After winning the SAMRO Overseas Scholarship for composition in 2010, Keith Moss is now recognised as one of the leading South African composers of his generation. His compositional output ranges from chamber works of varying kinds to large-scale orchestral works including soloists. In 2012 he won the First Place prize in the Stefans Grové National Competition for Composition and also became the first recipient of this award in this category.
He began studying composition soon after completing his degree in piano performance under one of the most widely performed South African composers of our time, Peter Louis van Dijk. Later he was a student of the former head of the South African College of Music, Peter Klatzow.

He has worked with composers in the United Kingdom, namely Jonathan Cole of the Royal College of Music, Robert Fokkens at the University of Cardiff, and Adam Gorb of RNCM.
He has conducted numerous premieres of his own works with his performing ensemble, The Paz Consort, as well as continuing to promote the works of his contemporaries.  SAMRO has commissioned major works from him and he is wokr is published by UNISA in the piano jazz syllabus.
Keith now lives in Pretoria, South Africa, where he continues to write and perform. He is currently studying towards a Doctoral degree in Composition at the University of Pretoria under Alexander Johnson, while continuing his work with The Paz Consort, promoting his work and the work of his contemporaries through concerts and commissions.

Published 30 June 2012, updated 06.05.2013