As Artistic Director of the Providence Singers, Christine Noel has led the chorus through world premieres, commissions, and the organization’s fourth commercial recording: Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living. For 19 years, she has treasured a rich partnership with the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and, especially, collaborations with the late conductors Bramwell Tovey and Larry Rachleff. She regularly conducts the Philharmonic and the Singers in performances of Handel’s Messiah.

 

Praised for her “thoughtful leadership,” “elegant conducting,” and “attention to musical detail,” Dr. Noel has impacted and

influenced emerging musicians, many of whom have pursued advanced careers in music.

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She has served on the music faculty and as Director of Choral Activities at Clark University in 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-wining 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. 

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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.