Noel Simone

Noël Simoné Wippler is a Soprano, multi-instrumentalist, dancer , actor, songwriter born and raised in Harlem, New York City. Noel performs in genres from Blues to Soul, Jazz to Funk, Salsa to Opera, Hip Hop to Musical Theater, and from Hard Rock to Gospel! Her original music can be heard from her guitar or piano to a full live band. Noel is a freelance vocalist performing in various bands as lead vocal, leading jam sessions in the NYC area, as well as background and arranging multi-lingual vocals for various recording projects from Latin music in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Italian. Noel's original song writing project "Band of Friends NYC", ranging from a duo to a 7-piece band that performs in the NYC area. Past performances include the Harlem Arts Festival . Currently, Noel Simone Band of Friends NYC has a residency to perform live music every 4th Saturday of the month at Harlem's Tsion Cafe, considered one of the best Ethiopian restaurants in the USA. Noel currently plays guitar and sings every Wednesday and Friday evening at Spaha Soul Restaurant in Harlem. Noel is currently working as an on-call freelance vocalist and songwriter in the NYC area working in all fields of music from rock, jazz, RnB and Soul , musical theater and more! Noel is also leading a project called "Ladies Edition", which features an all-female line-up of the best musicians from the NYC area, of which have been featured on TV on MNN2 as well as The Women In Jazz : Lady Got Chops Festival in 2015 and 2016.