JONATHAN MOSER

A versatile and adventurous performer, Jonathan R. Moser – conductor, violinist, violist, vocalist, and teacher – regularly concertizes with chamber ensembles, as a recitalist, and with orchestras. He is Principal Second Violin with the Erie Philharmonic and records regularly with the Principals quartet. In December 2016, Mr. Moser enjoyed the opportunity to participate in an expansive 10-city orchestra tour of China and for two years he toured extensively with Sandip Burman – an internationally renowned tabla artist. Mr. Moser has served as concertmaster for Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Music on the Edge, the Erie Philharmonic, and Musica Nova, among others. He has served as Principal Second with the Bay-Atlantic Symphony and the Wheeling Symphony. Mr. Moser was winner of the Pittsburgh Concert Society Solo Competition, the Philadelphia College of Bible Solo Competition (two years), the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association Solo Competition, the Shenandoah University Concerto competition, and was a finalist in the National Symphony Orchestra’s Young Soloists Competition. Mr. Moser was a founding member of the Arizona State University’s Katherine K. Herberger Graduate String Quartet.

Mr. Moser has loved music ever since childhood when he would sit under the family piano listening to his parents and grandmother playing Beethoven, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff. His formal musical education began at five years old as a violin student, an education he pursued through a Bachelor of Music in Performance degree from Shenandoah University and a Master of Music in Performance degree from Arizona State University, with additional Doctoral studies in performance. Mr. Moser has enjoyed working with many outstanding teachers including Dara Morales, Katie McLin, James Stern, Sergiu Schwartz, Linda Cerone, and Ronda Cole, and he has performed in master classes with Jaime Laredo, Claude Frank, Sylvia Rosenberg, Shlomo Mintz, and Sergiu Luca.

During his education, Mr. Moser minored in voice and studied viola – and discovered a passion for conducting. Five years he was director of the Mercyhurst Civic Orchestra, leading the orchestra into greater and more challenging repertoire, and expanding the performance schedule to include three full symphonic concerts, opera performances, and ballet collaborations. Mr. Moser instituted an annual concerto competition, led the ensemble through the shift from a chamber group to a full symphony, and expanded the membership.

Artistic Director of the Erie Junior Philharmonic for three years, Mr. Moser began leading the organization into a new era of expansion and musicianship, through innovative programming, accelerated outreach, and inspiring students to desire and achieve high standards. As a tireless advocate of youth education, Mr. Moser has also spent many sessions working with local school teachers and students. These sessions have covered everything from teaching Teachers how to raise the standard of string education to collaborating with Gannon University to teach school children about the physics of sound.

Summers, Mr. Moser works as the Orchestra Program Director for the Philadelphia International Music Festival where he organizes and oversees up to ten orchestras reaching nearly 500 students. Prior posts include Orchestra Director at Kutztown University and Music Director of the Wilmington Community Orchestra. Before moving to Philadelphia, he was the Director of Orchestras and Instructor of Music at Westminster College and served as Adjunct Faculty for Grove City College. He has also been the Director of Music at University Presbyterian Church, Providence Presbyterian Church, and Proclamation Presbyterian Church. Mr. Moser is an alum of the Pierre Monteux School & Music Festival, where he attended in 2018 as a Bernard Osher Conducting Scholar.

Mr. Moser and his wife are blessed with three artistic children.

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