NEWS updated 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

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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

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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