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￼ARTHUR NOBILE, JR., a native of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, was born in 1973. Mr. Nobile is a "post-modern musician" and liturgist. Mr. Nobile has been published in both written periodicals as well as audio and visual materials.

After a decade-long affiliation with organist, Diane Bish at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mr. Nobile continued studies at the Paris Conservatory, Paris, France. Later he collaborated with Ted Alan Worth and Robert Hebble, both colleagues of Virgil Fox.

Mr. Nobile graduated with academic and collegiate honors from Seton Hill University in 1997. He is recognized by Seton Hill University as a “Cherished Alumnus.” He has ministered throughout the world. In 2000 he was appointed the Director of the Office of Worship and Principal Organist for the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola, The Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida, a position he held until 2004. In 2005, he was the first American organist invited to Saigon, Vietnam to design and dedicate the organ for the Cathedral of Notre Name, Ho-Chi-Mihn, City.

Presently, Mr. Nobile is Director of Pastoral Music for St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church, Coral Springs, Florida. He has collaborated with some of the most pivotal artistic, theological, and cultural figures, among them, the late Philip Johnson, with whom he created remarkable designs for various sacred spaces and a cathedral.

Mr. Nobile has published 8 music CDs and 3 DVDs. 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 organist Diane Bish, and her TV show "The Joy of Music," he enjoyed music-making opportunities in some of the world’s most famous churches and cathedrals. 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." Some of this is typical of what one might find in a biographical sketch of an organist. However, there is one difference, Arthur does not consider himself an "organist." Rather, he feels that he is "a musician who happens to play the organ." The problem with trying to convey the gutsy reality of Arthur is that a written description lacks color, form, liveliness, action, and especially, the sounds of reality.

Arthur 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.