Jeff Moyer is a 21st century renaissance man who works as songwriter, author, producer, public speaker, historian and advocate for human rights. His products and services represent over 35 years of work on the forefront of social change. He has created a range of music and interactive products that entertain, educate and inspire, and innovative productions on general and disability history. In the Products section, read reviews and descriptions of Jeff’s varied offerings. At the web store, listen to samples of tracks from Jeff’s nine albums. You can purchase songs for $0.99 and albums for $5.95 as mp3 downloads that span music supporting inclusive schools and communities, hospice, general folk music, and innovative historical sound stories. Please leave a note in the Guestbook and read what others have written about the creative efforts of Jeff Moyer.

IMPACT
Jeff Moyer has served as a National Public Radio Morning Edition commentator (click here to access the segments), has been featured on The CBS Evening News and 20/20, in National Geographic, and in a BBC documentary on the U. S. Disability Rights Movement. Jeff has twice been invited to the White House and has presented his unique blend of engaging original music, eloquent public speaking and humor to audiences in 47 states and internationally. Moyer is sought as a corporate motivational speaker, and keynote presenter for national and international conferences. The Highlights section provides a snapshot of public speaking history and a bibliography of Jeff’s diverse publications. Jeff Moyer’s products span a broad array of themes, styles, and genres. They are at work in settings from nursery schools through graduate schools, in homes and communities worldwide, and in numerous hospices and museums.

KEYNOTE PRESENTER
Jeff Moyer has been sought as a keynote presenter by numerous regional, national and international organizations due to his ability to understand the needs of diverse audiences and unite them in common cause for fresh commitment toward their goals. Moyer speaks with the authority of one who has experienced profound personal loss and has excelled as a motivational leader. Moyer’s keynotes involve the spoken word and original music. His music engages all audiences and has spurred corporate executives through classroom teachers to join him in songs that inspire and unite. His humor and motivating energy often involve partners from his audience who join him on stage to hilarious effect.

Jeff addresses topics of specific concern to each audience and touches unifying themes that create an energy that focuses and dissolves differences. Jeff is often asked to conduct workshops and concerts at conferences where he is providing opening or closing keynote addresses. Carl Augusto, President of the American Foundation for the Blind, has said, “ . . . Jeff Moyer’s personal appearances top the list of inspiration and entertainment . . .”

PRODUCTS AND PUBLICATIONS
Jeff Moyer began writing and performing his original music in 1965. In 1988 he established Music from the Heart, a publishing company through which he has brought a broad spectrum of music, books and innovative historical productions to the public.

MUSIC FOR CHILDREN
Maxwell The Dancing Dog
Twenty-five years of Jeff Moyer’s delightful songwriting for young children are combined in this award-winning song collection. Maxwell is music that you and your grandchildren will always enjoy. Included among the 17 songs are four sung with an inclusive kindergarten class. This album demonstrates the accessibility of Jeff’s music to the very young and “young at heart.”

MUSIC FOR SCHOOLS
We’re People First
Released in 1995, We’re People First is Jeff’s most popular album and highlights the versatility of his songwriting ability. The 12 songs in this collection are paired with sections in the activity guide that provide an easy-to-follow and powerful tool for teachers and group leaders working with children and youth of all ages. Age-graded, the We’re People First materials present field-tested activities that Jeff has developed through his years of work in schools, arts programs.
How Big Is Your Circle? Jeff recognized the problems of exclusion, ridicule and violence against children devalued because of their differences. He developed the innovative and comprehensive Circle materials. Circle, developed with the input of many young people, is a musical play and counseling guide that can be used by schools with sophisticated music programs or by groups seeking a simple yet powerful reading exercise. Performed by a youth chorus and string orchestra with professional backing tracks, Circle offers a flexible tool applauded by music educators and critics.
Music Animation

MUSIC ANIMATION
Assistive Technology Boogie

Jeff Moyer and friends broke new ground with this innovative production—the world’s first fully accessible music animation. Partnering with Jim Tobias of Inclusive.com and animator Haik Hoisington, Moyer’s A T Boogie celebrates empowering and life-enhancing assistive technology for people with disabilities. Used as a training tool, this light-hearted production quickly engages its audience with music, imaginative animation and the accessible channels of open captioning and audio description.

LIVE PERFORMANCES
Jeff Moyer in Concert

Jeff Moyer has performed at venues from The Cleveland Orchestra’s Severance Hall to stages in New York City for the World Congress on Arts and Medicine and Washington, D. C. for the United States Department of Education. Special Ed Ranger captures the musicality, power and passion of this talented musician before a live audience. The range of both musical style and emotional palette of Moyer’s performances are captured in this uplifting concert and affirmed through the audience’s enthusiasm and response. Often Jeff provides concerts for conferences when he is engaged as keynote presenter. As a solo artist, Jeff brings skill as a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist combined with a warm and charismatic style which draws people together and opens hearts and minds.

Peace Sweet Peace
Peace Sweet Peace is Jeff’s latest recording. It presents thirteen original songs Jeff has written and recorded for hospice.
For several years Jeff has regularly provided a concert of these songs for patients and families receiving hospice care. His music addressing the end of life has brought comfort, healing of the spirit and peace to countless individuals.

Jeff’s concerts often include choirs of children drawn from the schools in which his assemblies and residencies take place, and bring the entire community together for an inspirational, heart-warming and entertaining evening of original music.
Music for Hospice Peace Sweet Peace is Jeff’s latest recording. It presents thirteen original songs Jeff has written and recorded for hospice. For several years Jeff has regularly provided a concert of these songs for patients and families receiving hospice care. His music addressing the end of life has brought comfort, healing of the spirit and peace to countless individuals.

PRODUCER, HISTORIAN AND DOCUMENTARIAN
Jeff Moyer’s creative talents reach beyond productions focused on music. His productions include a landmark documentary, an educational album incorporating field-recorded historic songs and a new recording on sports car history.

Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget is a landmark audio documentary drawn from 35 hours of oral histories Moyer conducted with individuals locked away within Ohio’s state institutions for individuals with cognitive disabilities, their families and those who worked to establish community alternatives. This gripping two-CD program combines Moyer’s artful and poignant music and poetry with elements drawn from these firsthand accounts of a truly dark and unknown chapter in American history. Proclaimed a unique and vital contribution to disability history by advocates, disability historians and national leaders, Lest We Forget tells the transcendent story of people with retardation in the United States.
Jeff Moyer’s brother, Mark, was institutionalized in 1963 and lived for 30 years locked away from community and family. Jeff’s deep understanding of the epic struggle required to move individuals from institutional to community settings is told through the voices of those who lived that history.

Sounds of the Western Reserve Historical Society
Jeff Moyer has worked as a consultant to numerous museums and cultural institutions concerning the accessible presentation of collections and programs. This experience led Jeff to the creation of this educational, innovative and delightful album of period soundscapes and stories drawing on field recordings of historic artifacts. Jeff combined a diverse array of field-collected sound recordings into four soundscapes that transport the listener across time and make history come alive through sound and imagination. Historians and educators have cheered Moyer’s production and employ it regularly in their educational programs.

Sound of Speed
This educational and entertaining story of a century American roadsters are road monsters is Jeff’s latest sound story recording. Jeff recorded antique and contemporary sports cars and the diverse sounds of their growling and throbbing are presented with narrative histories highlighting their unique place in automotive history, a must for gear heads and anyone who appreciates the sound of speed.

WORK IN SCHOOLS
Jeff Moyer’s work in education addresses social inclusion. Through his assemblies and residencies, Jeff helps school communities to develop an understanding that disability and diversity are healthy and needed aspects of all communities. Jeff’s artist-in-residence work has resulted in many schools developing cherished school songs, mottos and pledges. Often residencies conclude with a concert for the community, during which Jeff is joined on stage by an inclusive chorus of the community’s children singing songs of unity and goodwill.

UPCOMING BOOK
Jeff is currently finishing work on an upcoming book entitled, Grit: A Family Memoir on Disability and Healing. The book will consist of 100 essays drawn from Jeff’s and his family’s life story and the transcendent power of the human spirit.

Thank you for visiting this website and considering the work of this uniquely creative man.