Francisco Noya

Francisco Noya is a professor of conducting at Berklee and artistic director of
the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra. A native of Venezuela, he
has appeared as guest conductor with orchestras in Brazil, Venezuela,
Austria, the Czech Republic, Spain, and Russia, and with the Baltimore,

San Antonio, and Omaha symphony orchestras, among others. He was music
director of the Empire State Youth Orchestra in Albany, New York for

10 seasons.

A founding member of the famed “El Sistema,” the world-renowned music education
program in Venezuela, Noya has held master classes for young conductors and collaborated in
the training of the youth orchestras. Noya conducts the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s wildly
successful Link Up! Education Concerts, which served 14,000 students in grades 3, 4, and 5
this year.



Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra

Since its debut in 2008, the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra (BCSO) has set out on
a course to distinguish itself from other Boston-area orchestras. The ensemble has nearly 100
members and is the first full symphonic group ever assembled at Berklee. Possessing a distinct
Berklee twist, the group specializes in programming contemporary works—particularly those
by living composers—but juxtaposes them with pieces from the traditional orchestral
repertoire. “We want to explore different repertoires and types of music—symphonic material
that does not necessarily belong to the traditional symphonic repertoire. BCSO is firmly
connected to the roots of the symphonic repertoire. We're interested in adding to the contin-
uum of great orchestral music,” says assistant professor Francisco Noya, the BCSO'’s music
director and conductor.

Faith M. Lueth

Faith M. Lueth is a professor of music education at Berklee. She is a graduate
of Boston University, and holds a music management degree in choral
conducting from the Boston Conservatory and the artist-teacher diploma
from the Choral Music Experience Institute.

She has served as a choral adjudicator, clinician, and conductor throughout
the East Coast and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Lueth has presented choral
workshops for state, regional, and national conferences of NAfME (National
Association for Music Educators) and state and regional conferences of the American Choral
Directors Association. Her choral groups have been selected to perform at several ACDA and
NAfME Conferences.

Lueth’s awards for distinguished teaching have included the Lowell Mason Award presented
by the Massachusetts Music Educators Association for excellence and leadership in music
education, the prestigious Distinguished Service Award given by the Massachusetts Music
Educators Association for outstanding leadership and contributions to Music Education, and
the Dean’s Award for Creative Scholarship and Professional Contributions presented by
Berklee’s Professional Education Division.

Lueth is a past president of MassACDA and has served on the board of the Eastern Division
American Choral Directors Association. She is immediate past president of the Massachusetts
Music Educators Association and is the choral techniques editor for the MMEA publication
Massachusetts Music News.

She has participated in the development of anchor standards for high school choral
ensembles and has been an active participant in the development of Common Music
Assessments with Connecticut and Massachusetts music educators. She has served as
consultant to several school districts.