Cellist Marlene Moore is an unusual combination of rich, passionate sound supported by the technique to provide a wide range of tonal color. She is a tiny package who puts out a powerful sound that is elegant and thoughtfully conceived causing one’s imagination to see glimpses of beauty and peace seldom contemplated.

Born in Europe to traveling musicians, she grew up in a household surrounded by evening musical soirees. Her earliest memories are of straining to listen through the heating grate to the musical adventures occurring in her family’s living room downstairs.

When she and her sister were three and two, their mother engaged two nuns at a convent in Seattle to instruct the girls in the Suzuki Method. In those days, nuns wore full habits and she was terrified of their appearance for some time before her desire to experience music overcame her fear.

As the family grew, they developed the repertoire and a following and were engaged most weekends providing church, wedding, and funeral music all over Puget Sound. This experience prepared her for a life devoted to musical performance and teaching and she has played on several continents and several orchestras.

A resident of Joyce, Washington, she is past and presently involved with numerous local ensembles (Moore-Ahmann Duo, Ecclectic Duo, Moore-Lin Duo, The Dungeness Piano Trio, The Deka Piano Trio, former member of The Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra, Trio Lyrica) as well as maintaining a private teaching studio. Anyone who knows Marlene knows that she pours her soul into her music and that her soul is supported by active faith in God.

(Biography written by Penny Linterman)

“Without Jesus, life is like the shell of the cello – hollow. Only when He sets the strings in motion is there sound.”