John Moses
New York City's leading free-lance and recording clarinetist
John Moses is New York City's leading free-lance and recording clarinetist. Having performed with virtually every musical group in the area, he is currently the first clarinetist with: American Composers Orchestra, The New York Pops, and The Westchester Philharmonic, and has performed regularly with The New York Philharmonic, The Metropolitan Opera, The New York City Opera, The St. Louis Symphony, The San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, and The Royal Philharmonic of London.
Dr. Moses has performed in over 25 original Broadway musicals including: Wicked, Oklahoma!, Titanic, Nine, Into The Woods, Crazy for You, Jerome Robbins Broadway, and Sweeney Todd. He has also been featured on over 150 film scores including: You've Got Mail, Analyze This, Beauty and the Beast, SWAT, and Aladdin. He has also appeared on: The David Letterman Show, Good! Morning America, and The Rosie O'Donnell Show.
A graduate of Juilliard, he is currently on the faculty at Brooklyn and Queens College, and has lectured at Yale, Curtis, Eastman, Mannes, NYU and the Manhattan School of Music. His recordings include works with many solo artists: Marilyn Horne to Celine Dion, Placido Domingo to Mandy Patinkin, Wynton Marsalis to Judy Collins, as featured on RCA, Angel, Elektra, CRI, Varese Sarabande, BMG, and Columbia. John and his family live in Leonia, New Jersey.
"Peter Randell has sent me some Legere sample reeds to try on my various horns at WICKED on Broadway. They are working great! So far the Bb & Bass Clarinet reeds are good, especially the "Signature" Bb reeds. The Soprano Sax is also working well. I am thrilled to know that in my lifetime there is now a synthetic reed that works well for all my professional needs, and in every venue here in NYC. Legere is that new reed...the reed of the future."
