Conductor and Music Director

 

Glenn R. Moore

Appointed in October 2016, Glenn contin­ues in his third year as the band’s conductor sharing over four decades of musical and leadership experience from his work with professional, community, and church music organizations. He has been an active musician in the metro At­lanta area for nearly two and half decades as a con­duc­tor and Horn Player and is active as a wind band clini­cian and has presented at sev­eral Music Edu­cators Association annual con­ferences and similar events. He also performs as Principal Horn Player and Assistant Con­ductor with the Southern Crescent Symphony Or­ches­tra.

                Mr. Moore retired from active military service after a near 22-year career in the United States Army, including several prominent Army Band assignments.  He also served in key roles in professional and community music ensembles including sig­nificant leadership positions in six active Army Bands, as a member of the staff and faculty at the Armed Forces School of Music, and Chairman of the Board and Principal Horn for the Tara Winds Community Band (Atlanta, GA). After his ac­tive duty retirement, he initially served as the Bandmaster and later, was the Com­mander/Conductor for the Georgia State Defense Force Band based in Atlanta, Georgia.

                He earned a Bachelor of Arts (Music) degree (Cum Laude) from Saint Leo Col­lege (now University), a Master of Information Systems Management degree (with Dis­tinction) from Keller Graduate School of Management, and completed post-graduate doctoral coursework at Capella University.  During his Army Band ser­vice, he completed advanced music study at the Armed Forces School of Music.

                Glenn is an accomplished and active composer/arranger whose works span across all instrumental music ensembles. He has produced several original compositions, nu­merous musical arrangements, and recently completed edits/adaptations for sev­eral out of print works. Our band routinely debuts his new works which are per­formed during our concerts throughout the year.

                He retired in the fall of 2017 as a senior manager with the federal government af­ter a successful IT Program Management career. He resides with his wife of 40+ years in south metro Atlanta. They have two adult children and two grand-daughters, who also reside in the metro Atlanta area.                                                                                                 (Feb 2019)