Moyse, Marcel, 1889-1984

Marcel Moyse was a renowned flutist, teacher and chamber music coach in addition to being an amateur artist of some accomplishment.

Moyse was born on May 17, 1889 in Saint Amour, France. At age 15, he traveled to Paris to live with his uncle, a professional cellist. In 1906, Moyse studied flute with Paul Taffanel and won the premier prix at the Paris Conservatoire. Moyse was a soloist in the Opera-Comique in Paris from 1913 to 1938. He first toured America in 1913. Moyse performed as soloist under most of the leading conductors of this period. He studied with Phillippe Gaubert in 1919 and later with Adolphe Hennebains. Moyse continued an extremely successful concert career and was awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur in the 1930s. In the 1940s, Moyse divided his time between Europe and South America and, in 1949, he and his wife Celine relocated to Brattleboro, Vermont. With the help of Serkin and Adolf Busch, Moyse opened the music department at Marlboro College. Encouraged by their success, they started the Brattleboro Music Center.

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