Moses George Hogan (March 13, 1957 – February 11, 2003) was an American composer and arranger of choral music. He was best known for his settings of African-American spirituals. Hogan was a pianist, conductor, and arranger of international renown. His works are celebrated and performed by high school, college, church, community, and professional choirs today. His most famous work today is The Oxford Book of Spirituals created in 2002. He died at the age of 45 of a brain tumor, and his surviving relatives include his mother, brother, and four sisters. His interment was located at Mount Olivet Cemetery and Mausoleum.
Born in New Orleans, Hogan lived with five siblings and his parents, who gave their children a passion for music. He was an accomplished pianist by the age of nine. The family attended the A.L. Davis New Zion Baptist Church. Hogan's father was a bass singer in the church choir while Hogan's uncle, Edwin B. Hogan, was the Minister of Music and organist.
Hogan was musically educated from a young age, first enrolling in Xavier University Junior School of Music. In his sophomore year of high school, he was accepted to New Orleans Center for Creative Arts High School and was in its first graduating class of 1975.
Hogan was awarded a full scholarship to the Oberlin Conservatory of Music where he studied piano and graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Music degree. Immediately after graduation, he began graduate studies at Juilliard School of Music, and later went to study classical music in Vienna, Austria. During his piano performance years, Hogan won several competitions including first place at the 28th Annual Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition in New York. He returned to Louisiana State where he was offered the opportunity to work for his doctorate, but decided not to pursue it.
Founder and conductor of The Moses Hogan Chorale and The Moses Hogan Singers1st place in the 28th annual "Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition" in New York.Appointed artist in residence at Loyola University New Orleans in 1993.Arranged and performed several compositions for the 1995 PBS documentary The American Promise.Recorded and conducted several arrangements with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.Critically acclaimed by The New York Times and Gramophone Magazine.Brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity.Single-handedly introduced the professional choral spiritual and revitalized the Negro spiritual tradition.Over seventy published works
Abide with MeAin't That Good NewsAmenAny HowA Spiritual ReflectionBasin Street BluesThe Battle of JerichoCert'nly LawdClimbin' Up the MountainDaniel, Daniel, Servant of the LordDe Blin' Man Stood on De Road an' CriedDeep RiverDidn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?Do Lord, Remember MeDone Made My Vow to the LordDon't You MournDown by the RiversideElijah RockEv'ry Time I Feel the SpiritEzekiel Saw de WheelFix Me, JesusGive Me JesusGlory, Glory, Glory to the Newborn KingGo Down MosesGod's Gonna Set This World on FireGood News, The Chariot's Comin'Go Tell It on the MountainGreat DayHear My PrayerHe Never Said A Mumblin' WordHe's Got the Whole World in His HandsHis Light Still ShinesHold On!Hold Out Your LightI Am His ChildI Can Tell the WorldI Couldn't Hear Nobody PrayI Got a Home In-A Dat RockI Got a RobeI Have a DreamI Know The Lord's Laid His Hands On MeI'm Gonna Sing 'Till the Spirit Moves in My HeartI'll Make The DifferenceI Stood on the River of JordanI Surrender AllI Want God's Heaven To Be MineI Want Jesus To Walk With MeI Want To Be ReadyI Want To Thank You, LordJesus Lay Your Head in the WindowJoshua Fit the Battle of JerichoLet the Heaven Light Shine On MeLet us Break Bread TogetherLift Every Voice for FreedomLike a Mighty StreamLily of the ValleyLittle David, Play On Your HarpLord, I Want To Be A ChristianMister BanjoMusic Down in My SoulMy God Is So HighMy Good Lord's Done Been HereMy Lord, What a MorningMy Soul's Been Anchored in the LordNo Hidin' PlaceMary Don't You WeepOld Time ReligionO Magnify the LordOnly What You Do For Christ Will LastPlenty Good RoomRide On, King JesusRide The ChariotRise An' ShineSomebody's Knockin' at Yo' DoorSometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ChildSoon-Ah Will Be DoneStand By MeStanding in the Need of PrayerSteal AwaySurely He Died on CalvarySwing Low, Sweet ChariotThere is a Balm in GileadThere's a Man Goin' AroundThis is My CountryThis Little Light of MineTrashin' the CampTwo Hymn SettingsWade in the WaterWalk Together ChildrenWe Shall Walk Through the Valley in PeaceWere You There?Who Built the Ark?WitnessYou Better Min' How You TalkAlthough Moses Hogan arrangements were quite unique, they would generally fall into these three main categories...
TraditionalSoloist vs ChoirChoral LayeringStarted on November 20, 1999, and is known as Negro Spiritual/Moses Hogan Chorale Day.
Voices – soundtrack to the 1995 PBS documentary, An American PromiseThe Moses Hogan Choral Series 2003: This Little Light of MineGive Me Jesus – performed by the Moses Hogan Singers/produced EMI Virgin RecordsAn American Heritage of Spirituals – performed by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir/conducted by Albert McNeil and Moses HoganDeep RiverThe Moses Hogan Choral Series 2002Lift Every Voice for Freedom, a collection of American folk songs, poems, hymns, songs of faith and patriotic songsThis Little Light of Mine: Moses Hogan Choral Series 2003Feel the Spirit, Vol. 1, Mar 2008Feel the Spirit, Vol. 2, Jul 2008Oxford Book of Spirituals, 1914 to 2001Ain't That Good News, Nov 2005The Deep River Collection, August 2000
