Noah Seitz
Cellist & Artistic Director

Born and raised in Corvallis, Noah Seitz earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Cello Performance at the UMKC Conservatory of Music in 2001.  He then returned to Oregon as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the University of Oregon. In his younger years he attended Corvallis schools and had wonderful orchestra teachers like Carol Huntington, Norma Wilson, and Charles Creighton. His early cello teachers were Sylvie Spengler and Nancy Sowdon. He was a member of the Corvallis Junior Symphony, and Youth Symphony, where he performed with other Chintimini musicians Lara Wickes, Anne Ridlington, and Ethan Pernela.

In addition to maintaining private teaching studios in Keizer and Corvallis, he is Instructor of Cello at Pacific and Linfield Universities, and the Corvallis Waldorf School. He is a member of the Eugene Symphony, the Oregon Mozart Players and Orchestra Next. He regularly performs with the Corvallis-OSU Symphony, Eugene Opera, and has performed as soloist with orchestras throughout the Willamette valley. He serves as President of the Board for Camerata Musica chamber music series in Salem and is Artistic Director of the Chintimini Chamber Music Festival. He resides in Keizer, Oregon with his wife Sara, who is a fantastic pianist. They are ridiculously proud of their two daughters, and now that the kids have flown the coop, spend free time with their two dogs, a cat, four chickens, and a wonderful garden. Beyond music, Noah loves soccer, holds a Private Pilot License, and is a fanatic about anything aviation related.