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JOHN J. MOSES

Clarinet 


324 Harold Avenue

Leonia, NJ 07605

tel: 201 944 0845        fax: 201 944 0845

cell: 201 401 1243        email: JOHNJMOSES@aol.com



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

Alberto Luconi, Professor of Clarinet



       Musical / Performance Activities


Orchestral


American Composers Orchestra, 1979 - present 

Principal clarinet, conducted by Dennis Russell Davies (conductor Emeritus), 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 Itzhak Perlman, and Paul Lustig Dunkel (conductor Emeritus), recorded 1999 Pulitzer Prize in composition.

The Little Orchestra Society, 1988 - 2008

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 - 2003

               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 

               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 Anagnost


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 Light (Lee Holdridge)

               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, Lunesta, Listerine, Cadillac, Chase Bank, Cheerios, FedEx, KFC, Microsoft, Nasonex, Visa, WonderPets



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



               Age of Innocence - 1993

               Aladdin - 1992

               Analyze This - 1999

               Anastasia - 1996

               And the Band Played On (HBO) - 1994

               Beauty and the Beast - 1991

               Big  - 1988

               Billy Bathgate - 1991

               Camilla - 1994

               Carlito's Way - 1993

               Consenting Adults - 1992

               Cop Land - 1997

               Dressed to Kill  - 1980

               Ed Wood - 1994

               Eight Millimeter - 1998

               Fargo - 1995

               Femme Fatale - 2002

               Hamlet - 1999

               Hester Street  - 1975

               Home Alone 2 - 1992

               Interview with a Vampire - 1994

               Intolerable Cruelty - 2003

               It Could Happen to You - 1994

               Journey of August King - 1995

               Lethal Weapon 3 - 1992

               Life With Mikey - 1993

               Love and Money  - 1982

               Lovesick  - 1983

               Michael Collins - 1996

               Mission to Mars - 2000

               Noqoyqatsi - 2002

               Picture Perfect - 1997

               Pocahontas - 1993

               Powaqqatsi  - 1988

               Prelude to a Kiss - 1992

               Primary Colors - 1998

               Reckless - 1995

               Reds  - 1981 

               Shining Through - 1991

               Simone - 2001

               Spanish Prisoner - 1997

               Sphere - 1998

               Striptease - 1996

               S.W.A.T. - 2003

               The Chamber - 1996

               The Golden Spiders-Nero Wolfe (A&E) - 1999

               The Informant - 2009

               The Muppet Christmas Carol - 1992

               The Untouchables  - 1987

               What Planet Are You From? - 2000

               Wolf - 1994

               You've Got Mail - 1998