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Moore School of Music was founded in 2013.

David Moore

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David Moore has been playing music since he was 8 years old. He has studied with Paul Bordeleau, B. B. Bowness, Jeremiah McLane, Earl MacDonald, Doug Maher, David Newsam, Nathan Jorgensen, and Mark Shilansky. He plays regularly for contra dances and other events around New England. He was a founding member of ‘Pressure’s On’, a New-Hampshire-based bluegrass band, with Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, Dave Talmage, and Gemini Meeh. He’s shared the stage with many talented New England musicians, and he has composed many tunes as well.

Some of his career highlights include:

Playing on ‘Into the Cold’, an album by Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki, in 2012

Appearing on WSCA’s Local Folk radio show in Portsmouth, NH, hosted by Steve Carrigan, with Emeline Dehn-Reynolds on October 7th, 2013

Codirecting music for the play ‘The Gift of the Magi: the Musical’ at The Player’s Ring in Portsmouth, NH, from November 21st, 2013, through December 1st, 2013

Playing at New Hampshire Day at The Big E in West Springfield, MA, with Pressure’s On (Steve Roy, Dave Talmage, and Jordan Tirrell-Wysocki) on September 19th, 2014

Playing at David Newsam’s faculty recital at the University of New Hampshire on March 22nd, 2019

Providing music for the play ‘A Christmas Carol’ at The Player’s Ring in Portsmouth, NH, with Christopher Dudley from December 6th, 2019, through December 22nd, 2019

Codirecting music for the play ‘A Christmas Carol’ at The Player’s Ring in Portsmouth, NH, with Maggie O’Neill, from December 1st, 2023, to December 23rd, 2023