He taught ten different subjects during his 31 years of teaching for the Canyon School District. In 1990, he sang his first role with the Amarillo Opera. Since that time he has written twenty-two operas, eight of which have been performed by AO, and two more currently in rehearsals. Gene was honored with a Golden Touch Citation and an Achievement Certificate from the Chamber of Commerce for his contributions to Amarillo Opera. He began direction One-Act Play at White Deer High School in 1993, and in 1995 he took White Deer to State Competition.
Gene is an award winning artist, poet, tailor, professional actor and freelance director.
Most recently in 1996, he joined the faculty of Amarillo College where he runs the Music Lab. Pat Starr Starr is from Amarillo. She took her Bachelor of Science degree from West Texas State College where she did her first play under the direction of the wonderful Wendell Cain while the Moore's were on leave, then worked with and was inspired by Bill and Margaret Moore for the rest of her time there. She did several plays for The Amarillo Little Theatre, directed by Margaret Moore and Dick Dye, before becoming one of the original members of Paul Baker's Dallas Theatre Center. There, she took her MA in Drama then moved to New York City where she worked Off-Broadway, and from where she did summer stock seasons and toured across the states as leading lady of The National Shakespeare Company.