JASON NOBLE

MUSIC DIRECTOR

Praised for his highly expressive, innovative, and heart-felt musical interpretations, Mr. Noble has been cited as "one of the nation’s most promising young music educators.” In addition to his position with the HWS, he serves on the faculty of Kean University in Union, New Jersey and supervises New York City area student-teachers for Columbia University’s Teachers College. He previously served as Director of Bands at Miami Coral Park High School, Miami, Florida. Mr. Noble attended New York University (Master of Arts, Music Education) and University of Miami (Bachelor of Music, Music Education, magna cum laude) and is currently a doctoral candidate at Teachers College, Columbia University.

During his tenure at Miami Coral Park High School, Noble's band received both national and international acclaim.  In 2004, Mr. Noble commissioned a new significant piece of literature for wind band, “Yosemite Autumn,” by world-renowned composer Mark Camphouse.  Mr. Noble was also cited as a promising young music educator by School Band and Orchestra Magazine (2002), and featured in The Miami Herald for his innovative teaching techniques in 2002.  Noble recently premiered a new composition for wind ensemble, I Surrender, which was premiered by the NYU Wind Ensemble on March 7, 2006, at the Loewe Theatre in New York.  Noble and the Miami Coral Park High School band released a professionally recorded CD, “Living a Musical Dream,” with Mark Custom Records in 2003.  His ensembles have performed at Carnegie Hall and have been invited to perform at the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia.  Noble is in frequent demand as a conductor, lecturer, and music performance adjudicator across the United States.

At New York University, Noble studied composition with world renowned composer Justin Dello Joio, saxophone with internationally acclaimed classical saxophonist and historian Paul Cohen, and music education with critically acclaimed contemporary scholar David J. Elliott.  Previously, Noble studied conducting with Gary Green (University of Miami), and Nicholas DeCarbo (University of Miami).  Mr. Noble holds professional membership in the National Band Association (NBA), College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), The Mayday Group, New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA), Music Educators National Conference (MENC), American Society of Composers, Arrangers, and Publishers (ASCAP), and the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE).  In addition, Mr. Noble is a certified music adjudicator for the Central States Judges Association (CSJA).

His favorite quote, one that has guided his strong passion for pursuing musical excellence is “Music is not an art for the chicken-hearted. Seek what is right, and do NOT be afraid to be wrong!” a statement boldly stated by the father of the American Wind Ensemble, Dr. Frederick Fennell.

MATTHEW J. PATERNO

ASSOCIATE MUSIC DIRECTOR

Mr. Paterno graduated from Rutgers University-Mason Gross School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Music Degree.  While there, he studied conducting with Scott Whitener and euphonium with Harold Janks of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Upon graduation, he served as the high school band director and fourth grade instrumental music teacher in the Keansburg public schools.

For the past 16 years, Mr. Paterno has been the director of instrumental music at Wayne Hills High School. He has taught at the Mt. Tabor Summer Band School and is a private instructor, brass clinician and adjudicator throughout the area. Mr. Paterno is an adjunct faculty member at William Paterson University, where he teaches low brass methods, applied euphonium and coaches the Tuba/Euphonium ensemble.

Mr. Paterno is the musical director of the Metropolitan Brass Band and the assistant conductor and principal euphonium of the Hanover Wind Symphony.  He has served the North Jersey Area Band Association as President, Vice-President, stage manager and audition host.  He has also served as the North Jersey Region I band audition chairman and sectional assistant.

Throughout his career, Mr. Paterno has conducted several honors bands, including the North Jersey Area Symphonic Band, The New Jersey Region I Jr. High Jazz Band, The Future Musicians Inc. All State Band and Millennium All State Band, The Partesi Music Diocesan Band and the William Paterson Summer Concert Band.  He has served as the assistant band director for both the Morris County College Brass Band and the William Paterson University Concert Band. 

Mr. Paterno is a recipient of the Eastern Marching Band Association’s “Director of the year” award and is listed in “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.”  He resides in Parsippany with his wife Christine and children Anthony and Allison.

PETER T. BOOR

FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR EMERITUS

Peter T. Boor is the Founder and Director Emeritus of the Hanover Wind Symphony, which he directed for 20 years before his recent retirement. He has recently been interim Professor of Music at Hofstra University; the Aaron Copland School of Music, Queens College, CUNY; Rutgers University; and Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison Campus. His responsibilities at these institutions have included conducting University Bands, supervision of student teachers, and lecturing in Conducting, Music Education and Musical Instrument Repair.

During his 34-year career as a highly successful Public School Music Educator, Mr. Boor held positions in Flint, Michigan, Johnson City, New York and Whippany, New Jersey. Musical groups under his direction have performed in Carnegie Hall (NYC), the Garden State (PNC) Arts Center, Giant's Stadium, the Waterloo Village Music Festival and the New York World's Fair. Special performances have been presented for the New York Brass Conference for Scholarships, the Boston Festival of Bands, the Music Educators National Conference and the New Jersey Music Educators Association. World-renowned soloists who have appeared in performance with Mr. Boor include Eugene Albulescu, Joseph Alessi, Roger Behrend, Lorrie Berkshire, Tyrone Breuninger, Don Butterfield, Michael Campbell, Paul Cohen, Mary Ann Craig, Mark Gould, James Markey, Scott Mendoker, James Pugh, Patrick Sheridan, Donald Singer, Philip Smith, Gary Spaulding, and Robert Sullivan.

Twice recipient of the prestigious CITATION OF EXCELLENCE award presented by the National Band Association for outstanding leadership in the field of Band Conducting, he has appeared as guest conductor of festivals and performances throughout the Northeast. He has served as a clinician and consultant to many school music programs; is an adjudicator with North American Music Festivals, Festivals of Music and Music in the Parks; and is presently the New York area coordinator for Festivals of Music. Several articles by Mr. Boor pertinent to music education have been published in The Brass Player, the Rutgers University Alumni Newsletter, the New York State School Music News and NJMEA's Tempo Magazine.

Mr. Boor holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Bucknell University where he studied with Allen W. Flock, and a Master of Science degree in Music Education from the University of Illinois where he studied with Mark Hindsley, Haskell Sexton and Charles Leonhard. He and his wife, Linda, reside in Basking Ridge, NJ.