Andrew Moore is a composer, arranger and music editor and also a catholic priest.

He was born in Hayes, Greater London in 1954. At the Royal Academy of Music in London he studied violin and organ and also took the advanced orchestral conducting course. He was ordained a priest in 1982 as a member of the Benedictine community at Downside Abbey having obtained a degree in theology at Cambridge University (Christ’s College). At Downside he taught music and religious studies and was a Housemaster and Bursar. As monastic and school choirmaster for many years he helped to maintain a high standard of liturgical music. From 1993-95 he was parish priest at the Downside Parish of Little Malvern, the church where Elgar lies buried. In 1996 he stepped aside from monastic life for a more active ministry in the Diocese of Portsmouth.

As a composer, Andrew Moore is perhaps best known for his liturgical music, having written several widely-used mass settings, many responsorial psalms, motets, anthems and carols, but his works range well beyond church music. He has written much instrumental music, a song cycle and many other songs, as well as chamber and orchestral music. There are many influences at work in his tuneful and accessible compositions. ‘English Pastoral’ may be applied to many pieces and he makes much use of modal music (the plainsong influence) but there are also elements of jazz harmonies (his father was a very accomplished jazz pianist). His extensive and intimate knowledge of the broadest range of classical music from Byrd to Bernstein, from Schutz to Shostakovitch also tells. His music is performed across the world from Austria to Malawi, from Luxembourg to the USA.

As an editor and arranger, Andrew Moore has been heavily involved in the compilation of several major hymn books in wide circulation and other liturgical collections. He has also made many and various arrangements of classical pieces and compiled, arranged and edited collections of much instrumental music ranging from Schubert to Scott Joplin.

An extensive catalogue of traditionally published original works and arrangements available for mail order may be found at Kevin Mayhew Publishers (UK) and MayhewBrodt (USA).

In addition to the traditionally published works mentioned above, a wide range of other works is now available online through  Andrew Moore Music. These include original compositions by Andrew Moore and an extensive catalogue of traditional classical pieces and new arrangements newly-set to a high quality and available at low cost.

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