• Noble Middle School Band is now on Facebook. Go to www.facebook.com and search "Noble Middle School Band" and request to join.
• Are you going to be a new 6th grader at Noble next year? Click here to check out Frequently Asked Questions for rising 6th graders that are interested in band at Noble.
• If you are going to be new to Noble band next year as a 7th or 8th grader, feel free to browse this website or click on the Frequently Asked Questions link above. I look forward to meeting you!

• All band students that bring their instruments to school in the morning may come to the band room before the bell rings to drop off their instruments. Your instrument is your pass!
• All students are expected to take their instruments home daily to practice (homework!). 7th & 8th grade band students that pick up their instruments to take home at the end of the school day will receive a good time ticket. The exception will be if there is a playing test the next day.
• SmartMusic will be used again this year. If you did not get to enroll, you can get on any computer and go to www.smartmusic.com/enroll to enroll. If this is your first time on the program, please use your NCWise number as your password. Write your information down so you don't forget it!
  You will be able to get SmartMusic at home for the reduced rate of $36 per year. Parents, click here to access the website and follow the instructions to get the program. It is an amazing program that makes practicing fun and it is HIGHLY recommended!
• Websites to check out: Try out www.musictheory.net, www.musicracer.com, and music flashcards to test your theory skills.
• Finale Notepad: This is a composition software that you can download. Click here to download it.

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7th Grade: Beginning Band

7th Grade: Intermediate Band

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8th Grade

Percussionists

Check out the link below to assist you with your rudiments and technique!

• Vic Firth's Student Center
  Choose which set of audio or video lessons you want to try! You will need to download Quicktime first, otherwise the videos won't work. Click here or at the bottom of each link from the Vic Firth page.

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Tri-M Music Honor Society

Jazz Band

Parent Volunteers

• Parents that are interested in volunteering for the band program should e-mail Mrs. Knauf.
• Volunteer opportunities range from helping out in the classroom on a weekly basis by filing and organizing, to working on the band scrapbook, to helping out as needed by chaperoning trips or supervising students at concerts.
• If you are able to come in once every week or so, I need help with the following projects:

1. organizing worksheets and memos into file folders in filing cabinets in the band office
2. keeping a record of receipts on an Excel spreadsheet
3. working on the band scrapbook

• If you would like to help on an "as-needed" basis, the following activities are coming up:

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