I have a confession – I loathe writing bios. I begin, and then I get mired down in how I want to present myself. I am not just “one thing” – I am so many, many things: multi-faceted.
Since this is my “music performance website,” I’ll start with that.
I love getting up in front of people and singing. I remember, around age seven, I was in the children’s music hour on a Sunday at my church in Littleton, Colorado. We were rehearsing for the upcoming Sunday service where the children would be singing. The children’s music director was at the front of the room, and children from ages 3 to 12 or so were squirreling about. Finally, in utter exasperation, her voice rang out: “Do any of you want to get up here in front of everyone and sing?” I hadn’t been paying close attention at the moment, but I heard that! My hand started to venture up, when I noticed the very stern look on her face. My hand hovered, almost rising, as I realized that the music director was trying to cow us into silence by threatening to make a child come up and sing. I was confused – I was a “very good girl” and I did what I was supposed to do – I didn’t want to be “punished” – but I also really, truly wanted to get up in front of everyone and sing!
The moment passed, and I didn’t raise my hand. As an adult, looking back, I kind of wish I had raised my hand – I wonder how the music director would have responded. I still have that same desire – I want to get up in front of people and sing!
This inner spark has propelled me forward – to piano lessons, to singing lessons, to landing the lead role in The Fantasticks musical my senior year of high school, to majoring in music and theater, and spending three years in the chorus of the Utah Opera. I married. It should have been a pleasant new development in my life, one that brought a husband, change, children, and joys. It didn’t work the way that I expected. Among other things, during my marriage my ex almost completely doused my burning desire to sing in public — to the extent that to a friend around 2009 I confided: “I used to sing….” When I kicked him out in March 2014, one of the things that I decided was that I was going to sing in public again! And…I wearied of singing to karaoke tracks. I needed to learn to accompany myself. I gave myself 10 years to figure it out. It didn’t take 10 years.
So, here I am: 2026. Let me sing for you – I hope that you will enjoy the music. I sing because it brings me joy – come, be joyful with me.
If you want to find out a little more about me, take a moment to peruse my other websites:
alisamoore.name
phxsong.com
phxtechgurus.com
frugalorganic.com