ARTHUR NOBILE
ARTHUR NOBILE, JR. is a postmodern musician and pioneer in the American School
of Improvisation and Harmonic Design. In church or in concert hall, he inspires
audiences to spontaneously sing and applaud. His genius for original
improvisation dazzles us. Critics acclaim him a virtuoso.
Arthur’s musical abilities came early. He had his first church job at age 11. He
enjoyed a decade-long affiliation with his artistic inspiration, popular
organist Diane Bish. Coaching by Robert Hebble and the late Ted Alan Worth
helped develop awareness for registration and tone color, resulting in
musicianship that parallels Virgil Fox.
Arthur graduated with honors from Seton Hill University in 1997, and then did
postgraduate studies in Europe. He worked with Catholic and Protestant
communities on the East Coast of the US, including St. Ignatius Loyola Cathedral.
He has been consultant for religious, cultural and civic groups throughout the
US. He collaborated with some of the pivotal artistic, theological and cultural
figures of our age, including architect Philip Johnson, with whom he created a
remarkable Cathedral design.
Arthur published five music CDs. He has been active in the production of
multimedia documentaries, many of which can be seen on PBS throughout the US and
Europe. Because of this, his affiliation with Diane Bish, and her TV show The
Joy of Music, he enjoyed music-making opportunities in some of the world’s most
famous settings. His talents produce magnificent sounds, especially coupled with
magnificent instruments. He has recorded on instruments by Rodgers Instrument
Corporation, Allen Organ Company and Walker Technical Company. He is highly
regarded for contributions to the world of digital organ design and combination
pipe and digital instruments.
Dr. Fred Moleck, editor of GIA Publications writes: "In the history of Western
Music there are waves of creativity which fall within a tight time frame. These
waves are made by two or three generations of creative musicians whose distinct
musical style and language have been easily recognized and named ... musicians
forge together the Romantic penchant for 'spectaculo' with the 21st Century's
concern for form and balance. Such a performer in this recent battalion of
fireworks is Arthur Nobile, Jr."
This is typical of what one might find in a biographical sketch of a top-notch
organist. There is one difference: Arthur Nobile is not an organist. He plays
something called an “organ,” but this is where the similarity ends. The problem
with trying to convey the gutsy reality of “Arty,” as his fans affectionately
call him, is that a written description lacks color, form, liveliness, action,
and especially the sounds of reality. Arty is not the church mouse the title “organist”
conveys. He is an “action musician” who believes music is seen, heard, and felt,
much as one would have seen the artist Jackson Pollock make his drips, along
with the sounds he made, as if notes were falling onto the canvas. Arty provides
the experience of creating art in front of you – like watching Michelangelo
painting the Sistine Chapel.
Arty is a Fusician, fusing the genres of art, architecture, literature, theater,
and music in one unique and startling whole. He bursts upon the stage with the
fireworks of his exuberance and coaxes out of a digital miracle all the emotions
of the gamut of the artistic world. He is the complete artiste, a one-of-a-kind
marvel who transforms his instrument from a dead mass of keys and pedals into a
living, breathing life form of amazing sights and sounds. He cannot be
understood or appreciated by words on a page. To see him is to believe in
miracles. To hear him is to know magic. You must see and hear this defining
genius of the 21st century of art.
ARTHUR NOBILE, JR. is a postmodern musician and pioneer in the American School
of Improvisation and Harmonic Design. In church or in concert hall, he inspires
audiences to spontaneously sing and applaud. His genius for original
improvisation dazzles us. Critics acclaim him a virtuoso.
Arthur’s musical abilities came early. He had his first church job at age 11. He
enjoyed a decade-long affiliation with his artistic inspiration, popular
organist Diane Bish. Coaching by Robert Hebble and the late Ted Alan Worth
helped develop awareness for registration and tone color, resulting in
musicianship that parallels Virgil Fox.
Arthur graduated with honors from Seton Hill University in 1997, and then did
postgraduate studies in Europe. He worked with Catholic and Protestant
communities on the East Coast of the US, including St. Ignatius Loyola Cathedral.
He has been consultant for religious, cultural and civic groups throughout the
US. He collaborated with some of the pivotal artistic, theological and cultural
figures of our age, including architect Philip Johnson, with whom he created a
remarkable Cathedral design.
Arthur published five music CDs. He has been active in the production of
multimedia documentaries, many of which can be seen on PBS throughout the US and
Europe. Because of this, his affiliation with Diane Bish, and her TV show The
Joy of Music, he enjoyed music-making opportunities in some of the world’s most
famous settings. His talents produce magnificent sounds, especially coupled with
magnificent instruments. He has recorded on instruments by Rodgers Instrument
Corporation, Allen Organ Company and Walker Technical Company. He is highly
regarded for contributions to the world of digital organ design and combination
pipe and digital instruments.
Dr. Fred Moleck, editor of GIA Publications writes: "In the history of Western
Music there are waves of creativity which fall within a tight time frame. These
waves are made by two or three generations of creative musicians whose distinct
musical style and language have been easily recognized and named ... musicians
forge together the Romantic penchant for 'spectaculo' with the 21st Century's
concern for form and balance. Such a performer in this recent battalion of
fireworks is Arthur Nobile, Jr."
This is typical of what one might find in a biographical sketch of a top-notch
organist. There is one difference: Arthur Nobile is not an organist. He plays
something called an “organ,” but this is where the similarity ends. The problem
with trying to convey the gutsy reality of “Arty,” as his fans affectionately
call him, is that a written description lacks color, form, liveliness, action,
and especially the sounds of reality. Arty is not the church mouse the title “organist”
conveys. He is an “action musician” who believes music is seen, heard, and felt,
much as one would have seen the artist Jackson Pollock make his drips, along
with the sounds he made, as if notes were falling onto the canvas. Arty provides
the experience of creating art in front of you – like watching Michelangelo
painting the Sistine Chapel.
Arty is a Fusician, fusing the genres of art, architecture, literature, theater,
and music in one unique and startling whole. He bursts upon the stage with the
fireworks of his exuberance and coaxes out of a digital miracle all the emotions
of the gamut of the artistic world. He is the complete artiste, a one-of-a-kind
marvel who transforms his instrument from a dead mass of keys and pedals into a
living, breathing life form of amazing sights and sounds. He cannot be
understood or appreciated by words on a page. To see him is to believe in
miracles. To hear him is to know magic. You must see and hear this defining
genius of the 21st century of art.