Full Name
Dr. Gene Moon
Job Title
Associate Dean and Director of Orchestral Studies
Institution Name
California Baptist University
Speaker Bio
Sought after around the world, maestro Gene Moon has graced the podium of orchestras on four continents through a diverse range of countries. Dr. Moon’s career has led him conducting appearances throughout the United States and overseas in Asia and South America. He has led performances with orchestras including the Nacional Orquestra in the Dominican Republic, Saigon Philharmonic in Ho Chi Min City, Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín, Gangnam Symphony Orchestra along with university orchestras in Macau, Hong Kong, China, Korea and Vietnam. He is a passionate advocate of young musicians and works with orchestras of secondary school programs throughout the United States and has served as All-State clinician in the states of Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas, as well as serving as clinician for the 2020 National Orchestra Festival presented by the American String Teachers Association.
Beginning the fall of 2018, Dr. Moon joined the faculty of California Baptist University serving as Director of Orchestral Studies. At CBU, he oversees the orchestra program, chamber music program, graduate instrumental conducting program and serves as Artistic Director of the Opera Music Theater Program. He is on faculty with the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and work with hundreds of young musicians from all around the world each summer. An avid champion of music education, he dedicates his work to inspire and train future musicians, seen through his countless work with school instrumental programs and youth orchestras, such as the East Texas Youth Orchestra program, which grew from 22 members to 120 members over the course of three years under his artistic direction. Currently, as music director of the Riverside Arts Academy, he oversees a team of instructors and staff that implement music education in the schools amongst a region with a population of 300,000 people.
Dr. Moon’s previous posts include the faculties at the University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), the Mid-Del school district and as music director and conductor of the Oklahoma Youth Symphonies. His recent posts have included Director of Orchestral Activities at Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX), Artistic Director of the East Texas Youth Orchestras (Tyler, TX) and Music Director and Conductor of the Longview Symphony Orchestra (Longview, TX).
In addition to his podium duties, Dr. Moon is also an active pianist and violist, collaborating with colleagues on campus and throughout the world. He holds degrees from the University of Central Oklahoma, New York University and the University of Oklahoma. His conducting mentors include Jonathan Shames, John Jeter, and, in masterclass, with world-renown conductor, Sergiu Comissiona. As pianist, he studied with Jan Pokorny Steele, Lee Dai Wook, Dierdre O’Donohue, Ed Gates and noted Van Cliburn medalist, Valery Kuleshov and studied viola with Ralph Morris and Matthew Dane.
Beginning the fall of 2018, Dr. Moon joined the faculty of California Baptist University serving as Director of Orchestral Studies. At CBU, he oversees the orchestra program, chamber music program, graduate instrumental conducting program and serves as Artistic Director of the Opera Music Theater Program. He is on faculty with the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and work with hundreds of young musicians from all around the world each summer. An avid champion of music education, he dedicates his work to inspire and train future musicians, seen through his countless work with school instrumental programs and youth orchestras, such as the East Texas Youth Orchestra program, which grew from 22 members to 120 members over the course of three years under his artistic direction. Currently, as music director of the Riverside Arts Academy, he oversees a team of instructors and staff that implement music education in the schools amongst a region with a population of 300,000 people.
Dr. Moon’s previous posts include the faculties at the University of Central Oklahoma (Edmond, OK), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK), the Mid-Del school district and as music director and conductor of the Oklahoma Youth Symphonies. His recent posts have included Director of Orchestral Activities at Stephen F. Austin State University (Nacogdoches, TX), Artistic Director of the East Texas Youth Orchestras (Tyler, TX) and Music Director and Conductor of the Longview Symphony Orchestra (Longview, TX).
In addition to his podium duties, Dr. Moon is also an active pianist and violist, collaborating with colleagues on campus and throughout the world. He holds degrees from the University of Central Oklahoma, New York University and the University of Oklahoma. His conducting mentors include Jonathan Shames, John Jeter, and, in masterclass, with world-renown conductor, Sergiu Comissiona. As pianist, he studied with Jan Pokorny Steele, Lee Dai Wook, Dierdre O’Donohue, Ed Gates and noted Van Cliburn medalist, Valery Kuleshov and studied viola with Ralph Morris and Matthew Dane.
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