Academy of Rock, Noble Studio Store, Enfield    

July 7 to July 26, 2008                                 

Meet Our Coaches

Bruce Noble grew up in Moncton, New Brunswick and started playing guitar
at age ten. He played in bands all through junior high and high school.  While juggling his schoolwork, he also toured extensively throughout Atlantic Canada.

He moved to Los Angeles, California in 1979 to attend Hollywood’s famous music school, Musician’s Institute, GIT.  Having built up his skills and experience in the United States, Bruce then moved to Halifax, Canada, settling in to a busy teaching and performing schedule here in Nova Scotia.

He taught at the Canadian Conservatory almost from its inception. Bruce helped develop and taught at their "Summer Rock", Rock Camp Program which has produced many of the best musicians and players in Canada.

It was always a dream for him to open his own music school, bringing a wide variety of music to the community.  In 2004 he opened Noble Music Studios in Lantz.  The following year he ran the first Academy of Rock for one week in Milford.  

This proved to be such a success, such a wonderful opportunity for young musicians to play with others on the stage in performance, that we knew right away we would continue the program in coming years.  It was enjoyed so much by staff and young rockers alike that Bruce decided to have a Junior as well as Senior Academy in 2006; held for three weeks in July.  Already the word is out for 2007 and people are calling for information about the camps.  Bruce thinks this year’s expanded Academy of Rock will be even more amazing!

Along with Bruce, our 2008 coaches are:

~ Steve Preeper -  Veteran instructor Steve has toured all around the world and played with the Carson Downey Band, Matt Minglewood, & John Campbell John. We welcome Steve to the Academy and he brings his enthusiasm & love for the music to the program.	~ Adam Day ~ Adam began taking music lessons at an early age, guitar & voice, then drums.  In school he became involved in music programs and theory.  Adam earned a Bachelor of Music from Dalhousie, while working in live audio with many local artists and top name touring acts.	~ Chris O'Neill ~ Chris is one of the instructors at Noble Music and really enjoys teaching. He likes all styles of music but is best known around the studios as the "heavy metal instructor". He's really looking forward to the Academy of Rock.
Plus new for Academy '08 we welcome Coach David Campbell - bio & photo to come.
Big Noble Thanks too as well to: Don Wall & Adam Coulstring of the local band "The Greasers" for coaching last year, and to Aaron Austin of The Greasers for being an assistant coach.

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