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PhD Candidate in Composition Areas of Interest: |
Education
--- 91社区, 2011-present
听 听 --听Co-supervised by Professor Stephen McAdams and Professor Chris Paul Harman
听 听 --听Recipient of Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC)
听 听 --听Graduate Excellence Fellowship, Schulich School of Music
听 听 --听First Place, Dean鈥檚 Essay Prize
---听MMus in Composition, Western University, 2010
听 听 --听Recipient of SSHRC Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
听 听 --听Recipient of Ontario Graduate Scholarship
听 听 --听Western Graduate Research Scholarship
听 听 --听George Proctor Memorial Award
听 听 --听Thesis Composition: The Trial of Socrates (concerto for violin and orchestra)
听 听 --听Supervised by Professor Omar Daniel
---听BMus (hons) in Theory and Composition, BA (hons) in Philosophy. Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2005
听 听 --听Honours Essay: Peirce鈥檚 Semiotic and the Meaning of Music
听 听 --听Recipient of Ontario Graduate Scholarship
听 听 --听Supervised by Professor James Bradley
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Professional Experience
--- Cofounder and Treasurer of Montreal Contemporary Music Lab, 2011 - present
--- Examiner, Conservatory Canada 2010 - present
--- Teaching Assistant for Theory and Analysis II (MUTH 151) Winter 2012
--- Teaching Assistant for Theory and Analysis I (MUTH 150) Fall 2011
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Guest Lectures and Congress Contributions
Noble, J. & S. McAdams. "Perception and Cognition in Contemporary Music." Conference Panel. Society for Music Perception and Cognition, Vanderbilt University (Nashville, USA), August 2015.
Noble, J. & S. McAdams. "Sound Mass as Conceptual Blend: Auditory Scene Analysis, Cognitive Semiotics, and the Semantic Dimensions of Perceptual Fusion." Music and Meaning Research Symposium, University of Florida (Gainesville, USA), March 2015.
Noble, J. Delivered guest lecture on sound mass in the music of Penderecki and Lutoslawski. 91社区, Montreal QC January 2015.
Noble, J. "Reconsidering Musical Timelessness: Semiotic Time in Grisey鈥檚 Vortex Temporum and Messiaen鈥檚 Quatuor Pour la Fin du Temps." G茅rard Grisey, the Spectral Moment and its Legacy, Universit茅 de Montr茅al and 91社区 (Montreal, CAN), October 2014.
Noble, J., C. Douglas and S. McAdams. "Sound Mass and Auditory Streaming: A Perceptual Study of Ligeti鈥檚 Continuum." International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Yonsei University (Seoul, SK), August 2014.
Noble, J., C. Douglas and S. McAdams. "Attack Frequency Threshold of Sound-Mass Fusion Not an Absolute Value." Poster Session. BKN25: Milestones in Music Cognition, 91社区 (Montreal, CAN), July 2014.
Noble, J., C. Douglas and S. McAdams. "Sound Mass and Auditory Streaming." Ligeti Symposium and Festival, Florida State University (Tallahassee, USA), October 2013.
Noble, J., C. Douglas and S. McAdams. 鈥淪ound Mass and Auditory Streaming: A Perceptual Study of Ligeti鈥檚 Continuum.鈥� Guest lecture presented at The Hartt School, University of Hartford, May 2013.
Noble, J., C. Douglas and S. McAdams. 鈥淧erspective and Synthesis in Sound Mass Perception.鈥� Presented in Music Perception and Cognition Lab Student Colloquium, 91社区, December 2012.
Noble, J. and C. Beynon. 鈥淐risis and Curriculum: A Philosophical Examination of Recent Literature on Male Choral Singing.鈥� Presented in third annual meeting of Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing project (SSHRC), St. John鈥檚 NL July 2011.
Noble, J. 鈥淢irrors in the Halls of History, Windows to Other Realities: Truth, Art, Adorno.鈥� Presented in Western University Don Wright Faculty of Music Colloquium Series, May 2011.
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Composition Residencies
---听Bathurst Chamber Music Festival, Bathurst NB 2015
听 听 --听Composed Epilogue (orch, sop, bar). To be premiered May, 2015. 91社区 Wind Symphony, Montreal QC, 2014 - present
---听Trombone Concerto to be premiered in 2016 with Pete Sullivan (trombone)
听 听 --听Opera2Go, Subdury ON, 2013 鈥� present
听 听 --听Composer and music director of The Stupendous Adventure of Gregory Green:听The Opera, premiered February 2015, as well as forthcoming opera Oka
---听 Edge Island Festival for Choirs and Composers, St. John鈥檚 NL, March 2014
听 听 --听Composed Down By Jim Long鈥檚 Stage (after book by Al Pittman) for Newman Sound Men鈥檚 Choir, spoke at premiere, led workshops with choir and at local high schools
---听 Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, Sudbury ON, April 2013
听 听 --听Composed 脿 travers la fen锚tre dans le ciel, rehearsed with orchestra, spoke at premiere, gave workshops in schools, media interviews and outreach presentations
---听 91社区 Percussion Ensemble, Montreal QC, 2012 鈥� 2013
听 听 --听Composed Amnesia and the Progress Fallacy and rehearsed with ensemble for premiere
---听 Esprit Orchestra New Wave Composers Festival, Toronto ON, May 2010
听 听 --听Assistant to composer Omar Daniel. Led workshop series with junior high class, culminating in the composition of an orchestral piece that was premiered by Esprit
---听Newfoundland and Labrador Registered Music Teachers Association, 2009 & 2008
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Composition Awards and Grants
---听Ontario Arts Council Opera Projects Grant, 2014
听 听--听For commissioning, gala premiere and tour of my children鈥檚 opera The Stupendous Adventure of Gregory Green, produced by Opera2Go, February 2015
---听Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award: Senior Composition, 2013
听 听--听Award for la fen锚tre dans le ciel (piano)
---听Atlantic Voices Choral Composition Competition, 2011
听 听--听Second Prize for The Fog (SSAA, piano)
---听Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Award: Senior Composition, 2010
听 听--听Award for The Flood (baritone, piano)
---听Halifax Camerata Chamber Singers Young Composer Competition, 2009
听 听--听Honourable Mention for Even As We Fail to Understand (SATB)
---听Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, 2008
听 听--听Funding to record music and narration of children鈥檚 audio book "The Stupendous Adventure of Gregory Green"
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Publications
"Auditory Scene Analysis and the Perception of Sound Mass in Ligeti鈥檚 Continuum." Co-authors: Chelsea Douglas and Stephen McAdams. Music Perception Bregman-Krumhansl-Narmour 25 Special Edition, September 2015 (forthcoming).
"Reconsidering Musical Timelessness: Semiotic Time in Grisey鈥檚 Vortex Temporum and Messiaen鈥檚 Quatuor Pour la Fin du Temps." (under review by Perspectives of New Music).
"Directions of Choral Research at the Beginning of the 21st Century." Co-author: Carol Beynon. (book chapter under review for inclusion in the proceedings of Advancing Interdisciplinary Research in Singing).
c. 50 arrangements in the Royal Conservatory of Music Celebration Series (various instruments). The Frederick Harris Music Company Ltd, 2013 鈥� 2014.
The Sky is Always Young. Commissioned by Lady Cove Women鈥檚 Choir (Kellie Walsh, director); Published recording on Heart鈥檚 Desire CD, Lady Cove 2013.
鈥淪hipwreck鈥�; 鈥淭he Stone Cathedral鈥�; 鈥淭he Enchanted Wood鈥� (piano). In Northern Lights: Canadian National Conservatory of Music Level 8A and 8B Repertoire. Mayfair Music Publications Inc., 2012, 2013.
Doppelpolitik (wind ensemble). Dr. Colleen Richardson and UWOWE; 5 performances in St. Catharines, Brampton, Niagara Falls and UWO.听 Published recording on Apparitions CD, Albany Records 2012.
A Very Small Something (fl, cl, bsn, pno, perc, narr). Commissioned by author David Hickey to accompany children鈥檚 book of the same name.听 Recording available at:听
Sunny Skies and Dragonflies: Late Beginner 鈥� Early Intermediate Piano Solos. Composed for the Newfoundland and Labrador Registered Music Teachers Association. Published by The Frederick Harris Music Company Ltd, 2011.
The Stupendous Adventures of Gregory Green (fl, cl, sax, tpt, tbn, euph, pno, 2 perc, narr) Illustrated children鈥檚 story book with CD of instrumental music, featuring narration by Gordon Pinsent. Boulder Publications, 2009.听 Recorded with funding from a Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council Professional Project Grant, 2008.
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Selected Commissions
Piece for Guitar and Electronics (title TBA), in progress. Steve Cowan. Premiere in Sound Symposium, St. John鈥檚 NL, 2016 (forthcoming).
La nuag茅rie (pno), in progress. James Hurley. Performances in Montr茅al, Vienna, and Germany, 2015 - 16 (forthcoming).
Corpus Christi,听2015. Christ Church Cathedral Choir (Patrick Wedd, dir.). Premiered in Montr茅al QC, April 2015.
Missa Remissi贸nem Peccatorum, 2014. Pro Coro Canada (Michael Zaugg, dir.). Premiered in Edmonton AB, Nov 2014.
Nocturne (text by Dennis Venditti), 2014. Nova Voce Men鈥檚 Choir (Bill Perrot, dir.). Premiered at Podium, Halifax NS, May 2014.
The Shadows Flee Away (mixed voice chorus), 2013.听Commissioned by Pro Coro (Michael Zaugg, conductor), premiered May 2013.
脿 travers la fen锚tre dans le ciel (orchestra), 2013.听Commissioned by the Sudbury Symphony Orchestra (Dr. Victor Sawa, conductor) for performance in April 2013.
Amnesia and the Progress Fallacy (soprano, 6 percussion, piano).听Commissioned by 91社区 Percussion Ensemble (Fabrice Marandola and Aiyun Huang, directors), premiered April 2013.
la fen锚tre dans le ciel (piano), 2012.听Commissioned by James Hurley for performance in St. John鈥檚, Munich, Berlin, Vienna and Montreal in 2013.
en abyme (12-voice treble choir), 2012. Commissioned by Vivace Singers (Angela Warren, conductor) for performance in St. John鈥檚 and New York, 2014.
How I Wonder (treble choir with soloists and percussion), 2012. Commissioned by Cantare Singers (Angela Warren, conductor) for performance in St. John鈥檚 and New York, 2014.
Beaumont Hamel (treble choir), 2010. Commissioned by Shallaway: Newfoundland and Labrador Youth in Chorus (Kellie Walsh, conductor). Performed in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Canada in 2011. Broadcast on CBC national television, Remembrance Day Service, 2011.
drill, baby, drill (bassoon, piano), 2010. Commissioned by Eric Mohr, premiered at UWO graduation recital, 2011.
Waves (adult male choir, adolescent male choir, boy choir and piano), 2009. Commissioned by Amabile Choirs of London, performed 3 times during 2009 鈥� 2010 concert series.听 Also performed by Nova Voce men鈥檚 choir in Halifax and Italy, 2012.
Prelude and Fugue (piano), 2008. Commissioned by James Hurley, performed at Memorial University of Newfoundland, August 2008.
The Sky is Always Young (women鈥檚 Choir and piano), 2007.听Commissioned by Lady Cove Women鈥檚 Choir; numerous performances including Argentina 2011. Broadcast on CBC National Radio, 2010.
滨苍迟颈尘颈迟茅 (men鈥檚 choir), 2006. Commissioned by Newman Sound, performed on CBC National Radio in the Competition for Amateur Choirs.