Dr. Gregory Moore

Dr. Greg Kehl Moore is Associate Professor of Music and Jazz Program Director at UW-Superior. He directs the UW-Superior Jazz Ensemble, teaches all courses in the jazz curriculum, and also teaches applied saxophone and world music.

Dr. Moore is active as a composer, performer and scholar. Two of his compositions, Music for Four Saxophones and Percussion and Sway, were performed at the prestigious World Saxophone Congress in 2003. His jazz compositions are published by Increase Music, Inc. and have been performed and recorded by many artists and ensembles, including Bobby Shew, Gary Foster, the Univ. of Texas Jazz Orchestra, the University of Cincinnati Jazz Ensemble, the Univ. of Memphis Jazz Orchestra, and the Big Time Jazz Orchestra. As a performer Dr. Moore has been a featured soloist with the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra (DSSO), and his solo work is featured on recordings by the Univ. of Texas Jazz Orchestra and the Big Time Jazz Orchestra. He received an Outstanding Improviser Award at the 1995 Louisville Jazz Festival. Moore performs regularly in the Duluth-Superior area with the Big Time Jazz Orchestra and the DSSO. He has presented public lectures on the history of jazz for the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra and the Duluth Public Library. He is co-author of a 1997 Contemporary Music Review article on women jazz composers.

Dr. Moore received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin (2000), his Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati (1995) and his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City (1981).

Sample Recordings

Performances

• In a Sentimental Mood (5.6 MB)
• Tableaux de Provence, mvt. 1 (2.7 MB)

Compositions

• Dawson's Freak (6.5 MB)
• Sway (6.2 MB)

Arrangements

• Tombeau de Couperin (3.2 MB)