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January 2008
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Notes & Footnotes
For as long as he has played professionally (over 25 years), Fred has always found it natural to speak to his audience. And concertgoers have invariably remarked on how much they enjoy the brief and helpful comments that precede the works. Last year, we decided to give his recital format a name, and asked visitors to this site to contribute suggestions. We received over a hundred names – including some wonderful clever ones (and a few wacky ones!) We have decided to go with Notes & Footnotes. Thank you Dave McCarthy! To find out more about Notes & Footnotes, please click here. [link
to Recordings page]
NEW RECORDING !
- J122 – MacDowell/Clara Schumann/
- Edward MacDowell: Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23
- Clara Schumann: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 7

Click here for more information. [link
to Recordings page]
Jazz Arts Trio
Fred has always been a passionate lover of jazz. During
this last year, he took nine months off from concretizing. One of
his many projects during this sabbatical was to reunite with the
members of a jazz trio that he played with in high school. They have
now embarked on a fascinating project: to recreate the improvised
performances of their favorite jazz trios, those headed up by Oscar
Peterson, Vince Guaraldi, Bill Evans, Erroll Garner, Herbie Hancock
and others. This has meant listening over and over and transcribing
every note -- a labor of love. In December, the Jazz Arts Trio made
their debut performance to a cheering crowd at the Bell Arts Center
in Dover, New Hampshire. They are now ready to hit the road! Click
here to read more about the Jazz Arts Trio. [link
to Jazzartstrio page]
Jazz Arts Trio: Peter Fraenkel (drums), Fred Moyer, Peter Tillotson (bass)
USOLO
Fred's musical interests have led him to many interesting
activities and projects. He has written about music, studied jazz,
created his own record company, and written software to help him
analyze and practice pieces. One project, over ten years in the
making, is now bearing fruit. With a lot of expert help, he has
developed a hardware/software system called “USolo“ that
turns a computer into an orchestra for accompanying concerti.
At first he created this system for his own practicing, but recent
strides in midi, sampling, digital audio and other technologies
have made it possible to create synthetic orchestral performances
that sound nearly identical to a real orchestra. Fred has been presenting
piano concerto in some of his solo recitals, and audiences are
raving about the results. In the next few months, he will be releasing
a CD using this synthetic orchestra. Featured on the disc will
be Clara Schumann's virtuosic and lyrical Piano Concerto in A
Minor.
MUSIC MINUS ONE
Fred is pleased to have embarked on a relationship
with Music Minus One, a company which, since 1955, has been creating
learning tools for music students and professionals. Concurrent
with JRI's release of Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata (J120) MMO
has just released a recording of Fred playing just the piano part.
This recording will be invaluable for any cellist practicing this
piece. For more information, please visit MMO's web site: www.musicminusone.com or
call
1-800-669-7464.
DONAL FOX
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Frederick Moyer has long championed the works of
contemporary composers. Many have written for him including Louis
Calabro, Kenneth Frazelle, Gordon Green, David Kechley, Ned Rorem,
Andersen Viana, George Walker. The most recent addition to this
list is composer/pianist Donal Fox. Described by the Pulitzer
Prize winning critic Lloyd Schwartz as “ . . . one of the
most exciting musical personalities on the current scene . . . “,
Fox has daringly straddled the two traditions of Western classical
music and African-American jazz and blues. Through a Guggenheim
Foundation grant, Fox recently completed a set of piano etudes
for Moyer. After a recent performance in Fitchburg, MA,
David Lasky of the Telegram & Gazette wrote: “The ‘Toccata
on Bach’ was as hair-raising and downright swashbuckling
a piano piece as this reviewer has heard. Based loosely around
J.S. Bach’s ‘Toccata in e Minor,’ this feverishly
propulsive piece requires enormous stamina and incredible left-hand
technique. Moyer, ever the phoneomenal technician, tossed it off
as if it were child’s play, to the thunderous delight of
the audience.”
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