Moody is an accomplished songwriter, poet and librettist, and her texts have been performed by voices as diverse as tenor John Duykers, soprano Laura Bohn, and The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia. Moody is best known for her multi-disciplinary music theater solo shows, including Serial Murderess, The Winchester Rosary, and D’Arc, woman on fire, all developed with her long-time creative partner, director Melissa Weaver. The D’Arc soundtrack, composed by Jay Cloidt, was released by Starkland on the MinMax label. Moody’s original libretti include Bitter Harvest (Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano), and Caliban Dreams (West Edge Opera, conducted by Jonathan Khuner and Grammy nominee Lynne Morrow). She also wrote and performed seven comic monologs on sin under the direction of writer/performerJames B. Judd (Snap Judgment’s very own ‘The Closer’) for his 7 Sins Series. Other collaborators include composers Kurt Rhode, Clark Suprynowicz, Joël Lindheimer, and Jay Cloidt. She has shared stages with John Duykers, Amy X Neuburg, Jane Selkye, Emily Bezar and Pamela Z, and has originated singing roles in evening-length works by Miguel Frasconi, Rinde Eckert and Paul Dresher. She is a founding member of the music improvisation collective, These Are Not My Hands.
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