Mr. Diehl-Noble grew up in a family of musicians in Castleton, Vermont. He graduated from the Boston University School of Music with a Bachelor of Music, training there as a cellist. After four years as a public school music teacher in Maine, where he held a K-12 music certification, he pursued Waldorf Teacher Training at Emerson College in Sussex, England. He taught there at the Michael Hall Rudolf Steiner School for several years before returning to Vermont in 1996 to join the LCWS faculty as a class teacher. Mr. Diehl-Noble lives in Vergennes with his wife, Abigail. They have three children who are LCWS alumni: Benedict, Flora, and Simon. He loves laughing loudly, gardening, singing, listening to NPR, reading the New York Times, and engaging in a friendly rivalry with Mr. Olson over Wordle and Crossplay.