MEET THE CONDUCTOR: Christine Noel

Christine Noel conducts HANDEL'S MESSIAH
December 4, 2022 at 3PM

Background: Christine is delighted to return to the podium for the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra’s annual performance of Handel's Messiah. For 18 years, she has treasured a rich partnership with the Philharmonic, and especially collaborations with the late conductors Bramwell Tovey and Larry Rachleff. As Artistic Director of the Providence Singers, she has led the chorus through world premieres, commissions, and the organization's fourth commercial recording — Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living. Praised for her “thoughtful leadership,” “elegant conducting,” and “attention to musical detail,” Dr. Noel’s work has impacted and influenced emerging musicians, many of whom have become members of the Providence Singers and pursued advanced careers in music.

She has served on the music faculty and as Director of Choral Activities at Clark University, Worcester, MA, and as musical director at Trinity Repertory Company. Dr. Noel is the Founding Artistic Director of the Rhode Island Children’s Chorus (RICC), an award-winning choral organization for youth ages 7-18. RICC recently celebrated its 20th anniversary and has been featured at conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education. RICC has also performed at Carnegie Hall and other notable venues throughout the eastern United States.

In demand as a guest conductor, clinician, and master teacher, Dr. Noel has conducted choral/orchestral works in the United States and abroad. She holds a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting from Boston University, where she studied with Ann Howard Jones and David Hoose. She also holds an undergraduate degree in Music Education from Rhode Island College, where she was the recipient of a Ridgway Shinn Fellowship for a year of study at the Kodály Institute of Music in Kecskemét, Hungary. Passionate about language study, she resided in Florence, Italy for two years, where she completed the superior level of Italian studies at the University of Florence and served as Associate Conductor for two Italian choral ensembles.

Being the mother of her seven-year-old daughter is her greatest accomplishment and truest joy.



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