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 Dr. Noon is a faculty member in the College for the following department(s) and division(s):
| | | David Noon was born in 1946 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor's degree at Pomona College in 1968, where he studied composition with Karl Kohn. Noon later studied composition with Darius Milhaud, Yehudi Wyner, and Mario Davidovsky. Following Noon's undergraduate education, he attended New York University to study medieval music. After receiving an M.A. in musicology at N.Y.U., Noon attended Yale University, where he received an M.M.A. and a D.M.A. in composition. In 1972–73, Noon was a Fulbright fellow in composition at the Music Conservatory in Warsaw. From 1973 to 1976, he taught music theory and composition and supervised the advanced ear-training program at the School of Music at Northwestern University. In 1976–77, he was composer in residence at the Wurlitzer Foundation in Taos, New Mexico. From 1996 to 1998, Noon was composer artist in residence at the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the largest Gothic cathedral in the world, in New York City. He has received awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, ASCAP, BMI, Yale University, and the Aspen Music Festival. Since 1981, Noon has been on the faculty of Manhattan School of Music in New York City, where he is chairman of the music history department and is the dean of academics. Noon, who is an avid bridge player, spends his summer months composing on the Greek island of Crete. He has written seven string quartets, diverse chamber music, ballet, songs, liturgical music, and a piano concerto, as well as a one-act comic opera.
Manhattan School of Music faculty since 1981.
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