University of Pittsburgh

Eric Moe

Portrait
Professor of Music
Codirector of Music on the Edge
PhD, University of California at Berkeley, 1982
Office: 
209 Music Building
Phone: 
412-624-4198
emoe [at] pitt [dot] edu

Fields

Composer of "music of winning exuberance" (The New York Times). Pianist.

Teaching

Composition and Analysis Tutorial, Music Theory, Introduction to Analysis, Composition Seminar, Electronic Music.

Selected Honors and Awards

Lakond Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Guggenheim Fellowship.

Wellesley Composer's Conference Fellowship.

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship.

Residencies at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Bellagio, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, the Millay Colony, the Ragdale Foundation, the Montana Artists Refuge, and the American Dance Festival.

Selected Commissions

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Fromm Foundation (2)

Koussevitzky Foundation

Meet-the Composer Commissioning/USA

Selected Recordings

Sonnets to Orpheus and Siren Songs (Koch International Classics CD, 2001).

Kicking and Screaming (Albany Records, 2003).

Up & At 'Em (Albany Records, 2002).

On the Tip of My Tongue: Chamber and Electroacoustic Music of Eric Moe (Centaur 1997).

For a complete discography, see http://www.ericmoe.net.

Selected Recordings as a piano soloist

New American Waltzes, waltzes for piano by two generations of American composers (Albany Records, 2004).

Other recordings on Koch, CRI (New World), Mode, and AK/Coburg labels, performing the music of John Cage, Roger Zahab, Marc-Antonio Consoli, Mathew Rosenblum, and Felix Draeseke.

Selected Recent Compositions

Tri-Stan (2003) sit-trag for mezzo-soprano and 10 players.

Strange Exclaiming Music (2004) for violin and piano

Hey Mr. Drummachine Man (2004) for piano and boombox.

Teeth of the Sea (2003) for percussion solo (two conga drums, or conga and tumba).

Preamble & Dreamsong from the 4-5 a.m. REM Stage (2003) for alto flute and piano.

Fierce Lament (2002) for chamber orchestra.

down the stream, merrily (2002) for two marimbas.

Pulaski Skyway Waltz (2002) for solo piano.

Eight Point Turn (2001) for fl, ob, cln, bsn, vla, cb, perc, pno. Commissioned by the Philadelphia Music Project and the NEA for Rel'che.

Three Ways to Relieve Tension (2001) for solo piano.

Dead Elf Tugboat (2000) for flute and keyboard sampler.

Repeat Offender (2000) for fl, cln, alto sax, vln, vlc, perc, pno.

No Time Like the Present (1996) commissioned by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Complete list of compositions and first performances

Activities

Codirector, Music on the Edge new music concert series, University of Pittsburgh.

Director, University of Pittsburgh Electroacoustic Music Studio.

Founding member, EARPLAY, San Francisco.

Board of Trustees member, Robert Miller Fund and Composers Conference.

Advisory Board member, Princeton University Music Department.

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