My passion for teaching voice is rooted in the desire to foster a healthy vocal technique, specifically tailored to each student, based on the solid foundation of the 19th century masters combined with the most current understanding of voice science and physiology. In the time-honored tradition of vocal pedagogy, it is rewarding to share knowledge I have gained listening and working closely with great singers performing at the highest level of achievement, and to impart and inspire that enthusiasm in the next generation of singers.
Gerald Martin Moore
My passion for teaching voice is rooted in the desire to foster a healthy vocal technique, specifically tailored to each student, based on the solid foundation of the 19th century masters combined with the most current understanding of voice science and physiology. In the time-honored tradition of vocal pedagogy, it is rewarding to share knowledge I have gained listening and working closely with great singers performing at the highest level of achievement, and to impart and inspire that enthusiasm in the next generation of singers.
An internationally renowned voice and opera pedagogue, Gerald Martin Moore has worked as a vocal consultant for major opera productions at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Edinburgh International Festival, La Scala, Opéra National de Paris, and Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and with such acclaimed performers as Renée Fleming, Erin Morley, Sabine Devieilhe, Natalie Dessay, Dame Sarah Connolly, Magdalena Kožená, Elīna Garanča, Isabel Leonard, and Javier Camarena.
Moore is the director of the Yale Opera and coordinator of vocal studies at the Yale School of Music. He has served as artistic associate of Carnegie Hall’s SongStudio program led by celebrated soprano Renée Fleming. Moore has given master classes at the Merola Opera Program, Los Angeles Opera Young Artist Program, and Washington National Opera. He has taught at the Ravinia Festival’s Steans Music Institute, Music Academy of the West, the Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center, Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique, the Glyndebourne Festival, Curtis Institute of Music, and the Santa Fe Opera’s Apprentice Program for Singers. He has also worked as a collaborative artist for opera, film, and television productions and is a frequent recitalist, most notably with Renée Fleming.
Moore studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and at the National Opera Studio in London.