Dorothy Rudd Moore
Composer and educator Dorothy Rudd Moore (b. 1940) has received commissions from the National Symphony Orchestra, Opera Ebony, and the Buffalo Philharmonic. Born in New Castle, Delaware, she became interested in composition at a young age and began piano lessons as well as taking on the clarinet. Moore continued her studies at Howard University where she studied composition with Mark Fax. After graduating in 1963, she received the Lucy Moten Fellowship to study in France. Moore is a distinguished educator having taught voice and piano at the Harlem School of the Arts, New York University, and Bronx Community College. She resides in New York City.