Dr. Moria Tunison is the Adjunct Instructor of Clarinet at Illinois Wesleyan University and the
Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at the University of Illinois at Springfield. She also teaches
clarinet lessons at the UIS Community Music School, Monticello Middle School,
and at the Music Shoppe Lesson Studios in Champaign, Illinois.
An active performer, Moria performs regularly with the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra as the substitute clarinetist and has performed with the Franco-American Vocal Academy Opera Chamber Orchestra in France,
the Urbana Pops Orchestra, the 2017 National Intercollegiate Band, and with the Eastern Symphony Orchestra as
the 2010 Concerto Competition Winner.
Moria has been published in various academic journals including her
article, Lefèvre’s Third Concerto Viewed Through the Lens of His Méthode de Clarinette:
An Argument for Historical and Pedagogical Performance Practice (published in the March 2021
edition of The Clarinet journal), her editorial Creating a Meaningful Studio Class for a Small Studio
(published in the Spring 2021 edition of the NACWPI journal), and her article Teaching Younger Students
During Covid (featured as a part of the “Clarinet in the Time of Covid Series” on The Clarinet [Online]).
Moria was also chosen as a Finalist in the 2020 International Clarinet Association Research Competition
for her research on Jean Xavier Lefèvre and his Third Concerto.
As a pianist, Moria plays at Bement United Methodist Church,
Pesotum United Methodist Church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and as
the choir accompanist for Kenwood Elementary School.
Adjunct Professor of Clarinet at the University of Illinois at Springfield. She also teaches
clarinet lessons at the UIS Community Music School, Monticello Middle School,
and at the Music Shoppe Lesson Studios in Champaign, Illinois.
An active performer, Moria performs regularly with the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra as the substitute clarinetist and has performed with the Franco-American Vocal Academy Opera Chamber Orchestra in France,
the Urbana Pops Orchestra, the 2017 National Intercollegiate Band, and with the Eastern Symphony Orchestra as
the 2010 Concerto Competition Winner.
Moria has been published in various academic journals including her
article, Lefèvre’s Third Concerto Viewed Through the Lens of His Méthode de Clarinette:
An Argument for Historical and Pedagogical Performance Practice (published in the March 2021
edition of The Clarinet journal), her editorial Creating a Meaningful Studio Class for a Small Studio
(published in the Spring 2021 edition of the NACWPI journal), and her article Teaching Younger Students
During Covid (featured as a part of the “Clarinet in the Time of Covid Series” on The Clarinet [Online]).
Moria was also chosen as a Finalist in the 2020 International Clarinet Association Research Competition
for her research on Jean Xavier Lefèvre and his Third Concerto.
As a pianist, Moria plays at Bement United Methodist Church,
Pesotum United Methodist Church, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and as
the choir accompanist for Kenwood Elementary School.
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