Alicia Hall Moran

Alicia Hall Moran (AEA)

Mezzo-soprano, Soprano

The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, Dir. Diane Paulus, 2012-2014
Workshop & Regional………….. ensemble, u/s Bess
BROADWAY…………………..… ensemble, alt. Bess, TONY AWARD “Best Musical Revival”
NATIONAL TOUR………………. Bess (253 performances)

NATIONAL REVIEWS for Alicia Hall Moran, Bess
L.A. Times - “Moran finds the truth of the character in her magnificent voice. “
S.F. Examiner - In addition to pitch-perfect, unshowy singing, she conveys a character that is human, believable and sympathetic.”
Dallas Morning News - “Moran is stunning in the part.”
L’Étoile - “As the licentious yet morally conflicted Bess, Alicia Hall Moran is a revelation; her tangy mezzo-soprano voice…technically able to handle all of Bess’s demanding music…background in jazz and pop gives her an edge.” (T. O’Dowd)

TRAINING
Barnard College, Music/Composition
Manhattan School of Music, Classical Vocal Performance

RECENT ROLES (SELECT)
Aljana, A Little Princess, directed by Moises Kaufman
Yanira, Makandal, directed by Lars Jan
Bess, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess National Tour, directed by Diane Paulus
Carmen Wonder, the motown project, directed by Alicia Hall Moran
Break Down [film], directed by Simone Leigh & Liz Magic Laser
Slow Fade To Black [film], directed by Carrie Mae Weems & Geri Allen

OTHER VOCAL HIGHLIGHTS (SELECT)
Chapel/Chapter (award-winning international tour) for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company

BLEED (critically-acclaimed performances) for 2012 Whitney Biennial
“Bleed” was pretty extraordinary in breadth, depth, planning and execution; if you’d seen the Morans [Jason and Alicia] only as imposing musicians, it’s time to expand that view.… “ (The New York Times’ feature story by Ben Ratliff, “Art, Ancestry, Africa: Letting It All Bleed.”)

the motown project (soul/chamber work) at Highline Ballroom, Regattabar, West Chester Poetry Conf., Harlem Chamber Players, Le Poisson Rouge, Whitney Museum, UPENN. Commissioned by The Kitchen.

AiR (band with Brandon Ross, guitar) concert commissions for Gardner Museum, Miami Art Basel, etc.

Gershwin! Gershwin! Gershwin! (soprano soloist) with Frost Wind Ensemble for Festival Miami.

Gershwin & Beyond (featured vocalist) in Allen Room, Jazz@Lincoln Center
Charles Lloyd New Quartet (guest vocalist) in Rose Hall, Jazz@Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, etc.

Deep River (solo recording) for the art of Whitfield Lovell, The Hunter Museum of American Art.

Mirror II (live performance descending the Guggenheim Museum spiral). Artist, Joan Jonas.

three scenes (variation one) for mezzo-soprano and string quartet. Artist, Adam Pendleton.

Triptych: Prayer/Protest/Peace for mezzo-soprano and drums. Artist, Adam Pendleton.