Daniel Troen Moe was an American choral conductor, composer, and pedagogue.
18 Facts About Daniel Moe
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Daniel Moe was director of choral organizations for the University of Iowa, professor of choral conducting at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, and founding music director of Key Chorale in Sarasota, Florida.
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Daniel Moe studied piano and clarinet, and sang in the children's choir at Olivet Lutheran Church in Fargo, North Dakota, his father's parish.
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In 1944, after graduating high school, Daniel Moe entered the V-5 Aviation Cadet Training Program program.
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Daniel Moe played tenor saxophone and clarinet for navy bands.
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In 1946, Daniel Moe left the navy to attend Concordia College.
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Daniel Moe started as a pre-theological student but changed his major to music.
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Daniel Moe sang in The Concordia Choir under Paul J Christiansen.
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Daniel Moe graduated in 1949 with a degree in music.
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Daniel Moe would go on to become a leader in sacred music circles as a hymn composer, author, and lecturer.
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In February 1950, Daniel Moe began a master's degree at Hamline University, and secured a conducting position at Lutheran Bible Institute.
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Daniel Moe became a lay minister and choir director at Hope Lutheran Church in Powell, Wyoming.
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Daniel Moe was appointed professor of choral conducting at Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1972.
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Daniel Moe served as an adjunct professor of music at New College of Florida in Sarasota, where he conducted the New College Chorus from fall 2005 until fall 2010.
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Daniel Moe composed in a distinctive style, marked by quartal and quintal harmony, mixed meter, quasi-tonality, and reiterated rhythms with slight variations.
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Daniel Moe composed mostly for choir, either a cappella, or accompanied by organ, piano, brass, or orchestra.
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Daniel Moe composed music for several hymns that appeared in hymnals such as Hymnal, Hymns of the Saints, Rejoice in the Lord, Ecumenical Praise, Lutheran Book of Worship, The Hymnal 1982, and More Hymns and Spiritual Songs.
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Daniel Moe served as composer-in-residence for Church of the Redeemer, Sarasota, FL until his death in 2012.