Noah Franche-Nolan is a Canadian pianist, improviser, composer, and arranger based in Vancouver BC.   He leads the Noah Franche-Nolan Trio, with Juno-Nominated Jodi Proznick on bass and Nicholas Bracewell on drums. This band released their debut album on the Cellar Live Record Label, entitled Within The Stream. This band also forms the rhythm section for Indo Jazz Fusion group Raagaverse, led by Shruti Ramani.

In addition to being a performer and bandleader, Franche-Nolan is an active multi-media composer, having most recently composed the score to NYC film maker Talha Jalal’s documentary “Rite of Passage”. He has also recently released two electro-acoustic records on Infidels label in collaboration with Dutch composer/violist Oene van Geel and Canadian composer/guitarist Dan Pitt, titled “Portraits from the Interior World Vol I and II”.  As a whole, Franche-Nolan strives to explore the blending of sincere emotional connection with musical intricacy in his work.

Noah is on Faculty at the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra’s School of Music in the Jazz Department and the Classical Theory and Composition Department.

Lyrical, cinematic, and adventurous; these are the 3 words that the Noah Franche-Nolan Trio strives to embody in the music this ensemble creates.