Gina Moore (she/her/hers) is a freelance bassoonist, educator, and diversity advocate. She currently serves as Adjunct Professor of Double Reeds at Tarleton State University, Site Manager for Bocal Majority LLC, and as a Double Reeds Private Instructor in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area where she specializes in working with historically excluded students. She also recently served as a Preliminary Judge for the 2023 Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition hosted by The International Double Reed Society. As a passionate pedagogue and champion for social change in the music world, Moore collaborates with double reed players at conferences and symposiums both nationally and internationally. Her collaborations/presentations were hosted at Bassoon Without Borders, The International Double Reed Society, American Choral Directors Association, The Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium, and at university residencies across the United States.

Throughout her bassoon education, Moore championed underrepresented and historically excluded students with lower socioeconomic privilege by creating impactful music-making experiences through various musical mediums. During her undergraduate career at James Madison University, Moore serviced the Harrisonburg, VA community through the creation of JMUke, a community music-making group that provided ukulele learning and performance sessions on 3D printed instruments. For students seeking bassoon-specific music-making opportunities, Ms. Moore ran The Moore Bassoon Studio, a community engagement studio that provided lessons and resources to bassoonists of all ages on a sliding scale basis. Students engaged in both music performance and production experiences.

Moore’s passion for culturally inclusive engagement continued in her Master’s career in Lawrence, KS. Under the supervision of Dr. Eric Stomberg, Moore worked with The Boys and Girls Club and Lawrence Public Schools USD 497 to create a chamber music concert series that allowed students to engage in interactive chamber music concerts throughout the spring semester. Work with the program included lesson planning with student groups, peer-to-peer feedback on particular activities, and facilitating scheduling throughout the semester with both students and faculty of both KU and The Boys and Girls Club.

To further improve her work as a diversity advocate and clinician during graduate school, Moore participated in the Music and Munchies program associated with the Bayview Music Festival in 2019. She worked with the Bayview Wind Quintet faculty to create music-based programs for students and parents of all ages. Projects included narrative storytelling, non-traditional music programming (e.g. hip-hop beat making and ensemble roles), and traditional woodwind quintet performances on-site and at local community centers in Petoskey, MI.

Moore received the Master of Music degree at the University of Kansas and the Bachelor of Music in Music Education at James Madison University (all earned with honors). Her major teachers include Dr. Eric Stomberg, Jill Marderness, and Dr. Susan Barber.