Jeffrey M. Moore is the Director of the School of Performing Arts and a Professor of Music (Percussion). Receiving his appointment to the music faculty in 1994, Professor Moore's duties include teaching applied percussion majors and conducting the "Pop" Percussion Ensemble, the Chamber Percussion Ensemble, and the Marimba Band. Additionally, he supervises the instruction and music arranging for the Marching Knights drumline and assists in the instruction of Black Steel, the UCF Steel Drum Band.
Active in all facets of percussion, he has performed with several major symphony orchestras and is a frequent performer of chamber music. He also performs on drum set, and is an international clinician, lecturer, and soloist. He is a contributing author to the third edition of Teaching Percussion by Gary Cook and has published two method books and CD packages entitledFundamental Drumstick Control and Drumstick Control. He also served as an Associate Editor of Percussive Notes, the Percussive Arts Society's scholarly journal.
Jeff has served as the Percussion Director of the internationally acclaimed Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps, and as Program Consultant/Percussion Arranger with several European, Japanese, Thai, and Indonesian drum corps and bands.
Jeff is a Yamaha Performing Artist/Clinician, and endorses Paiste cymbal, sounds, and gongs. He endorses Pro-Mark sticks and mallets, and has three signature model sticks, seven keyboard mallet models and a custom designed practice pad. Professor Moore also endorses Remo Drum Heads and Latin Percussion.
