Noah Godard is a Californian composer based in New York City. Anchored by a sense of playfulness and an infectious curiosity, his music often reflects on our relationship with the environment, the oversaturation of modern media, and the boundary between irony and nostalgia. Noah is currently pursuing a BM in composition at the Juilliard School, studying with Nina C. Young, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Matthias Pintscher.

Noah currently holds the LA Phil’s Steven Stucky Composer Fellow Chair, having previously been an LA Phil Composer Fellow for three years. He has taken part in programs including the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Yellow Barn’s Young Artists’ Program, and MATA Jr.; and has worked with ensembles including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Hub New Music, Sandbox Percussion, the Lyris Quartet, the Bergamot Quartet, and the Nu Deco Ensemble. Noah’s music has received recognition from organizations including Juilliard, ASCAP, the Entraide Française, and YoungArts. His mentors outside of Juilliard have included Brett Banducci, Andrew Norman, Sarah Gibson, and Thomas Kotcheff.

Noah is also a passionate teacher. In addition to teaching piano and composition privately, he is a Composer-Mentor and Program Director of the NowBeat Project and has been contracted as a composition instructor by the Rhythmic Music Conservatory of Denmark. He is also an ear training teaching fellow at the Juilliard School, and the composition tecahing fellow for Juilliard’s Music Advancement Program. When he’s not playing or writing music, Noah enjoys practicing as a bonsai artist, studying linguistics, hiking, and drinking tea.