Joyce Solomon Moorman (born May 11, 1946) is an American composer and educator.
Moorman was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on May 11, 1946, and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. [1] [2] She attended segregated public schools through high school. [1] Moorman earned a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1968 and in 1971, a masters of arts from Rutgers University. [2] She earned a masters of fine arts from Sarah Lawrence College in 1975. [3] In 1982, she earned her doctorate from Columbia University. [2]
She taught at the Brooklyn Music School starting in 1982 and leaving in 1993. [2] She has also taught at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, St. John's University, York College, LaGuardia Community College, NYC College and at Brooklyn College. [2]
In 1976, she received a jazz study grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). [4] In 1998, she was the winner of the Vienna Modern Masters Millennium Commission Competition. [5]
Moorman's work, "The Soul of Nature" premiered with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1990. [6] She composed Race Riot, a work based on Andy Warhol's piece of the same name. [7] It premiered in 2000 at the Pennsylvania Academy. [7] In 2016, the world premiere of Cape Coast Castle was played the Richmond County Orchestra. [8] Cape Coast Castle describes The Door of No Return in Ghana. [8]
Her opera, Elegies for the Fallen, is based on the poetry of Rashidah Ismaili and is a commemoration of the Soweto Massacre. [4]
Joyce Solomon Moorman (born May 11, 1946) is an American composer and educator.
Moorman was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on May 11, 1946, and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. [1] [2] She attended segregated public schools through high school. [1] Moorman earned a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1968 and in 1971, a masters of arts from Rutgers University. [2] She earned a masters of fine arts from Sarah Lawrence College in 1975. [3] In 1982, she earned her doctorate from Columbia University. [2]
She taught at the Brooklyn Music School starting in 1982 and leaving in 1993. [2] She has also taught at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, St. John's University, York College, LaGuardia Community College, NYC College and at Brooklyn College. [2]
In 1976, she received a jazz study grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). [4] In 1998, she was the winner of the Vienna Modern Masters Millennium Commission Competition. [5]
Moorman's work, "The Soul of Nature" premiered with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1990. [6] She composed Race Riot, a work based on Andy Warhol's piece of the same name. [7] It premiered in 2000 at the Pennsylvania Academy. [7] In 2016, the world premiere of Cape Coast Castle was played the Richmond County Orchestra. [8] Cape Coast Castle describes The Door of No Return in Ghana. [8]
Her opera, Elegies for the Fallen, is based on the poetry of Rashidah Ismaili and is a commemoration of the Soweto Massacre. [4]