Noble, Weston

Title
Professor Emeritus
Office:
Jenson-Noble 206
Phone:
+1.563.387.1385
Email:
Degree:
M.M., University of Michigan

Weston Noble is a highly accomplished and honored American music educator and conductor. Now the Johnson Professor Emeritus of Music, Mr. Noble had a fifty-seven year tenure as a conductor and teacher at Luther College in Decorah, IA. He has received acclaim from across the country and the world as the conductor of the Luther College Nordic Choir from 1948 to 2005, the Luther College Concert Band from 1948 to 1973, and as guest director for over 900 All-State bands, orchestras, choirs, and festivals across four continents.

Mr. Noble is a charter member of the American Choral Directors Association and an elected member of the American Bandmaster’s Association. In 1994 the North Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association established the Weston H. Noble Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Choral Art, to be presented at subsequent conventions to an outstanding recipient. Mr. Noble was the first to be honored with the award.

Because of his outstanding contributions to choral music, Mr. Noble is the recipient of the Robert Lawson Shaw Award given by the American Choral Directors Association. Due to his outstanding contributions to instrumental music, he was awarded the 2008 Midwest Clinic Medal of honor, given by the International Convention of Band and Orchestra Directors. In the field of music education the National Federation of State High School Associations recognized him as the Outstanding Music Educator of the United States. He is also listed in the World Biographical Hall of Fame and Marquis’ Who’s Who in the World 2009.

Mr. Noble holds five honorary doctorate degrees: Augustana College (South Dakota), St. Olaf College, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Carthage College and Wartburg College. He was awarded the St. Olav’s Medal from King Harald V of Norway for his contributions to Norwegian-American relations.

At present Mr. Noble is a Conductor in Residence at Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa. In 2009 he returns as guest conductor for Guam’s sixth annual Pacific Summer Music Festival. In 2009 he conducted the International Schools Festival in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, with participants form Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Indonesia.