Marvelene C. Moore is Professor of Music Education at the University of Tennessee, specializing in classroom music for students grade K-8 and choral music for students in grades 3-8. She brings a breadth of experience in music for young people including study at the Jaques-Dalcroze Institute of Geneva, Switzerland and the Conservatory of Music-Ithaca College; the Orff Institute-Salzburg, Austria; and the Kodaly Institute-Erstegom, Hungary. Dr. Moore received the B.A. degree from Talladega College, Alabama; Master of Education and Education Specialist degrees, George Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, Nashville; and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Dr. Moore’s area of specialization is Jaques-Dalcroze Eurhythmics, a Swiss method of teaching music that emphasizes creative movement. She has served as clinician and guest conductor for music organizations in 44 of the United States. She is internationally known and has presented sessions at numerous conferences in Korea, South Africa, Sweden, Norway and Australia.
She is the author of several Silver Burdett Publications: Jaques-Dalcroze Source Book, The World of Music, 1991; The Music Connection, 1995; and Making Music, 2001. She is also author of other MENC publications including Classroom Management in the General, Choral, and Instrumental Music Programs, 2002. Dr. Moore has served as National Chair of MENC’s Society for General Music on the MENC World’s Largest Concert Selection Committee (2003) and the Advisory Committee for the MENC journal, Teaching Music. She represented the United States on the Commission for Music in Schools and Teacher Education for the International Society of Music Education (ISME).
Dr. Moore was presented the University of Tennessee Alumni award to assist in presenting a National Symposium on Multicultural Music, co-sponsored by MENC, a biennial event. In August of 2002, she appeared in Southern Living Magazine for her work in creating the symposium. At UT, Dr. Moore has been awarded an Endowed Chair as James A. Cox Professor for 2002-03.