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Frances
Nobert is Professor Emerita of Music at Whittier College in
Whittier, California, and President of the Board of Directors
of the Ruth and Clarence Mader Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Dr. Nobert earned the degrees Bachelor of Music from Salem
College, Master of Music from Syracuse University and Doctor
of Musical Arts from the University of Southern California. As
a recipient of a Fulbright Grant, she studied organ,
harpsichord and piano in Germany. Her organ teachers have
included John Mueller, Helmut Walcha and Arthur Poister. For
many seasons she sang with the Los Angeles Master Chorale
under the direction of Roger Wagner and served as the
accompanist for a nationwide tour of the Roger Wagner Chorale.
She has performed for conventions of the American Guild of
Organists and the Organ Historical Society, as well as for
national and international festivals and conferences related
to the position of women in the music profession. She has
appeared as recitalist in many American cities and in
Australia, China, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Holland,
Italy, Korea and Spain.
Dr. Nobert has served the American Guild of Organists (AGO)
as Pasadena Chapter Dean, South Coast District Convener and
Region IX Councillor. She is currently a member of the AGO
National Nominating Committee.
Dr. Nobert has been resident organist or organist/director
at Arcadia Presbyterian Church, United Church of Christ,
Congregational, in Claremont, St. Matthias Episcopal Church in
Whittier, First United Methodist Church in Pasadena, and
interim organist or organist/director at All Saints Episcopal
Church in Pasadena, First United Methodist Church in Santa
Monica and St. John's Episcopal Cathedral in Los Angeles.
Dr. Nobert is a member of Mu Phi Epsilon Professional Music
Fraternity, ACME (Artists, Composers, Musicologists and
Educators), Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, Delta Phi
Alpha German Honorary Society, the Anglican Association of
Musicians and the International Alliance for Women in Music.
She is listed in numerous volumes of Who’s Who and was
selected as an International Woman of the Year in
1996-97.
Dr. Nobert may be heard on Organ Historical Society's
recordings of the Organs of Maine and on the Raven
label release, Music, She Wrote: Organ Compositions by
Women.
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