Edward Alan Moore

Girard, Ohio, native Edward Alan Moore is Director of Music and Arts at East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh. Previously he was a member of the organ faculty at The Catholic University of America Benjamin T. Rome School of Music in Washington, D.C., Director of Music Ministries at The Lewinsville Presbyterian Church in McLean, Virginia, and Minister of Music at National City Christian Church in Washington, D.C. He received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in organ performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, studying organ with Michael Farris, improvisation with Gerre Hancock and Richard Erickson, and serving as research assistant for Professor Wm. A. Little.

Edward received the Master of Music degree in organ performance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying organ with Michael Farris and choral music with Fred Stoltzfus and Chester Alwes. He has a Bachelor of Music degree in music and religion from Grove City College in Pennsylvania, where he studied organ with Robert Cornelison and choral music with Douglas Browne. Dr. Moore was a visiting faculty member at the University of Iowa School of Music while Dr. Delbert Disselhorst was on sabbatical and served as guest conductor of the Catholic University of America Chorus while Dr. Leo Nestor was on sabbatical.

As a recitalist, Dr. Moore was the first organist chosen to perform on the Millennium Stage concert series at the Kennedy Center in 2004. Other recitals include those at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue in New York City, the Cathedral of Saint Philip in Atlanta, Princeton University Chapel, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, and the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan.

In the past few years Dr. Moore’ performance schedule included concerts at various locations in the Pittsburgh area and at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and the Riverside Church in New York City. As a choral accompanist, he has been the featured organist with the Washington Bach Consort, Bucks County Choral Society, Fairfax Choral Society, and Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.

He has teamed up with Pittsburgh pianist Nathan Carterette to form The Arsenal Duo, presenting concerts that unite their respective instruments in a unique and spectacular fashion. They draw from a diverse repertoire, including works originally for piano and orchestra; works original to piano and organ; their own transcriptions; and solo offerings.

Formed in 2013, The Arsenal Duo made their debut performance at Youngstown’s historic Stambaugh Auditorium, where they attracted one of the largest audiences since the restoration of the hall’s E.M. Skinner pipe organ. They also have been presented at Pittsburgh’s East Liberty Presbyterian Church and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral.

Symphonie No. 3, Op. 28 (1911)
Louis Vierne
(1870-1937)
I.  Allegro Maëstoso
IV.  Adagio
V.  Final

Recorded live at East Liberty Presbyterian Church – February 9, 2013