Eric D. Moore, a native of Falls Church, VA, retired from the United States Navy Band in 2013, having served as its principal horn player from 2001 to 2011. Eric earned both a Bachelor of Music Education and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Boston University--graduating cum laude in both programs--and received a Master of Music in horn performance from the University of Texas at Austin. In May 2015, he received his DMA from The Catholic University of America (Washington, DC) in orchestral instrumental performance.

     An active performer, he has regularly performed with the National, Baltimore, Arlington, Maryland, Harrisburg and Fairfax Symphonies and was a member of the Austin Symphony, Austin Lyric Opera and Austin Ballet Orchestras before moving to Washington, DC in 1993. Eric currently serves as principal hornist and as a board member with the Fairfax Symphony (Fairfax, VA), and has appeared as a soloist with the United States Navy Band, Capitol Wind Symphony, Fairfax Symphony, Arlington Symphony and The Catholic University Symphony Orchestra. An advocate for bringing quality classical music to culturally underserved communities, he was president of the Falls Church Chamber Orchestra for nine years, an ensemble which he founded in his hometown. His former teachers include Wayne Barrington (Chicago Symphony), Jay Wadenpfuhl (Boston Symphony), Michael Hatfield (Indiana University), Scott Fearing (National Symphony), Laurel Ohlson (National Symphony) and Abel Pereira (National Symphony).

     Eric greatly enjoys teaching and currently serves on the faculty of The Catholic University of America. He previously served on the faculty at George Mason University (Fairfax, VA) for nine years. He currently lives in Falls Church, Virginia, in the house he grew up in, with his children Jamison, Johanna and Henry.