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22-618: The University of Houston was founded in 1927, and the music department was formed in 1940. In 1969 the department was officially designated as the University of Houston School of Music. In 1972 the School of Music moved into the Fine Arts Building, a facility it shared with the School of Art. A multimillion-dollar gift in 1991 by UH alumni John and Rebecca Moores led to renaming of the school in their honor (media references to

44-605: A faculty of 80. Since 1997 the school has been located at the Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music Building on the University of Houston campus. A large and varied schedule of concerts and recitals featuring students, faculty, and guest performers serves the concertgoing public of Houston throughout the year. Ensembles at the Moores School include the Wind Ensemble (recipient of multiple Grammy nominations),

66-576: A non-profit organisation dedicated to research and treatment of Onchocerciasis , the second most common cause of infectious blindness. In 2016, Moores began negotiations to buy English soccer club Nottingham Forest , with a view to buying between 80% and 100% of the shares from Kuwaiti owner Fawaz Al-Hasawi for a reported $ 61.87 million. However, the deal unexpectedly collapsed at the eleventh hour, with no clear reason given by either party. In February 2008, Moores' wife Becky filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Moores gave up ownership of

88-467: A number of musical activities outside the scope of its basic program of university instruction. These include the following: In addition, the Moores School of Music is home to chapters of four collegiate music fraternities and one honor society: Located in the Arts District of the University of Houston campus, the centerpiece of the $ 24 million Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music Building

110-416: Is the 800-seat Moores Opera House, which has a ceiling mural by Frank Stella , light fixtures by Isaac Maxwell, and a green room displaying paintings by Ary Stillman . The building has 50 teaching studios and 60 practice rooms, a library, listening and composition facilities, a recording studio, four rehearsal halls for large ensembles, and a lounge. Some facilities in the "old" Fine Arts Building, such as

132-551: The Blaffer Gallery , the art museum of the University of Houston. The Houston Opera Studio has provided dozens of world-class opera singers with early professional training and experience. From its inception in 1977 until 1992, the Studio was a partnership between the University of Houston School of Music and Houston Grand Opera ; it is now administered solely by HGO. The Moores School of Music Percussion Ensemble, under

154-667: The Carter Center at Emory University , succeeding Jimmy Carter . Most recently, Moores is a member of the board of trustees for the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the University of California, Berkeley . The center is focused on finding solutions to address the crisis of extreme poverty and disease in the developing world. Moores is also the founder of the River Blindness Foundation,

176-457: The John and Rebecca Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego , and over US$ 20 million to San Diego State University . In 1999, he was appointed Regent of the University of California by Governor Gray Davis until he resigned for unknown reasons in 2007. As UC regent, he worked to make sure Proposition 209 (passed in 1996) was implemented. In 2005, he was elected chair of

198-508: The University of Houston . Class years usually indicate the year of a graduation unless an entry is denoted by an asterisk (*). In this case, the student did not graduate from the university, and the class year indicates the last known year a former student attended. In the case of alumni with multiple graduation years, the earliest graduation year is shown. The following abbreviations and notes are used to represent UH schools and colleges: Individuals who have received honorary degrees from

220-425: The "Moores School of Music" appear as early as fall 1995) and to the construction of the present facility, which began operation in 1997. Bruce Spencer King, Earl Moore, Robert Briggs, Milton Katims , David Tomatz, David Ashley White, Andrew Davis, Courtney Crappell, and Brian Kai Chin have been artistic directors of the school. Enrollment in the Moores School stands at nearly 600 music majors, who are instructed by

242-604: The Boys and Girls Clubs, St. Vincent de Paul Villages, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society and Scripps Research , where Moores sits on the board. His 1991 contribution of US$ 51 million to the University of Houston was the largest in U.S. history to a public university. He served on the University of Houston System Board of Regents from 1991 to 1994. Among many other philanthropic efforts, John and Becky Moores donated US$ 21 million to establish

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264-604: The Dudley Recital Hall and the Organ Hall, are still used by the Moores School. List of University of Houston people 29°43′31″N 95°20′38″W  /  29.725156°N 95.344017°W  / 29.725156; -95.344017 John Moores (baseball) John Jay Moores (born July 9, 1944, in San Antonio, Texas , as John Jay Broderick) is an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, and

286-869: The Moores School Percussion Ensemble, and Collegium Musicum (early music). The Edythe Bates Old Moores Opera Center presents productions consistently lauded as being of professional quality. As a component of the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts , the Moores School also collaborates for some events, programs, and productions with the School of Art , the Creative Writing Program, the School of Theatre and Dance, and

308-1317: The Moores School Symphony Orchestra, the Concert Chorale, AURA (a contemporary music ensemble), the Jazz Orchestra, the Mariachi Pumas, the Spirit of Houston Cougar Marching Band , the Symphonic Winds, the Concert Band, the Cougar Brass, the Choral Artists, the Chamber Singers, the Concert Women's Chorus, the Houston Symphony Chorus, the University Men's Chorus, the University Women's Chorus,

330-617: The company's Chapter 11 reorganization. He also founded JMI Equity. In 1994, Moores purchased the San Diego Padres professional baseball team from Tom Werner . In 2009, he began the process of incrementally selling the Padres to a group of twelve investors, headed by Jeff Moorad (former sports agent and CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks ) for about $ 500 million. The deal fell through in 2012, and Moores instead sold

352-452: The direction of Dr. Blake Wilkins, has also performed at three Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. These showcase concerts were the result of winning three PAS "Call for Tapes" contests. The Moores School Percussion Ensemble is the second ensemble in history to achieve three PAS Showcase concerts. The group has recorded three commercially released compact discs: Surge, released in 2005; Not Here, But There, released in 2009; and

374-965: The family home on a golf course at Pebble Beach, California . The property overlooked the Pacific and the 18th fairway of the golf course. The divorce also prompted a major overhaul of the San Diego Padres roster, followed by the sale of Moores's majority ownership of the Major League Baseball team. During the divorce proceedings, Moores spent the majority of his time in Texas, and refused to attend Padres and San Diego State games, while his wife regularly attended Padres games. In 2013, Moores married Dianne Rosenberg. List of University of Houston people#Entertainment and performing arts The list of University of Houston people includes notable alumni, former students, and faculty of

396-456: The family to Houston, Texas , in 1960, and John spent his high school years there. He left Texas A&M University before graduating and became a programmer for IBM . He later studied at the University of Houston where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in economics and a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center . He founded BMC Software in Texas in 1980, and

418-514: The former owner of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Moores was born in San Antonio, Texas —the eldest son of Jack and Katherine Broderick. Jack Broderick abandoned his wife, son John, and two younger sons in 1948. In 1950, Katherine wed again, to Cyrus "Red" Moores, a photographer with the Corpus Christi Caller newspaper, and her sons were given their stepfather's name. Red Moores, by then in insurance, moved

440-622: The most recent, Everywhere Entangled, which was released in January 2012. Data indicate that some 80 percent of Moores School graduates stay in the Houston area following graduation, so that a large proportion of the community's professional musical performers and educators are University of Houston alumni. Nevertheless, Moores School graduates in significant numbers can be found on concert stages, on college faculties, and in other leading professional musical roles worldwide. The Moores School hosts

462-710: The team for $ 800 million to a group led by Ron Fowler . Moores was voted into the Padres Hall of Fame in 2023. He continues to operate in the IT service management market with continued investments through his venture capital firm JMI Equity. Organizations that Moores has supported include the ACLU , the San Diego Zoo , San Diego State University , the San Diego Symphony , San Diego Center for Children,

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484-652: Was the lead venture capital financier for Peregrine Systems in California starting in 1981, as well as ServiceNow , another California corporation founded in 2005. He served as a director of Peregrine from March 1989 to March 2003 and as chairman of the board from March 1990 through July 2000 and from May 2002 through March 2003, during which he cashed out between US$ 600 and US$ 630 million in Peregrine stock. He resigned as Peregrine chairman in February 2003 as part of

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