Dr. Noah DeLong, is active as a conductor, educator, tenor soloist, collaborative pianist, and church musician who was appointed the Artistic Director for AMEn in July, 2018. DeLong is also an Assistant Professor of Music at Milligan University, where he oversees the choral program, conducts the Concert Choir and leads the select a cappella ensemble, Heritage. Choirs under his direction have toured nationally (singing in Atlanta, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC) as well as internationally, including a trip to Ireland in 2018. He also teaches a wide range of courses including applied voice, aural skills, conducting, music technology, and secondary music methods. In addition to his work at Milligan, DeLong serves as the Choir Director at Grandview Christian Church in Johnson City. 

DeLong is a frequent guest conductor throughout the local area, including performances of the Faure Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Thompson’s The Testament of Freedom, and the U.S. premiere performance of Stabat Mater by Cecilia McDowall. He has also conducted several choral festivals and was the co-founder of the Men in Song and Women in Song Festivals, held annually on Milligan's campus. In addition, DeLong also regularly contributes to Milligan’s musical theatre program, collaborating on recent productions of Godspell, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Songs for a New World, and You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.

His solo performance credits include leading operatic roles of Tamino in The Magic Flute and Alfred in Die Fledermaus, as well as tenor soloist in performances of Handel’s Foundling Hospital Anthem and Messiah, J.S. Bach’s Magnificat in D Major and Coffee Cantata, Dubois’ Seven Last Words of Christ, and Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy. 

A native of Indiana, DeLong holds degrees from Taylor University and Ball State University, and later earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting from The University of Iowa.  He is a member of ACDA and NAfME and previously worked as the Assistant Choral Director at Earlham College and Music Director at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Muncie, Indiana.  In his free time, he enjoys reading, hiking, baking, and spending time with his family.

He is a pianist/keyboardist, music director, composer/arranger, performer, session musician, and more, with many years of experience in a wide variety of genres. Trained classically, Steve has also excelled in music theatre, pop/rock, jazz, country, among other genres.

His compositions and arrangements have been performed by multiple orchestras and artists including Symphony of the Mountains, the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, Metropolitan tenor Aaron Blake, Irish singer Chloë Agnew, and Broadway stars Liz Callaway and Judy Kuhn.

Steve is a former Resident Music Director at Barter Theatre, in Abingdon, Virginia, and in addition to the Appalachian Men's Ensemble, he currently is the pianist with Symphony of the Mountains and Director/Conductor of Voices of the Mountains as well as the keyboardist, vocalist, and band leader for country singer Katie Deal. Steve is also on the faculties of King and East Tennessee State Universities and frequently accompanies students at Milligan University.

In addition to his performing responsibilities, Steve is also a film composer, and in addition to his own film scores, he has worked as an orchestrator for Hollywood composer Christopher Young.

Steve lives in Bristol, TN with his daughter Dolly.