Noel Streacker

Noel Streacker is a freelance percussionist and educator based in the greater Chicagoland area. He serves as Adjunct Faculty and Director of Percussion Ensemble at Wheaton College, while maintaining an active career as a performer across churches, theaters, chamber groups, and jazz bands. His collaborations include Arcomusical, Goodman Theater, Theo Ubique Cabaret, and institutions like UW Madison and Columbia College Chicago.

• B.M. in Pedagogy from Wheaton College Conservatory of Music
• M.M. in Music Performance from Northern Illinois University

As an educator, Noel has directed percussion ensembles at Wheaton North High School since 2017, served as Marching Percussion Director at Wheaton Warrenville South High School, and joined Neuqua Valley High School as a private lesson teacher in 2023. His performance work spans the Midwest, with media features on CBS Sunday Morning and PBS Now Hear This. He balances his professional roles with leadership as a bandleader and music director, alongside family life as a husband and father of two daughters.