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B.A. Amherst College; M.A. Smith College
Clifton J. Noble, Jr. was born in 1961, and began to
play the piano and guitar under his father's guidance at age 5. Original compositions
followed shortly, and the urge to write music has never left Noble. He holds degrees
from Amherst College (1983) and Smith College (1988).
Noble is currently the Staff Accompanist
in the Smith College Music Department. He plays for singers and instrumentalists
in lessons and recitals, and accompanies the Smith Glee Club and Chamber Singers.
Smith choral forces have presented his compositions and arrangements throughout
the United States and Europe.
His choral works have been performed by the Mt. Holyoke
and Radcliffe Choral Societies, the Williams College Chorus, the Needham Children's
Chorus, the Assabet Valley Mastersingers, and by ensembles at the Universities
of Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana. Many are published by Warner Chappell Music and
by Treble Clef Music.
His instrumental works have been performed by the Boston
Chamber Music Society, the Longmeadow Chamber Music Society, the Holyoke Civic Symphony
Orchestra, the Western MA Young People's Symphony, the Florentine Trio, and flutist
Carol Wincenc. Noble writes classical music reviews and features for the Springfield
(MA) Union News and Sunday Republican newspapers. He was the music director at Blessed
Sacrament Roman Catholic Church and taught general music to grades K-6 at Holy Trinity
School, both in Greenfield, MA. An enthusiastic jazz pianist, Noble has collaborated
on two compact discs, "Good Talks" and "Still Talkin'" with clarinetist Bob
Sparkman, and recently participated in the recording of "Vermont Songbook" as
part of a jazz quartet with Sparkman, drummer Richard Mayer, and bassist Genevieve
Rose. He lives in Westfield, MA with his wife Kara and daughter Samantha. |
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