1. Rob Moose was born on 1982 and is an American multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer, conductor, and orchestrator.
21 Facts About Rob Moose
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Rob Moose was raised in Windsor, Connecticut and learned piano and violin at The Hartt School.
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Rob Moose attended the Loomis Chaffee School through 10th grade, before moving with his family to Moorestown, New Jersey.
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Rob Moose completed high school at Moorestown Friends School, graduating in 2000.
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Rob Moose began a master's program in American studies at Columbia University, but left to join Antony and the Johnsons on tour in 2005.
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Rob Moose met Sufjan Stevens in 2004 after being introduced to him by Shara Worden, who was then a member of Stevens' touring band.
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Rob Moose made his first major contribution in 2005, playing violin on Stevens' album Illinois.
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Rob Moose has contributed to three benefit albums by Red Hot Organization, including interpreting Johann Sebastian Bach piano works as a duo with mandolinist Chris Thile on Red Hot + Bach.
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Rob Moose has been a frequent contributor to Ben Folds' Declassified Series with the National Symphony Orchestra, writing charts for Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, Emily King and Blake Mills.
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In 2007, Moose made his debut as a conductor and orchestrator in a performance with Sufjan Stevens at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House.
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Rob Moose was the conductor on Antony and the Johnsons' live album Cut the World.
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Rob Moose has worked as a conductor at numerous venues, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Royal Opera House.
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Rob Moose's orchestrations have been performed by Laura Marling and 12 Ensemble, Amos Lee with the Colorado Symphony, and by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
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Rob Moose has played viola in performance with Jay-Z and played violin in performance for Savion Glover, Josh Groban, Vampire Weekend, and Duncan Sheik.
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Recently, Rob Moose served as the musical director for Sara Bareilles' "Amidst the Chaos" tour in 2019.
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Rob Moose has worked as a producer on Ben Folds' So There, Gabriel Kahane's The Ambassador, Time for Three's 2014 eponymous debut album, My Brightest Diamond's All Things Will Unwind The Staves and yMusic's collaborative album The Way Is Read, Phoebe Bridgers' EP Copycat Killer, and BrhyM's Deep Sea Vents.
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Rob Moose formed yMusic with trumpeter CJ Camerieri in Brooklyn in 2008.
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Rob Moose contributed musical arrangements and recorded strings for the group's self-titled second album, Bon Iver.
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Rob Moose toured with Bon Iver, including performing four sold-out concerts at Radio City Music Hall and an appearance on Saturday Night Live.
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Rob Moose contributed violin, viola, octave viola, piano, string arrangements, and all "Worm Crew" arrangements.
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From 2019 to 2020, Rob Moose contributed musical analysis of popular songs to the Headgum podcast Punch Up the Jam.