstein)

Porgy And Bess (George Gershwin)

Smile (Marvin Hamlisch)

Sweeney Todd * (Stephen Sondheim)

The Rink (John Kander and Fred Ebb)

Threepenny Opera (Kurt Weill)

Titanic * (Maury Yeston).

Wicked (Stephen Schwartz), and others

                                    * Tony Award winners for Best Show of the Year

            Additional Original cast albums

                        Assassins (Stephen Sondheim)

                        Follies (Stephen Sondheim and The New York Philharmonic)

                        Man of La Mancha (Mitch Leigh and Joe Darion, featuring Placido Domingo)

                        Pacific Overtures (Stephen Sondheim)

                        Phantom (Maury Yeston)

                        Shogun (Paul Chihara)

                        The Frogs (Stephen Sondheim)

            Commercial albums with solo recording artists

Popular and Classical singers: Betty Buckley, Charlotte Church, Natalie Cole, Judy Collins, Barbara Cook, Celine Dion, Placido Domingo, Avraham Fried, Jerry Hadley, Thomas Hampson, Marilyn Horne, Kiri Te Kanawa, Cleo Laine, Pat Metheny, George Michael, Mandy Patinkin, Dawn Upshaw, Three Irish Tenors, Andreas Bocelli.

                        Jazz artists: Anita Baker, Tatie Danielle, Art Farmer and Benny Golson, Wynton Marsalis, Dave Sanborn.

            Studio and Commercial Work

                        Clarinet recording artist on selected film scores and jingles.

• Film scores (see Selected Filmography)

            Named in many film credits as clarinet soloist, and performed on over 150 soundtracks.

• Most recent jingles for commercial corporations include:

            Acura, AT&T, MasterCard, AOL, Verizon, Buick, Listerine, Cascade,

            Chase, Cheerios, Federal Express, KFC, MCI, Microsoft, Tide, Visa

            Teaching Experience

• Lecturer, soloist, teacher, International Taiwan Music Festival 2000, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  
• Lecturer, Queens College, Aaron Copland School of Music, CUNY, 1993 - present
  
• Lecturer, Brooklyn College, Conservatory of Music, CUNY, 1984 - present

      My classes have produced prominent performers and teachers throughout the US and abroad, including:

      KeriAnn Dibari, Broadway musician and prominent teacher

      Mitchell Estrin, Assistant Professor of Clarinet, University of Florida

      Eric Ginsberg, Professor of Clarinet, University of Western Illinois

      Dr. Kang Ho, Vice President, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra

      David Krakauer, Clarinet soloist with the Klezmer Madness Band

      Thomas Oberle, Administrator and teacher, New York City Schools
      John Yeh, Associate Principal Clarinet, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

• Private clarinet instruction, woodwind and orchestral coaching, 1965 - present
  
• Lecturer, The Riverdale Country School, 1977 - 1981, Riverdale, NY

The Riverdale Country School is a New York high school for the gifted and talented.

• Faculty, Director of Woodwind Chamber Music Program; Aspen Music Festival, 1972 - 1980

Developed, administered, and taught over 300 woodwind ensembles, in addition to featuring students in professional settings in the Aspen area.

• Faculty Chairman, Woodwinds, Wagner College, Staten Island, 1967 - 1979

Taught woodwind techniques classes, private students, woodwind ensembles, and developed a woodwind

faculty and quintet, which performed professionally and recruited high school students.

• Teaching Fellowship, Juilliard School of Music, 1965 - 1971

Juilliard teaching fellow from undergraduate through graduate school; a full scholarship student, with teaching responsibilities including: woodwind ensembles, theory and ear training.

Additional Educational Activities

• Lecturer and panelist, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), Recording Artist Series, 1999

Lecturing on the musician’s role in the recording industry.

• Lecturer, Concert Artists Guild "Career Moves" seminars program, 1989 - 1994; Mannes College of Music,

               Manhattan School of Music, Yale School of Music, Eastman School of Music, Curtis Institute of Music.

                           Lecturing on career paths and options in music; symphonic, chamber music, soloist, and teaching.

• Young Audience Concerts, Woodwind Chamber Music, 1968

Organized and performed in woodwind quintets for the New York City schools.

            Academic Awards

• Naumburg Scholar (awarded for three years of Doctoral study), New York City, 1966 - 1969
  
• Otto Storm Scholar, The Juilliard School, 1965 - 1966
  
• Jonathan D. Cohen Clarinet Scholarship, The Juilliard School, 1964 - 1965

            Selected Filmography

           References are available on request, as well as Resume in PDF format

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