Memphis Symphony director proves serious music needn’t be solemn
Robert Moody, music director for the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, talks informally with the audience prior to a performance at the Cannon Center Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020. (Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian)
For the era of inclusion, Moody seems to have come straight out of central casting. He’s 52 but he could pass for 38. He doesn’t mind a stunt, like conducting the theme to "Jurassic Park" in a T-Rex costume."
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Jill Johnson Piper
Jill Johnson Piper is a second generation newspaper writer with roots in Memphis and Arkansas. She earned a B.A. in English from Rhodes College. Her work appears in Rhodes Today and Memphis magazine, as well as The Daily Memphian.
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