Gerald Noble

M153 Creative Arts Center
Fax (937) 775-2346
gerald.noble@wright.edu

Jerry Noble is adjunct percussion instructor, serving as the Assistant Director of the Percussion Department.  He is a member of the Dayton Philharmonic and is on the percussion staff with the University of Cincinnati Bearcats Marching Band.  Prior positions include: USAF Band of Flight, Principal Timpani; Owensboro Symphony (KY), Principal Percussion; Columbus (IN) Philharmonic, Principal Percussion; and Indiana University, Associate Instructor.   He has also performed with Star of Indiana’s Brass Theater (predecessor to Blast!), toured the Caribbean as a drummer on Princess Cruises, and has performed with numerous orchestras to include the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, the Alabama Symphony, Cleveland Pops, Columbus Symphony (OH), Fort Wayne Philharmonic, New Mexico Symphony, West Virginia Symphony, and Erie Philharmonic.

In high school Mr. Noble was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra while studying with Dr. Glenn Schaft (Youngstown State). Mr. Noble earned his Bachelor’s in performance from Cleveland State University and his Performer’s Diploma from Indiana University. He has studied with Tom Freer of the Cleveland Orchestra; Gerald Carlyss, former Principal Timpanist of the Philadelphia Orchestra; and Dave Fishlock of the Cincinnati Symphony. Drumset studies include work with Kenny Aronoff, John Riley, Bob McKee, Jim Rupp, and attendance at the University of North Texas Drumset Workshop.  He also has attended the Cloyd Duff Timpani Master Class and has had several lessons with the world-renowned former Cleveland Orchestra timpanist, Cloyd Duff.  Additionally, Mr. Noble has attended Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina and the Pierre Monteux School in Maine.

Following his time at Indiana University, Mr. Noble served with the USAF Band of Flight for nine years as Principal Timpani/percussion with the Concert Band, percussion with the brass quintet, drummer with the Jazz Combo, and drummer with the show band.  As a member of Band of Flight he performed over 1,500 concerts throughout the Midwest including performances for presidents, vice presidents, senators, and other military leaders, and heads of state.  The USAF Band of Flight awarded him with a commendation medal and an achievement medal.  He was also named “Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year,” and “Outstanding Airman of the Year.”   With the Band of Flight, he has performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago and other music educator’s conferences and festivals throughout Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, and Kentucky.

Conductors he has performed with include: Michael Tilson Thomas, Eric Kunzel, Hugh Wolff, Jahja Ling, Robert Porco, Ray Kramer, Giancarlo Guerrero, and Leonard Slatkin. Concert Artists he has worked with include: Janos Starker, James Galway, Jubilant Sykes, Mark O’Connor, and Awadagin Pratt.  Jazz artists/pop acts he has worked with include: Jim Pugh, Eddie Daniels, The Smothers Brothers, Neil Sedaka, Susan Ashton, Art Garfunkel, and Vicki Carr. 
Former students of Mr. Noble’s have gone on to perform throughout the country with professional orchestras, music festivals, military bands, DCI ensembles, cruise lines, and other professional ensembles and have become music educators throughout the region.  As a clinician, arranger, instructor, and consultant; Jerry Noble has worked with and appeared at numerous colleges and high schools throughout the Midwest. He has also performed as a soloist with the Columbus (IN) Philharmonic. Recording credits include the US Air Force Band of Flight, the Owensboro Symphony, the Columbus (IN) Philharmonic, and the Indiana University Percussion Ensemble.

Mr. Noble is married to the former Ashley Mullins, a freelance oboist, and they have two daughters, Ava and Lydia.