Joe W. Moore III currently serves as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Texas Arlington. Prior to this he served on music faculties at the University of Louisiana Monroe, Benedict College, the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, and the University of Texas at Brownsville. Moore earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Central Florida, a Master of Music degree from the University of South Carolina, and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree with a minor in composition from Louisiana State University. His primary percussion teachers include Jeff Moore, Kirk Gay, Scott Herring, Jim Hall, Brett Dietz and Troy Davis. His composition teachers include Jay Batzner, Brett Dietz, and Dinos Constantinides.                                    

Active as a soloist and chamber musician, Moore performs as a member of the Omojo Percussion Duo, the Ninkasi Percussion Group, 2x2 Percussion, and Dead Resonance. His performances have included appearances at New Music on the Bayou, the Sugarmill Music Festival, the South Texas College Marimba Festival, the Texas Music Educators Association Convention, the National Conference on Percussion Pedagogy, and the 2018 Percussive Arts Society International Convention.

As a composer, Moore's works have been performed and heard across the United States, South America, Europe, and Asia. C. Alan Publications, Alea Publishing and Recording, Percussion Music Europe, and Musicon Publications publish Dr. Moore's music. He also self-publishes many of his own manuscripts, which can be found in the store of this website.

Dr. Moore's sponsors include Pearl Drums/Adams Musical Instruments, REMO Drumheads, SABIAN Cymbals, Black Swamp Percussion, and Vic Firth sticks and mallets.