Ben Moore (born January 2, 1960) is an American

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whose works include

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, chamber music, choral music and

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.G. Schirmer
Introducing…the songs of Ben Moore
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and

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on the

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and

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labels. Other singers who have performed his music include

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, Robert White, and

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Biography

''Ben Moore – 14 songs'' was published by G. Schirmer in 2006. The

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's farewell gala for Joseph Volpe, broadcast nationally on PBS in 2006, featured two of his operatic parody songs. His song cycles include ''So Free Am I'' commissioned by the

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Foundation, ''Ode to a Nightingale'' and ''Dear Theo''. Moore wrote the score for the opera ''Enemies, a Love Story'' which premiered at Palm Beach Opera in February, 2015, and for ''Odyssey'', commissioned by the Glimmerglass Festival. Moore was born in

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and received a B.A. from

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and an M.F.A. from the

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Works and publications

*''Ben Moore: 14 Songs'' (G. Schirmer, Inc.) *''The G. Schirmer Collection of American Art Song –50 Songs by 29 Composers'' (G. Schirmer, Inc.) (Collection includes “The Cloak, the Boat and the Shoes.”) *''The Opera America Songbook'' (Schott Music) (Collection includes "The Time to Begin") *''Eight Songs'' (Classical Vocal Repertoire) (Song Collection for Voice and Piano) *''So Free Am I'' (CVR) (Seven Settings of Poems by Women) *''Cabaret and Theater Songs'' (CVR) *''The Audience Song'' (CVR) *''Content to Be Behind Me'' (CVR) *''I Love Teaching Voice'' (CVR) *''I’m Glad I’m Not a Tenor'' (CVR) *''Sexy Lady'' (CVR; written for

, it is a lament for lower-voiced women regarding roles they sing in opera) *''Wagner Roles'' (CVR) *''We Love the Opera'' (CVR) *''John and Abigail'' (based on letters of John and Abigail Adams) *''Henry and Company'' (musical theatre) *''Enemies, a Love Story'' (A new opera based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer with libretto by Nahma Sandrow) *''Odyssey'' (A new opera for children based on Homer's ''Odyssey'' with libretto by Kelley Rourke) *''Dear Theo'' (based on letters of Vincent van Gogh) (voice and piano) *''Dear Theo'' (for SATB chorus) *''The Lake Isle of Innisfree'' (for SATB chorus) *''The House on Kronenstrasse'' (for piano, viola, clarinet and narrator)Smith, Dinitia
"Houses and Souls, Haunted by Holocaust Ghosts"
*''New York Times*''. (October 10, 2006) *''Henry and Company'' (musical theatre) *''Bye Bye Broadway'' (musical theatre)

References

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