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Professor 'Moore' than great voice
Shalisha Galloway, Contributing Writer, sgallowa@smu.edu
Issue date: 2/28/07 Section: News
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Barbara Hill Moore's husband describes her as talented, dedicated and focused. Her students describe her as caring, loving and hard-working.
She doesn't fit the diva stereotype, but Moore is a world-renowned opera singer.
"Sorry I'm late," she said as she walked down the hall to her office. "I just left our national auditions, but I try not to be late for my appointments."
Moore is the senior member of voice at SMU, where she has taught for 34 years.
Moore said she spends most of her time in her office in the Owens Fine Arts Center teaching and reflecting. But growing up, she never imagined she'd be where she is today.
Moore was born and raised in St. Louis, Mo., where she started singing at an early age. However, her first passion was teaching.
"My desire in life has always been to be an effective motivator in other people's lives," Moore said. "The rest is just ice cream and dessert."
After receiving her B.S. in music education from Lincoln University in Missouri and her M.S. in music education from the University of Illinois, she became a voice teacher.
Professional singing came later.
People heard about her singing through her students. Moore was known as someone who could recommend the best talent, many of whom were her students. Eventually, her students began recommending her when someone was seeking a soprano for a special role in an opera or oratorio.
Since the beginning of her career, she has traveled to France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland and has also traveled to South Africa, Japan, Korea, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Brazil.
She spent half of last December in Northern Germany singing with her ensemble, Spiritual Voices, which she started 15 years ago.
Moore's six-person ensemble performs once a year in several countries. The trip was a little different this year.
Moore brought along one of her students, SMU voice major Audra Scott, to observe the ensemble in hopes of slowly transitioning Scott into the group.
She doesn't fit the diva stereotype, but Moore is a world-renowned opera singer.
"Sorry I'm late," she said as she walked down the hall to her office. "I just left our national auditions, but I try not to be late for my appointments."
Moore is the senior member of voice at SMU, where she has taught for 34 years.
Moore said she spends most of her time in her office in the Owens Fine Arts Center teaching and reflecting. But growing up, she never imagined she'd be where she is today.
Moore was born and raised in St. Louis, Mo., where she started singing at an early age. However, her first passion was teaching.
"My desire in life has always been to be an effective motivator in other people's lives," Moore said. "The rest is just ice cream and dessert."
After receiving her B.S. in music education from Lincoln University in Missouri and her M.S. in music education from the University of Illinois, she became a voice teacher.
Professional singing came later.
People heard about her singing through her students. Moore was known as someone who could recommend the best talent, many of whom were her students. Eventually, her students began recommending her when someone was seeking a soprano for a special role in an opera or oratorio.
Since the beginning of her career, she has traveled to France, Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland and has also traveled to South Africa, Japan, Korea, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Brazil.
She spent half of last December in Northern Germany singing with her ensemble, Spiritual Voices, which she started 15 years ago.
Moore's six-person ensemble performs once a year in several countries. The trip was a little different this year.
Moore brought along one of her students, SMU voice major Audra Scott, to observe the ensemble in hopes of slowly transitioning Scott into the group.
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Judith Demers
posted 2/28/07 @ 10:25 PM CST
Barbara is an inspired musician and is, in many ways responsible for the fantastic music program at St. Mark in Plano. Her renditions of "Were YOu There" and a piece called "The Crucifiction" which she performs during Holy Week, immerse one in the solemnity of the Lenten journey. (Continued…)
Kuny Fischer van der Made
posted 3/02/07 @ 6:51 AM CST
Hello, my name is Kuny Fischer van der Made from Germany (Hannover, Hameln - pidepiper) I got this news from Mrs. Moores husband Le.
Thanks and my congratulations Barbara and Le. (Continued…)
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