Moira Levant

Moira Levant is a composer, music teacher, and professional violinist. She has lived on both coasts of the United States, and has traveled some. Her undergraduate degree is from Wright State University and is a BM in Music History. Her first masters degree is from Carnegie Mellon and is in Music Composition. Her second masters degree is from the University of Limerick, and is in Ethnomusicology. She is currently a member of  ASCAP and is also a member of the Dayton Music Club. She has won several music composition awards through both ASCAP and the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs. In 2023 Syrodesy Flute Trio commissioned Moira to write a piece for them about the Wright Brothers. She titled it Wright Flight and it was performed in Atlanta, Georgia in the Fall of 2025. The performance was part of the National Flute Convention. Moira teaches violin and composition / music theory at her own private studio as well as a composition class through the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra youth program. She also helps to run COCOA Music, Composers of Ohio Collaborative Organization for Acoustic music. Cocoa Music produces at least two concerts a year of all living composers and at least one masterclass a year for younger composers. Moira enjoys writing haikus, poetry, meditations and short stories. Aisling is her first novel.