Assistant Professor, Music and Ensemble X Director
Music Honors Faculty Liaison
- PhD, University of California Santa Cruz, Music
- MA, San Diego State University, Music History, secondary emphasis in 20th Century American Art
- BM, Biola University, Music Theory and Composition
Charissa Noble is a musicologist and vocalist, specializing in new music. Her interdisciplinary research encompasses 20th century California modern art and music, experimental vocal practice and critical voice studies, early electronic music, performance art, and popular music video aesthetics and criticism. Charissa frequently presents her research at academic gatherings such as the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, the International Society for Minimalist Music, Music and the Moving Image at New York University, and also participated in the first meeting of Cornell University’s After Experimentalism conference. Her work has been featured in journals published by UCLA, USC, SUNY Buffalo, as well as the Journal of Musicological Research, Sound American, and The Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, and the Bulletin of the Society for American Music. She is also deeply committed to the advancement of the arts scene in San Diego: Charissa is the Executive Director of San Diego New Music, and has collaborated with the Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, San Diego Art Institute, and Art of Élan. She teaches American Music, Music for the Stage, Music in Society, Music Videos in America, and Music History I, II, III.