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James D. Moyer, born in 1964 in Easton, Pennsylvania. He completed his
Bachelor of Music degree in voice and organ at Westminster Choir College in
Princeton , New Jersey in 1986. While there he studied under Frauke
Haasemann, Allen Crowell, Robert Carwithen and Marvin Keenze. He also sang
in the Westminster Symphonic Choir under the direction of Joseph Flummerfelt.
Mr. Moyer then went on to the University of Oklahoma to complete the Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting in 1990. While there he studied with Dr. Dennis Shrock. Since leaving Oklahoma, he has done additional postgraduate work at Temple University in Philadelphia, and Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ.
From 1993 - 1999 he led the Western Branch Choirs from Chesapeake, Virginia to international acclaim. They were invited guests of Gian Carlo Menotti to sing on the ORA MISTICA series of the 1998 Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy. The choirs also won numerous awards and honors, and sang for such noted conductors as James Jordan, Donald Nally and Joseph Flummerfelt.
Currently, Mr. Moyer is the director of choral music for the Pennsbury Schools in Fallsington, PA and Director of Music at the First Presbyterian Church of Morrisville, PA. He is a former President of the Virginia American Choral Directors Association (VACDA), and has served on four convention committees for ACDA. He often contributes reviews to The Choral Journal, and is sought after for clinics, workshops, adjudications and guest conducting.
Contact details and further information
James D. MoyerDirector of Choral Activities
Coordinator of Vocal/Choral Music K-12
Pennsbury School District
705 Hood Boulevard
Fairless Hills, PA 19030
215-949-6700 x70875
215-949-6779 fax
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