Ella J. Moore / Cleo Reed
Rump Shaker, Sound Maker, Fly-Dresser
Education
2021 | Berklee College of Music | Electronic Production and Design2015 | NYU Clive Davis Institute | Future Music Moguls Prep Program
Work Experience
Board Member | Jazz Leaders Fellowship | Brooklyn Conservatory of Music | 2024Event Organizer | Beyond the Black Box | New York City | 03/2023 – Now
Teaching Artist | Willie Mae Future Sounds | Hybrid | 2008 – Now
Performances and Exhibitions
Performer, Technologist | Nona Hendryx’s Dream Machine | Lincoln Center | 2024Performer, Musical Score | Rippin’ and Runnin’ | Triskelion Arts | 2024
Creator, Performer | Black American Circus | Brooklyn Museum (2024),
41st Annual Banlieues Bleues Festival (2024), AFROPUNK Brooklyn (2023)
Sound Designer | Jon Batiste’s American Symphony | Carnegie Hall | 2022-2023
Public Speaking Engagements
Panelist | “The Post-Classical Musician” | SphinxOrg Conference | 2024Panelist | “The Future Is AI?” | SphinxOrg Conference | 2024
Fellowships
2024 | Lincoln Center + BINA48 Sound Design Fellow by Willie Mae Rock Camp2023 | Jazz is NOW: Curatorial Fellow by the National Jazz Museum in Harlem
2023 | OneBeat US Fellow by the US Dept. of State and Found Sound Nation
2021 | Mutual Mentorship for Musicians (M3) by Jen Shyu and Sara Serpa
Residencies (Project-Based)
2024 - 2026 | Performance AIRspace Residency by Abrons Arts Center2025 | Session x Assembly Installation Residency by Recess Arts
2022 | BRIClab Performance Residency by BRIC
Residencies (Process-Based) |
| 2025 | Lighthouse Works | Fishers Island, USA |
| 2023 | Ucross Residency | Wyoming, USA |
| 2023 | The Last Resort Artist Retreat | Baltimore, MD |
| 2023 | Synth Library Prague | Prague, CZ |
| 2022 | Art Omi | Hudson, NY |