Weston Noble to receive a "Lifetime Achievement" award

In honor of more than 50 years of outstanding service as a conductor and music educator, Luther College professor emeritus of music Weston Noble will be given a Lifetime Achievement Award this Saturday by the the Iowa High School Music Association.  The Lifetime Achievement Award is also awarded on behalf of the Iowa Music Educators Association, the Iowa Choral Directors Association, the Iowa Bandmasters Association and the Iowa String Teachers Association.

The presentation will be made during the All-State Music Festival Concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Hilton Coliseum on the Iowa State University campus in Ames.

Noble served as conductor of the Luther College Nordic Choir from 1948-2005 and the Luther College Concert Band from 1948-1973.  In addition to his 57-year tenure as a conductor and music educator at Luther, he has served as guest director for more than 900 all-state bands, orchestras, choirs and festivals across four continents.  In recent years, he has conducted the Pacific Summer Music Festival of Guam, the Korea National Choir in Seoul, and the International Schools Festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Noble holds honorary doctoral degrees from Augustana University, St. Olaf College, Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Carthage College and Wartburg College.  He was awarded the St. Olav's Medal by King Harald V of Norway for his contributions to Norwegian-American relations and was the first recipient of the Weston H. Noble Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Choral Art from the North Central Division of the American Choral Directors Association.