Rising Starr Middle School Symphonic Band
 
The Rising Starr Middle School Symphonic Band was formed with the opening of the school in the fall of 1997.  The Symphonic Band is comprised of seventy-five seventh and eighth grade students and consistently receives superior ratings at district level Large Group Performance Evaluation governed by the Georgia Music Educators’ Association.  The band has received invitations to perform for the University of Georgia Middle School Festival (1999), the University of Southern Mississippi Instrumental Conductor’s Conference (2001), the Troy State University Southeastern United States Middle School Concert Band Clinic (2002), the Georgia Music Educators’ Association In-Service Conference (2003), the 57th Annual Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Illinois (2003), the Western International Band Clinic in Seattle, Washington (2005) and the Bands of America/Music for All National Concert Band Festival in Indianapolis (2007), and once again the 62nd Midwest Clinic in 2008. Students from Rising Starr regularly qualify for District Honor Band and participate in local Solo and Ensemble Festival.  In addition, the band program has been represented in the Georgia Middle School All-State Band every year since the program began.
The members of the Rising Starr Middle School Symphonic Band are honored to represent their school and community for the second time at the Bands of America/Music For All National Concert Band Festival in 2011..