Crossover: An American Bio

By Carman Moore
 

"In a world of noise, in a world where the treble clef is disappearing, in Carman Moore, music still has a friend. This biography traces the musician's journey from apprenticeship to his becoming one of the world's leading composers- a composer whose range is phenomenal." Ishmael Reed

In his newly-completed autobiography composer Carman Moore recounts his crossover in life from small-town Ohio youth to friendships and meetings with such world figures as John Lennon, W. H. Auden, Louis Armstrong and Robert Redford. This great American bio is filled with Carman's anecdotes and wisdom gained from his rich associations and is enhanced by many excellent photos.  CROSSOVER also chronicles one man's account of the culturally rich epoch of the '60s and 70s in New York City. .....A great read; short and intriguing!

CARMAN MOORE'S compositional credits include performances by the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.  His musical THE SORCERER’S APPRENTICE (with Oyamo and Donald McKayle) was given 80 performances recently by the Seattle Children’s Theatre. Moore’s highly-acclaimed intermedia opera RASUR, GOD OF PEACE was premiered in March 2002 in San Jose, Costa Rica.  His gospel opera with librettist Ishmael Reed GETHSEMANE PARK was produced at San Franciso’s Hansberry Theatre and was the feature production at the Nuyorican Poets Theatre in the summer of 2000.  And his THE MYSTERY OF TAO was commissioned and premiered by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 2001.  Mr. Moore’s MASS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY was commissioned and premiered at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in 1994 before audiences of thousands.  The MASS was also performed in Cape Town, South Africa for the 1999 Parliament of the World’s Religions. Moore's SHE (AN APPRECIATION) honors the women of the world and received its New York premiere on May 1, 2010 at Continuum Ensembles 45th Anniversary concert at Merkin Concert Hall. Mr. Moore has completed his CONCERTO FOR ORNETTE AND ORCHESTRA for jazz legend Ornette Coleman, planned premiere, September 24, 2011.  www.carmanmoore.com  

Added as well to Carman Moore’s credits are music critic and columnist. Carman has written for the Village Voice along with contributions to The New York Times, The Saturday Review of Literature, Vogue, and Essence among others.