Bio

  Jason Noble

Music Educator, Conductor, Composer and Clinician

Mr. Noble is currently serving as the Musical Director of the Hanover Wind Symphony, a semi-professional adult wind band in Whippany, New Jersey.  Mr. Noble is also serving as the Associate Conductor of the New York University Wind Ensemble, a new ensemble that has garnered critical acclaim.  Prior to that appointment, Noble served for four years as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School in Miami, Florida.  During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, the band received both national and international acclaim.  In 2004, Mr. Noble commissioned a new significant piece of literature for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by world-renowned composer Mark Camphouse.  Mr. Noble was also cited as one of the “nation’s most promising young music educators” by School Band and Orchestra Magazine (2002), and featured in The Miami Herald for his innovative teaching techniques in 2002.  Noble founded the “Coral Park School of Music,” which emulated a college/conservatory model and gave students the opportunity to take classes in music theory, history, conducting, instrumental techniques, and music education.   

Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band, an urban public high school, released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003.  His ensembles have performed at Carnegie Hall and have been invited to perform at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.  Mr. Noble believes strongly in the principle that every person deserves to learn music in the least-restrictive, most supportive, and most positive environment.  Noble strongly believes in a constructivist, post-modern philosophy of music education, and he credits his exposure to the teachings of music education philosopher David Elliott early in his career as a critical, positive turning point.  Noble is in demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States.

Mr. Noble attended New York University (Master of Arts, Music Education) and University of Miami (Bachelor of Music, Music Education, magna cum laude).  Mr. Noble will be pursuing doctoral studies in 2006.  At New York University, Noble studied composition with world renowned composer Justin Dello Joio, saxophone with internationally acclaimed classical saxophonist and historian Paul Cohen, and music education with critically acclaimed contemporary scholar David J. Elliott.  Previously, Noble studied conducting with Gary Green (University of Miami), and Nicholas DeCarbo (University of Miami).  Mr. Noble holds professional membership in the National Band Association (NBA), College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), The Mayday Group, New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA), New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), American Society of Composers, Arrangers, and Publishers (ASCAP), Society of Composers International (SCI), and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).  In addition, Mr. Noble is a nationally certified music performance judge for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA) and a nationally certified music teacher with the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). 

His favorite quote, one that has guided his strong passion for pursuing musical excellence is “Music is not an art for the chicken-hearted. Seek what is right, and do NOT be afraid to be wrong!” a statement boldly stated by the father of the American Wind Ensemble, Dr. Frederick Fennell.