Christian M. Noon

Christian M. Noon is Assistant Director of Bands/Associate Director of Athletic Bands and Assistant Teaching Professor of Music Education at the University of Missouri. At MU, he teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in music education, conducts the University Band, and collaborates in the direction of the athletic bands program, which includes serving as associate director of Marching Mizzou and director of Mini Mizzou for women’s basketball. His professional career began as a band and orchestra teacher in the public schools of Colorado, where he grew up.

Dr. Noon is a sought-after conductor-educator who has previously served as a guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator for honor bands and concert/marching band events in Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado. As an artist, Dr. Noon endeavors to curate creative and expressive concert programs that celebrate the rich variety of repertoire for the wind ensemble (from older, standard works to newer, multi-genre pieces) while centering the musical and educational experiences of his students. He believes strongly that doing so cultivates deeply meaningful and artistic musical experiences for performer and listener alike.

As a researcher, Dr. Noon is interested in the philosophy and sociology of music education as well as preservice music teacher socialization and identity development. He is most curious about the ways in which the art of conducting intersects with these broad discourses and is primarily concerned with how conductors might leverage their work for the betterment of music education and music teacher preparation.

Dr. Noon’s scholarly work has been published in Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, Journal of Music Teacher Education, Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, and Update: Applications of Research in Music Education. He has also presented research at the Florida Music Educators Association conference, the Missouri Music Educators Association conference, and the NAfME Society for Music Teacher Education Symposium on Music Teacher Education. He holds professional memberships in NAfME, CBDNA, CMS, and the Pi Kappa Lambda Honor Society, as well as honorary memberships in Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.