Eric Moe
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.
