Noah Godard (he/him)

Program Director & Composer-Mentor

Noah Godard (b. 2003) is a Californian composer currently based in New York City. His music often reflects on our relationship with the environment, the saturation of modern life, and the connection between cultural and geographical identity. Noah is pursuing a BM in composition at the Juilliard School, studying with Matthias Pintscher.

Noah was a LA Phil Nancy and Barry Sanders Composer Fellow for three years, and studied with Brett Banducci, Andrew Norman, Sarah Gibson, and Thomas Kotcheff. He has had works premiered by ensembles including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Southeast Symphony, Sandbox Percussion, the Lyris Quartet, the Bergamot Quartet, and the Nu Deco Ensemble.

Noah has also taken part in programs such as Yellow Barn’s Young Artists’ Program (2023, 2021), New Music on the Bluff (2021), the MATA Jr. Festival (2020), and Sunset Chamberfest’s Young Composers’ Workshop (2020). He has been named a finalist in the ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards six times, and was a 2021 YoungArts Finalist in music composition.

In addition to music, Noah has studied as a bonsai artist for four years. In his free time, he enjoys studying linguistics, hiking, and drinking tea.