Moorman was born in Tuskegee, Alabama on May 11, 1946, and grew up in Columbia, South Carolina.
[1] Moorman earned a bachelor's degree from Vassar College in 1968 and in 1971, a masters of arts from Rutgers University.
[6] She composed Race Riot, a work based on Andy Warhol's piece of the same name.
[7] In 2016, the world premiere of Cape Coast Castle was played the Richmond County Orchestra.
[8] Her opera, Elegies for the Fallen, is based on the poetry of Rashidah Ismaili and is a commemoration of the Soweto Massacre.