Rachel S. Moore | |
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Born | Rachel Suzanne Moore Davis, California |
Alma mater | Brown University, AB in Ethics and Political Philosophy Columbia University, MA, Arts Administration The Colburn School, Honorary doctorate in musical arts |
Occupation(s) | President and CEO, Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County (The Los Angeles Music Center) |
Years active | 1982-present |
Board member of | Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Bureau Central City Association of Los Angeles Economic Club of New York |
Awards | The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected in 2020 US Presidential Scholar of the Arts |
Rachel S. Moore (born c. 1964)[1] is an American arts administrator. She is the president and CEO of the Performing Arts Center of Los Angeles County (The Music Center), which operates the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Ahmanson Theater, the Mark Taper Forum, and Grand Park. A former ballet dancer, she was the executive director and CEO of American Ballet Theatre (ABT) from 2004 to 2015.[2][3]
Moore is an advocate for arts education for underserved children, diversity and inclusion.[4] She ran Project STEP, an affiliate of the Boston Symphony Orchestra that provides children of color with classical music training; initiated ABT's Project Plié, which identifies and supports young dancers in minority communities;[5] and launched The Music Center Arts Fund, which offers free and low-cost programming and educational opportunities at Music Center venues.[1] She also served on the advisory committee for the Los Angeles County Equity and Inclusion Initiative.[3][6]
Moore oversees The Music Center initiatives such as its arts education program, which reaches more than 600,000 children and young people in Southern California. She also serves as presenter and curator of Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center, as well as programs, events and activities that introduce new audiences to the arts.[7]