Virgil Moorefield is a composer, intermedia artist, author, and drummer. CDs of his composer-led ensembles include "Things You Must Do to Get to Heaven" (Innova, 2007), "The Temperature in Hell is Over 3,000 Degrees" (Tzadik, 1997), and "Distractions On the Way To the King's Party" (Cuneiform, 1994). The Virgil Moorefield Ensemble has performed in Europe and the U.S., including the Inventing America Festival at London's Barbican Hall, and the Bang on a Can Marathon at Lincoln Center.  Moorefield's intermedia work, "Five Ideas About the Relation of Sight and Sound" (2008), was recently premiered in Ann Arbor and at the Aimaako Festival in Santiago, Chile. A collaborative intermedia work, "Chicago Union Station," was presented at the International Computer Music Conference in Miami. His work has received support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. Moorefield has been commissioned by the Bang On A Can All-Stars, and his orchestral work "Blanqui" was performed by the Orchestra of the S.E.M. Ensemble in Brooklyn.

His book, "The Producer As Composer" (2005), is published by MIT Press. As a drummer, Moorefield has worked with numerous rock and avant-garde artists, including Swans, Bill Laswell, Elliott Sharp, and Damage. He has performed with Glenn Branca since 1987.

Moorefield received an MFA and a Ph.D. in composition from Princeton University. He also holds an MA and a BA in Comparative Literature from Columbia University and studied at the Juilliard School.