[1] He moved from Canada to the United States with his family soon after birth, and grew up in both Portland, Oregon, and Seattle.
[1] He graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies.
The resulting work, Generations, Directions, was premiered by the Oakland East Bay Symphony in April 2012.
Noriega's musical style has been compared to that of Dave Brubeck[4] and Brad Mehldau.
[5] Noriega also teaches jazz piano at Jean Lyons School of Music in Vancouver.