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 in national and international settings.

He has been an active musician in the metro At­lanta area for nearly 25 years as a con­duc­tor and Horn Player and is an active wind band clini­cian. He also performs as Principal Horn Player and Assistant Con­ductor with the Southern Crescent Symphony Or­ches­tra.  He is frequently invited as Guest Conductor for community bands in the metro Atlanta area and was recently selected as the Principal Sub Rehearsal Conductor for the Alpharetta City Band and New Horizons Bands for each of their wind band and Jazz/Big Band genres. 

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 and as a member of the staff and faculty at the Armed Forces School of Music. After his ac­tive duty retirement he performed as Principal Horn for the Tara Winds Community Band (Atlanta, GA), and served as Chairman of the Board.  In 2009, he served as the Bandmaster, and was later appointed as 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 fall 2017 as a senior executive 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.                                                                                                                                                     (May 2019)