Joyce E Moorman

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Office: F-1130O

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Phone: (212) 220 1472

Professor and accomplished pianist Joyce Moorman teaches music classes in the Music and Art Department at BMCC.
Her areas of specialization within the field of music are composition and piano. Her compositions have been performed internationally and she has performed as an accompanist nationally with chamber and choral groups.
Professor Moorman also is a commissioned composer. Her “Tone Poem for Victims of Racism and Hatred” was recorded by Vienna Modern Masters and is available through Naxos. In 1997, she was appointed by the Governor of New York to the Advisory Music Panel for the New York State Council on the Arts, which she served on for three years.
According to Moorman, the course most related to music composition that she teaches is Introduction to Digital Music.
“Composers today rely on the computer, especially for the production of musical scores, the creation of new sounds, and the recording of improvisational or nonwritten music or sounds,” she says. “I also presently teach BMCC’s Basic Music class, which introduces students to music notation symbols and the building blocks of music, scales and chords.”
She adds that she teaches piano at BMCC and “Facility at the piano is a tremendous asset to anyone seeking to pursue a career in music.”

Expertise

Music Education at the College Level, Music composition

Degrees

Courses Taught

3 CRS.3 HRS.NULL LAB HRS. MUS 103 MUS 103 (Music and Western Society): MUS103 is an introduction to the music of European tradition and its relation to and influence on contemporary culture through a variety of listening experiences. The course will emphasize the place of music in society as well as influences by and on other cultures. Selected musical works, most dating from the 16th century through the present, are the subject of exploration. Credit will be granted for MUS102 or MUS103 but not both.
3 CRS.3 HRS.NULL LAB HRS. MUS 105 MUS 105 (Exploring Music): This course will introduce beginning keyboard skills, reading and writing music in western musical notation, lead sheet symbols, basic music theory, and simple musical composition. Elements of rhythm and rhythmic notation will be approached through popular musical examples.
2 CRS.2 HRS.NULL LAB HRS. MUS 110 MUS 110 (Music I: Introduction to Music): The ability to listen to music intelligently and to recognize specific styles, forms, and idioms are developed in this course. Consideration is given to musical aspects of the historical eras from the early Christian period to the present. Students are required to attend concerts and do assigned reading and listening.
1 CRS.2 HRS.NULL LAB HRS. MUS 140 MUS 140 (Piano Class I): Designed for study of the piano as secondary instrument, the course includes acquaintance with the keyboard, scales, chords, sight reading, transposition and elementary piano repertoire.
1 CRS.2 HRS.NULL LAB HRS. MUS 150 MUS 150 (Piano Class II): Designed for study of the piano as secondary instrument, the course includes acquaintance with the keyboard, scales, chords, sight reading, transposition and elementary piano repertoire.
Pre-Requisite: MUS105 and MUS140 or DEPT. PERMIT
3 CRS.4 HRS.NULL LAB HRS. MUS 225 MUS 225 (Introduction to Digital Music): This course will introduce students to the basics of using a computer for music: musical notation technology, MIDI technology, digital audio technology and recording studio techniques.
Prerequisite: MUS 105 or instructor's approval
1 CRS.2 HRS.NULL LAB HRS. MUS 240, MUS 250 MUS 240, MUS 250 (Piano Class III, Piano Class IV): Continuation of MUS 140 and MUS 150.

Research and Projects

Publications

Honors, Awards and Affiliations

2014-Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for performance of The Snowstorm at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art by the African-American Chamber Music Society Orchestra

2011-Commission from North/South Consonance to write at 10 minute composition for chamber orchestra consisting of a string quartet and a woodwind quintet

2006-Commission from Rejoicensemble to write a 30 minute composition for chorus, flute and piano

2004-Special Commendation for Elegies for the Fallen from the Nancy Van de Vate International Opera Competition for Women Composers

2003-June Jordan Award for the Perpetuation of African-American culture presented by Pen and Brush, Inc. of New York City

2000-Andy Warhol Composition Competition Performance Award from competition sponsored by the Philadelphia Academy of Art and the Philadelphia Classical Symphony for composition Race Riot’64

000-Honorable Mention from International Alliance for Women in Music Women of Color Competition

1998-Woman Composer Winner of Vienna Modern Masters Millennium Commission

1991-Commission for work for flute, guitar and drumset from Cygnus, a New York City chamber ensemble

1990-Commission for a 4 minute work for chorus and orchestra from the Plymouth Chorus and Orchestra of Minneapolis, Minnesota

1990-Finalist in Detroit Symphony African-American Composers’ Forum Competition 1987-Finalist in League ISCM US Composition Contest

1982-Inducted into Kappa Delta Pi Teachers College Columbia University