Rob Moose
{{Short description|American musician (born 1982)}}
{{Distinguish|Bob Moose}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Rob Moose
| image = Ben Folds and yMusic read song arrangements by Duke University composition graduate students.jpg
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| caption = Rob Moose performing with Ben Folds and yMusic at Duke University in April 2015
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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1982}}
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| origin = New York City
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Musician
- arranger
- producer
- conductor
- orchestrator
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| years_active = 2005–present
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| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- yMusic
- Bon Iver
- Antony and the Johnsons
- Sufjan Stevens
- My Brightest Diamond
- The National
- Glen Hansard
- Blake Mills
- Beth Orton
- Phoebe Bridgers
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| website = {{URL|robmoose.com}}
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Rob Moose (born 1982) is an American multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer, conductor, and orchestrator.{{Cite web |title=About Rob Moose |url=http://robmoose.com/about/ |website=robmoose.com |access-date=May 18, 2020}} He primarily plays the violin, viola, and guitar.
Early life and education
Moose was born in 1982.{{Cite web |title=The Coravin Proves Rob Moose Is Serious About His Wine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/18/dining/coravin-rob-moose-wine.html |last=Mishan |first=Ligaya |date=November 16, 2015 |website=The New York Times |access-date=May 18, 2020}} He was raised in Windsor, Connecticut{{Cite web |title=Rob Moose: Breathing New Life Into Classical Music |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/23/fashion/rob-moose-breathing-new-life-into-classical-music.html |last=Anderson |first=Stacey |date=November 21, 2014 |website=The New York Times |access-date=May 18, 2020}} and learned piano and violin at The Hartt School.{{Cite web |title=Classical Looks To Pop For New Ideas |url=https://www.courant.com/hc-xpm-2011-12-11-hc-danton-classical-pop-interaction-20111211-story.html |last=Danton |first=Eric R. |date=December 11, 2011 |website=Hartford Courant |access-date=May 18, 2020}} He attended the Loomis Chaffee School through 10th grade, before moving with his family to Moorestown, New Jersey.{{Cite magazine |title=Rob Moose '00 Wins Two Grammy Awards with Bon Iver |url=https://issuu.com/moorestownfriendsschool/docs/mfs_amongfriends_spring12-v2 |magazine=Among Friends |edition=Spring 2012 |publisher=Moorestown Friends School |page=27 |access-date=May 18, 2020}} He completed high school at Moorestown Friends School, graduating in 2000. Moose studied violin at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. He began a master's program in American studies at Columbia University, but left to join Antony and the Johnsons on tour in 2005.
Career
= Instrumentalist =
Moose met Sufjan Stevens in 2004 after being introduced to him by Shara Worden, who was then a member of Stevens' touring band.{{Cite web |title=Inside the Recording Sessions for Sufjan Stevens' Illinois |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/822-inside-the-recording-sessions-for-sufjan-stevens-illinois/ |last=Reed |first=Ryan |date=July 1, 2015 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=May 18, 2020}} Moose made his first major contribution in 2005, playing violin on Stevens' album Illinois (2005).{{cite AV media notes|title=Illinois|others=Sufjan Stevens|year=2005|publisher=Asthmatic Kitty Records|type=CD|id=AKR014}}
As a violinist, violist, guitarist, and mandolinist, Moose has performed on close to 500 albums, including albums by artists such as Gwen Stefani, Maren Morris, Rufus Wainwright, Alabama Shakes, John Legend, and Joshua Bell. He appeared on the Grammy Award-winning albums High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2009) by Loudon Wainwright III and The Suburbs (2010) by Arcade Fire. In addition, he has contributed to Nico Muhly's score for Howards End (2017){{Cite web |date=November 13, 2017 |title=Howards End [Original Series Soundtrack] – Nico Muhly |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/howards-end-original-series-soundtrack-mw0003127147 |access-date=December 27, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic}} and Nicholas Britell's scores for Free State of Jones (2016){{cite AV media notes|title=Free State of Jones (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|others=Nicholas Britell|year=2016|publisher=Sony Classical Records|type=CD|id=88985338572}} and Battle of the Sexes (2017).{{cite AV media notes|title=Battle of the Sexes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)|others=Nicholas Britell|year=2017|publisher=Sony Classical Records|type=CD|id=88985483802}}
= Arranger =
Moose has worked as a music arranger for records by numerous artists including The Decemberists, Interpol, The National, St. Vincent, Bon Iver, Tune-Yards, LeAnn Rimes, They Might Be Giants, Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby, Paul Simon, Sara Bareilles, Punch Brothers,{{Cite web |title=Rob Moose {{!}} Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rob-moose-mn0000563132/credits |access-date=December 27, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic}} Phoebe Bridgers,{{cite AV media notes |title=Punisher |others=Phoebe Bridgers |publisher=Dead Oceans |year=2020 |type=liner notes |id=DOC200}} and Taylor Swift.{{Cite web |title=Rob Moose: Projects |url=https://robmoose.com/projects |access-date=December 13, 2020}} His relationship with Blake Mills has resulted in collaborations on albums by John Legend, Alabama Shakes, Laura Marling, Jim James, Perfume Genius, Dawes and Jesca Hoop. Moose has also contributed arrangements to classical artists such as Joshua Bell and Renée Fleming, and his work was featured on the Grammy Award-winning album High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project (2009) by Loudon Wainwright III.{{Cite web |title=High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project |url=http://www.thecharliepooleproject.com/CharlieBook-Web.pdf |website=thecharliepooleproject.com}}
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 (2014). Moose has also 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.{{Cite web |date=November 9, 2017 |title=An invitation from Ben Folds |url=https://kennedycenter.medium.com/an-invitation-from-ben-folds-9862846146ab |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=The Kennedy Center}}
= Conducting and performing =
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.{{Cite web |title=Sufjan Stevens |url=https://pitchfork.com/features/article/6537-sufjan-stevens/ |last=Foster |first=Patrick |date=February 6, 2007 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=May 18, 2020}} He was the conductor on Antony and the Johnsons' live album Cut the World (2012).{{cite web|url=https://diymag.com/review/album/antony-the-johnsons-cut-the-world|title=Antony & The Johnsons – Cut The World|last=Young|first=Martyn|date=August 4, 2012|website=DIY|access-date=January 29, 2023}} He has worked as a conductor at numerous venues, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Royal Opera House. Moose has also conducted orchestras in performance for Anohni, Sufjan Stevens, and Bruce Hornsby.{{Citation needed|reason=The previous artists are unsourced|date=December 2020}} Moose's orchestrations have been performed by Laura Marling and 12 Ensemble,{{Cite news |last=Hodgkinson |first=Will |author-link=Will Hodgkinson |date=September 7, 2020 |title=Prom: Laura Marling review — she felt right at home without an audience |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/music/article/prom-laura-marling-review-without-an-audience-the-singer-songwriter-felt-right-at-home-0rph2zfhr |url-access=subscription |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=The Times}} Amos Lee with the Colorado Symphony, and by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.{{Cite web |title=Rob Moose |url=https://nyphil.org/about-us/artists/rob-moose |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=New York Philharmonic}}
Moose has toured with Antony and the Johnsons, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Beth Orton, Glen Hansard, and Blake Mills, and My Brightest Diamond. He has also played viola in performance with Jay-Z and played violin in performance for Savion Glover, Josh Groban, Vampire Weekend, and Duncan Sheik. Recently, Moose served as the musical director for Sara Bareilles' "Amidst the Chaos" tour in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=November 3, 2019 |title=Concert Review: Sara Bareilles Heats Up Hollywood Bowl With Moving, Empathetic Anthems |url=https://variety.com/2019/music/reviews/sara-bareilles-hollywood-bowl-concert-review-1203391509/ |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=Variety}}
= Production =
Moose has worked as a producer on Ben Folds' So There (2015), Gabriel Kahane's The Ambassador (2014), Time for Three's 2014 eponymous debut album, My Brightest Diamond's All Things Will Unwind (2011) The Staves and yMusic's collaborative album The Way Is Read (2017),{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2017 |title=The Staves, yMusic's New Album, "The Way Is Read," Out Now Digitally, Vinyl December 1 |url=https://www.nonesuch.com/journal/staves-ymusic-new-album-the-way-is-read-out-now-digitally-2017-11-24 |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=Nonesuch Records Journal}} Phoebe Bridgers' EP Copycat Killer (2020),{{cite AV media notes|title=Copycat Killer|others=Phoebe Bridgers & Rob Moose|year=2020|publisher=Dead Oceans|type=Vinyl|id=656605154510}} and BrhyM's (Bruce Hornsby and yMusic) Deep Sea Vents.{{cite AV media notes|title=Deep Sea Vents|others=BrhyM|year=2024|publisher=Zappo Productions|type=Vinyl|id=0051}}
= yMusic =
Moose is a founding member of the New York sextet chamber ensemble yMusic. Moose formed yMusic with trumpeter CJ Camerieri in Brooklyn in 2008. The ensemble consists of a trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, and cello.{{Cite news |last=Weininger |first=David |date=September 27, 2014 |title=yMusic ignores genre boundaries |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/09/27/chamber-sextet-ymusic-ignores-genre-boundaries/EFPDZYFDm7ISo4roJ2BsfI/story.html |access-date=May 18, 2020}} As of 2020, yMusic has released five studio albums.{{Cite web |title=yMusic: Ecstatic Science Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/ymusic-ecstatic-science/ |last=Colter Walls |first=Seth |date=February 14, 2020 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=May 18, 2020}} yMusic play classical and pop music compositions and also assist other artists in adding classical elements to their music. After collaborating on Ben Folds' album So There (2015){{Cite web |last=Katzif |first=Mike |date=September 2, 2015 |title=Review: Ben Folds, 'So There' |url=https://www.npr.org/2015/09/02/436304005/first-listen-ben-folds-so-there |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=NPR}} yMusic joined the "Ben Folds & yMusic" tour in 2015 and 2016, performing in the US,{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2015 |title=Ben Folds & yMusic announce 2016 tour dates |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ben-folds-ymusi/ |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=BrooklynVegan}} UK{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Alex |date=December 2, 2015 |title=Ben Folds to tour UK with yMusic |url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/76809-ben-folds-to-tour-uk-with-ymusic/ |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=The List}} and Australia{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=Jil |date=June 19, 2016 |title=Ben Folds tours with yMusic |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/ben-folds-tours-with-ymusic-20160619-gpmjso.html |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}} and at the Bonnaroo Music Festival{{Cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |date=June 13, 2015 |title=Ben Folds brings a new sound to Bonnaroo |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/bonnaroo/2015/06/13/bonnaroo-ben-folds-ymusic/71169980/ |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=The Tennessean}} and the Holland Festival.{{Cite web |date=April 28, 2016 |title=2016 Holland Festival focuses on Europe |url=https://www.holland.com/global/press/article/2016-holland-festival.htm |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=Holland.com}} They also collaborated with Swedish singer José González on a 16-date concert tour reimagining original works at venues such as the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Beacon Theatre. González described the collaboration as "it feels like it opens us up from sounding energetic and avant-garde to classic and delicate."{{Cite web |last=Minsker |first=Evan |date=November 10, 2015 |title=José González Announces Tour With yMusic |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/62051-jose-gonzalez-announces-tour-with-ymusic/ |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=Pitchfork}}
= Bon Iver =
In 2011, Moose joined Bon Iver. He contributed musical arrangements and recorded strings for the group's self-titled second album, Bon Iver (2011).{{cite AV media notes|title=Bon Iver, Bon Iver|others=Bon Iver|year=2011|publisher=Jagjaguwar|type=CD booklet}}{{Cite magazine |title=Bon Iver |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/bon-iver-98797/ |last=Hermes |first=Will |author-link=Will Hermes |date=May 26, 2011 |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=May 18, 2020}} The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in 2019.{{Cite web |title=Gold & Platinum |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Bon+Iver&ti=Bon+Iver#search_section |website=RIAA |access-date=May 18, 2020}} The album won Best Alternative Music Album at the 2012 Grammy Awards, while the band won Best New Artist for their work on it.{{Cite web |title=Bon Iver Wins Grammys for Best New Artist, Best Alternative Music Album |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/45374-bon-iver-wins-grammys-for-best-new-artist-best-alternative-music-album/ |last=Pelly |first=Jenn |date=February 12, 2012 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=May 18, 2020}} Moose toured with Bon Iver, including performing four sold-out concerts at Radio City Music Hall and an appearance on Saturday Night Live.{{Cite magazine |title=Bon Iver in New York: An Indie Group's Moment to Shine |url=https://entertainment.time.com/2012/09/20/bon-ivers-new-york-marathon-an-indie-groups-moment-to-shine-while-grappling-with-the-future/ |last=Snyder |first=Steven James |date=September 20, 2012 |magazine=Time |access-date=May 18, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Bon Iver on 'SNL': Indie-pop at its most easy-listening |url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2012/02/bon-iver-saturday-night-live-review.html |last=Martens |first=Todd |date=February 5, 2012 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=May 18, 2020}} Bon Iver's third studio album, 22, A Million (2016), featured Moose's violin and viola arrangements on "22 (OVER S∞∞N)" and saxophone arrangements by Moose throughout.{{cite AV media notes|title=22, A Million|others=Bon Iver|year=2016|publisher=Jagjaguwar|type=CD booklet|id=JAG300}} Moose contributed to the band's fourth studio album, I, I (2019). Moose contributed violin, viola, octave viola, piano, string arrangements, and all "Worm Crew" arrangements. He served as the "Worm Crew" conductor. Moose has songwriting credits on "iMi", "Holyfields,", and "Marion".{{Cite web |title=Here Are the Full Credits for Bon Iver's New Album i,i: James Blake, Moses Sumney, and More |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/here-are-the-full-credits-for-bon-ivers-new-album-ii-james-blake-moses-sumney-and-more/ |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=August 8, 2019 |website=Pitchfork |access-date=May 18, 2020}}
= Miscellaneous =
From 2019 to 2020, Moose contributed musical analysis of popular songs to the Headgum podcast Punch Up the Jam.{{cite tweet | first = Punch Up the Jam | user = punchupthejam | number = 1207743996446928896 | date = December 19, 2019 | title = the podcast has officially PEAKED. | access-date = April 13, 2020}}{{Cite web |title=Punch Up The Jam with Miel Bredouw |url=https://headgum.com/punch-up-the-jam |access-date=December 27, 2020 |website=Headgum}}{{cite web| url=https://headgum.com/punch-up-the-jam/84-hotel-california-part-one-with-miels-dad |title=84 – Hotel California PART ONE (w/ Miel's Dad) |website=HeadGum}}
Discography
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! scope="row"| Inflorescence
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- Released: {{nowrap| {{Start date|2023|8|11|}}}}{{cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/2221280/rob-moose-announces-inflorescence-ep-feat-phoebe-bridgers-bon-iver-brittany-howard-more/music/|title=Rob Moose Announces Inflorescence EP Feat. Phoebe Bridgers, Bon Iver, Brittany Howard, & More|last=DeVille|first=Chris|date=April 21, 2023|website=Stereogum|access-date=June 11, 2023}}
- Label: Sony Masterworks
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