Moran, John

John Moran

John Moran, cello & viola da gamba, enjoys a broad-ranging musical career. He holds performance degrees from Oberlin and the Schola Cantorum in Basel as well as a Ph.D. in musicology from King’s College London. At Peabody Conservatory he teaches viol, baroque cello, and musicology, and co-directs the school’s critically acclaimed Baltimore Baroque Band. He is the co-creator of the Washington Bach Consort’s Wunderkind Projekt, an outreach program introducing DC Public School students to Bach cantatas. He is a core member of REBEL and is artistic director of Modern Musick, in residence at Georgetown University. He has performed and recorded with many of Europe and North America’s leading period-instrument ensembles and can be heard frequently with the Washington Bach Consort. The Washington Post has called his Bach “eloquent”, and praised the “bravado” of his Boccherini and the “nimble fluency” of his Vivaldi, while the LA Times has written, “Cellist Moran projected vigorous and expressive bass lines.” He is currently president of the Viola da Gamba Society of America. He is married to the violinist Risa Browder.