Cellist Joel Noyes joined
the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in 2002. An avid chamber
musician, Joel has frequently appeared throughout the
United States at such prestigious venues as Lincoln
Center's Alice Tully Hall, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie
Hall, and Bargemusic, Ltd. During recent summers, he has
performed at festivals including Marlboro Music, La Jolla
Summerfest, Sarasota, Taos, and Music from Angel Fire. He
has collaborated with many of the world's leading chamber
musicians, including Gilbert Kalish, Kim Kashkashian, Ida
Kavafian, David Soyer, Steven Tenenbom, and Peter Wiley.
Born into a musical family, he began playing the cello at
the age of three under the tutelage of his father. In
2001, Joel graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music
in Philadelphia where he studied with David Soyer. While
at Curtis, he was chosen principal cellist of the
Institute's orchestra, and frequently played in the
Philadelphia Orchestra. His other teachers have included
Richard Aaron at the Cleveland Institute of Music and
Marc Johnson of the Vermeer Quartet.
In his spare time, Joel dabbles in photography and
musical improvisation. |
