Noah Baerman:
CLASS OF 1992
North Haven High SchoolClass of 1992
North haven, CT
Mason Gross - School of the ArtsClass of 1996
New brunswick, NJ
Educational Center for the Arts ACESClass of 1992
New haven, CT
Noah's Story
Life
Howdy! After finishing my Masters degree in Jazz Studies at Rutgers in 1998, I moved to Middletown, CT and married Kate Ten Eyck, a visual artist I met in the all-state jazz band in high school. For I while, I primarily toured as a jazz pianist. Meanwhile, though, my body was becoming increasingly resistant to the rigors of travel, due to the effects of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic connective tissue disorder with which I was born (this will be a light bulb to anyone who remembers me being frequently injured in the past). Chronic joint problems have become more and more of an issue over time, unfortunately. Thanks to a great deal of attention to my health, I am still able to be fairly active as a performer, but have had to cut way down on my traveling and on certain kinds of gigs. In 2008 I will release my 5th jazz album under my own name and am involved in another project called Playdate with two of my former ECA classmates, whic...Expand for more
h performs fairly often in NYC.
Meanwhile, I teach at several colleges, including Wesleyan University and Central Connecticut State University and have written eight books on jazz piano, plus an instructional DVD. Book number 9 is in the works.
Kate and I live a gratifying if chaotic life here in Middletown. I have become a pretty serious vegetarian cook, and our house is generally full of good smells, good music and good art. It is also full of love and chaos on account of our kids. We have taken in (essentially adopted, though technically they're still "foster kids") 3 teenage girls, Rebecca, Ariana and Tiana. Their transformation since joining our family has given us a real education in the power of unconditional love. It is really heavy, and it has made us strong advocates for adoption and foster care - there are a lot of kids who have huge potential and wonderful hearts and are just waiting for good families. Think about it . . .
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