Struck by the unique texture and bell-like twang of three acoustic plucked instruments, the members of the Noble Fowl Trio came together at the Yale School of Music. With the goal of developing a strong repertoire for the instrumentation, they have commissioned new works for the trio by composers such as Nomi Epstein and Lainie Fefferman. Performances include concerts for the Connecticut Guitar Society, British Art Center, Yale Lunchtime Chamber Music Series, [co][lab], and Wicker Park Art Center.
Official Noble Fowl Trio Website
Claire Happel (Harp)
Harpist
Claire Happel performs with ensembles throughout Chicago and the Midwest, including the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and Civic Orchestra of Chicago. In contemporary music, Ms. Happel has performed with the Berg Orchestra and Ostravská Banda and as a chamber musician and soloist on the Pulitzer Series of St. Louis, curated by David Robertson. She has commissioned and premiered works throughout the United States and received grants from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (CAAP), Illinois Arts Council, Urbana Public Arts Commission, and the American Harp Society. Ms. Happel holds degrees in harp performance from Yale University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also received a BFA in dance. She was a 2007-08 Fulbright Scholar in Prague, the Czech Republic and completed training in the Alexander Technique in 2015. She currently teaches at Valparaiso University, the University of Notre Dame, Saint Mary's College, and Olivet Nazarene University.
Jeremy Harting (Mandolin)
Dr. Jeremy Harting is a guitarist, mandolinist and teacher who lives in Philadelphia. In 2011, he earned a Doctor of Music degree at Indiana University in Bloomington. His dissertation examines the theoretical and historical principles of the solo guitar works of Roberto Sierra. Currently, Dr. Harting is an instructor in music at Saint Joseph's University, Eastern University, and the Blutt College House Music Program at University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he has held teaching positions at Ithaca College, Indiana University, Yale University, Darlington Arts Center, and The Lancaster Classical Guitar Institute. Dr. Harting is a founding member and President of the Classical Guitar Society of Lancaster.
James Moore (Guitar)
James Moore is a versatile guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and composer. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, he has been active in New York since 2006, earning the titles of "local electric guitar hero" by
Time Out New York and "model new music citizen" by the New York Times. James is a founding member of the electric guitar quartet Dither and performs with The New York City Players, a theater group directed by playwright Richard Maxwell. He also plays in an eclectic array of ensembles including his acoustic group The Hands Free and the rock band Forever House. James's first solo recording, John Zorn's
The Book of Heads, was released
on Tzadik in 2015.
