About Morgan Moss

Morgan Kelly Moss (M.A. UCLA, Composition, in-progress, B.M. Magna Cum Laude Temple University, Composition and Piano Performance Double Major) is a composer, teacher, and performer from Philadelphia, PA, currently based in Los Angeles.

Morgan's music has a sound world that is described as neo-American with inspiration from nature, and always spirited with a twinge of optimism. In 2023, Moss has served as a teaching fellow for the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and, in collaboration with Giovanni Piacentini, wrote a theme and variations theme for the children of Hoover Elementary School which was performed by the orchestra. Moss’s "Storks" for piano trio was also recently selected in a call for scores by the Allentown Symphony Orchestra, and she has been accorded Emerging Composer by Tribeca New Music Competition. She has also been awarded a recording with Ariel New Music, which will be performed by pianist and maestro Jeffrey Jacobs and released on an internationally distributed album. Moss is very active in scoring music for film, scoring over 30 short films to date, and in 2022 composed her first feature film score which was released in theaters in July, 2022. She also currently works at Bear McCreary's film scoring studio, Sparks and Shadows. Morgan also loves to perform, and was most recently featured in a piano recital at the Tenri Cultural Institute in New York City.

Morgan's teaching philosophy is one of collaboration, lightheartedness, and virtue. She believes learning should always be fun, hands-on, built upon passion, and created in an accepting and warm environment. She also believes that, as the teacher, she and the student are learning together in a collaborative effort toward learning, and this allows for a very special and valuable teacher-student relationship. Morgan offers expertise in all areas of her teaching, and aims to further her comprehension of music with her students and share her knowledge with them.

Morgan plans to graduate from UCLA in 2024, and continue to grow her career as a composer and teacher.