Noel Jones, AAGO
Creative Director
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Noel Jones has been involved
with the design, and maintenance of organs since 1963. He apprenticed
with
Nelson Bailey, in Salem, Ohio and Philip Croteau in New York City. He has
developed organ designs under the
supervision of Dr Charles Courboin and Lawrence Phelps. Following more
than fifteen years designing and voicing
digital church organs in Cleveland, Ohio he then served as a sales engineer
for the Tellers Organ Company
and as well as the Möller Organ Company. He began working with Rodgers
Digital and Pipe Organs in the mid
1990s. He has passed the exams and been awarded the Associateship
of the American Guild of Organists accredited
by the New York State Board of Regents, qualifying him to wear the Masters
Hood. He has performed
numerous recitals, and was invited to perform for a National American Guild
of Organists convention at the
suggestion of Lawrence Phelps.
Among his teachers:
Organ
Marshall Bailey Salem, Ohio
George Markey Guilmant Organ School, NYC
George Powers Guilmant Organ School, NYC
Dietrich von Amsfeld Berlin, Germany
John Ferguson Kent State University
Piano
Viola Lang Guilmant Organ School, NYC
Clive Lythgoe Cleveland Music School Settlement
Jerry Stofsky New York City
Violoncello
Annie Camp Lee University Community School of the Arts, Cleveland, TN
James Stroud Cadek Conservatory, Chattanooga, TN
Deborah Patterson Knoxville, TN
Conducting
Choral
Vance George Kent State University
Orchestral
Thomas Bricetti Cleveland Institute of Music
Opera
Bruno Rigacci Barga, Italy
Anthony Addison Cleveland Institute of Music
Gregorian Chant
Chant Benedictine Monks of Latrobe, PA
Accompanying
Rembert Weakland, O.S.B.
Musicians collaborated with:
Eleanor Steber
Jimmie Lee Caviness
Donna Summers
Norman Foster
Sir William Walton
The United Nations Singers
Bridget Hooks
Musical Director/Conductor
U.S. Army Special Services Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Stadttheatre Bremen Bremen, Germany
Theatre am Brienner Strasse Hamburg, Germany
Staff-University Orchestra National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan
City Club of Cleveland, Ohio Anvil Review
The Children’s Orchestra The Cleveland Institute of Music
The CIM Youth Orchestra The Cleveland Institute of Music (Assistant Conductor)
Artistic Director
Young Audiences of Cleveland, Ohio Inc.
Musical Consultant
Karamu Theater, Cleveland, Ohio
Church Positions:
[Organist and/or Choral Director]
St. Paul’s Catholic Church Salem, Ohio
Church Center for the United Nations New York City
St. Teresa’s Catholic Church New York City
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Brooklyn, New York
Calvary Chapel Fort Knox, Kentucky
St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church Frankfurt, Germany
The DOM Cathedral [English Masses] Frankfurt, Germany
Calvary Presbyterian Church Cleveland, Ohio
Mulberry Presbyterian Church Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Pioneer Memorial Presbyterian Church Solon, Ohio
Il Duomo Barga, Italy
First Baptist Church Etowah, TN
The Haley Farm, Children’s Defense Fund Clinton, TN
Vocal Works Prepared and Conducted unless otherwise noted:
Requiem W. A. Mozart Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, Hamilton, Ohio
Stabat Mater G. Pergolesi Calvary Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Ohio
Abraham And Isaac Viadana Calvary Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, Ohio
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Special Services, Frankfurt,
Germany
Sweet Charity Berlin, Germany (Vocal Coach)
Hair Hamburg, Germany
Ich bin Ich (The Me Nobody Knows) Bremen, Germany
The Me Nobody Knows Karamu Theater (Musical Supervision)
The Man of La Mancha Kent State University
The Crucible The Cleveland Institute of Music (Vocal Coach)
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Cleveland Institute of Music (Vocal Coach)
The Old Maid and the Thief The Cleveland Institute of Music (Vocal Coach)
La Serva Padrona G. Pergolesi Young Audiences of Cleveland
Hansel & Gretel (School Version) Young Audiences of Cleveland
La Gazetta G. Rossini Opera Barga (Vocal Coach and Rehearsal Conductor)
Il Pauvre Matelot Milhaud Opera Barga (Vocal Coach and Rehearsal Conductor)
The Bear William Walton Opera Barga (Vocal Coach and Rehearsal Conductor)
Publishing
Published Author - Magazine Articles
Frog Music Press Executive Director
Composer/Arranger
The Temperamental Bach CD Producer
The Temperamental Mr. Purcell CD Producer
Both CD’s have been honored by inclusion
in the catalog of Brobst Library, NYU, NY, NY
The New Bach Temperament CD Producer
Bach By Immersion Producer |