Noah Godard / Ink Still Wet 2026
«May we introduce you …?»Published: 20 August 2026
Get to know Noah Godard one of the five participants from this year's Ink Still Wet workshop, which Composer in Residence Olga Neuwirth will lead.
«I think it’s worth talking about the cultural exchange aspect of going to Grafenegg, which, for me as an American composer who really loves the European new music world and has never been to Europe or really outside the US, is a very exciting thing. Not only to experience the festival and work with Olga Neuwirth and all the other musicians there, but also just to be in contact and dialogue with colleagues and composers who are around my age, from around the world.»
Biography
Noah Godard is a Californian composer based in New York City. Anchored by a sense of playfulness and deep curiosity, his music often reflects on our relationship with the environment, the oversaturation of modern media, and the boundary between irony and nostalgia. Noah is finishing a BM in composition at the Juilliard School, studying with Nina C. Young, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Matthias Pintscher.
Noah held the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Steven Stucky Composer Fellow Chair in 2025, having previously spent three years in the LA Phil Composer Fellowship Program. He has also taken part in festivals such as the Bowdoin International Music Festival, Yellow Barn’s Young Artists’ Program, and MATA Jr.; and has worked with ensembles including Hub New Music, Sandbox Percussion, and the Lyris and Bergamot Quartets. Noah’s music has received recognition from organizations such as Juilliard, ASCAP, the Entraide Française, and YoungArts.
A passionate teacher, Noah is the Program Director of the NowBeat Project, has been contracted as a composition instructor by the Rhythmic Music Conservatory of Denmark, and holds several teaching fellowships at Juilliard. Aside from music, Noah studies as a bonsai artist, and enjoys cooking, hiking, and studying linguistics.
«Zones of Blue»
Neuwirth in GrafeneggTonkunstler Orchestra · Brad Lubman · Participants of the composer conductor workshop «Ink Still Wet» · Jörg Widmann
ARAFAH / CHOI / GILLEROT / GODARD / KIM / PENDERECKI / NEUWIRTH