Karl Moraski…began piano lessons at age 3 and had his first solo recital at Wanamaker’s Auditorium in Philadelphia at age 5. Since then he has been involved in almost every imaginable style of music from Classical to Rock. He has been a pianist for several major ballet companies and orchestras as well, performing both nationally and internationally, including American Ballet Theater under Mikhail Baryshnikov, Miami City Ballet under Edward Villella, Los Angeles Ballet, The Boca Pops, The Naples Philharmonic, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The Dance Theater of Harlem, Long Beach Ballet and most recently Carolina Ballet in Raleigh NC where he currently resides with his wife and five children.. He has performed as a piano soloist in venues such as the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Wolftrap, The Edinburgh Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, The 1984 Summer Olympic Arts Celebration in Los Angeles, and in Raleigh with the NC Symphony and The Opera Company of North Carolina (playing solo accordion as well for Luciano Pavarotti). Repertoire including Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra, Stravinsky; The Four Temperaments, Paul Hindemith; Piano Concerto #3, Tchaikovsky; Tarantella, Franz Liszt; Schumann Symphonic Etudes… While in Los Angeles he wrote music for and appeared in an episode of the ABC series Hart to Hart and also appeared on Aaron Spelling’s ABC television show Finder of Lost Loves. For several summers he teamed up with wide receiver Willie Gault of the L.A. Raiders to do a program for inner city youth called Say Yes to Dance. While living in Vancouver B.C, Canada, he was a member of the band Montana whose single “Just a Minute” rose to number 22 in the charts; co-wrote their 2nd single “Lorelei”, and also wrote commercial jingles such as The Best Seat in the House, a book by Dee Lippingwell, and Canada's United Way promotional short for national TV. He also took time to travel the world with Princess Cruises with their Show Band as well as a guest entertainer with other bands in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Alaska. Since moving to Raleigh he has been doing a lot of composing and arranging. He composed a Two Act Cinderella for Carolina Ballet, which received wonderful reviews. He has composed two other ballets for the same company; Visions- a one-act ballet and Portraits (one section of a full length evening “Ballet Extravaganza”), also receiving excellent reviews. He returned to Los Angeles to assist Warner Brothers in arranging and recording the full soundtrack for their newest theatrical venture, Casablanca: The Dance, conceived by John Clifford, which premiered in Beijing, China. Last spring he collaborated with David Paul Meyer composing the score for his short film System Fault.. Last fall he composed the theme song “Every Generation” for the Stand in the Gap event in Washington D.C. where over 20,000 people gathered. He’s also been writing Commercial Jingles again for companies such as Standard Pacific Homes and a local favorite Andy’s Burgers. He is currently Music Director at the growing Hope Community Church in Raleigh where he continues songwriting and singing for the weekend services and other special events. Hope Community Church continues to open its arms wide as it not only reaches out to people in the local area but around the world as well. For the last several years he has been and continues to be involved in several community development/mission trips to places such as Kyrgyzstan and Venezuela (with Band of Brothers), and The Central African Republic. In the C. A. R., Hope Community Church is partnering with ICDI to provide clean water, AIDS education, orphan care (through Vision Trust International) and assist with micro-enterprise industries. His song “Forgotten Children” is up on YouTube and talks about the plight of children in the C.A.R. For the last few years he has been writing for Songs of Love; an organization that provides customized songs for kids with life threatening illnesses. To date he’s written over fifty songs for kids. “Using music as a way to help other's to see the tremendous needs in the world around us or helping to ease someone’s pain or suffering through music is the best way I can think of to thank God for the gift He has given to me." In the works: Beauty and the Beast- an original full length ballet score for Carolina Ballet, Spring 2009 CD’s: The Wonder of it All - Original Worship CD Caught Between Two Worlds- full-length music CD about the poverty/plight of people in the Central African Republic.