Visual Coordinator
Noah Bellamy
Noah Bellamy is originally from Centerville, Ohio. After graduating from high school, Noah took part in a series of special studies at the internationally acclaimed University of North Texas. In 2002, Noah graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana and then went on to receive his Masters in Music from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
After marching with the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps in 1996, Noah went on to teach visual performance at Centerville High School. While serving as a visual specialist and caption head from 1997-2005 the band won 12 Bands Of America Regional Championships, as well as the high visual award at Grand National Championships in 2003.
In 1997, Noah and Tim Fairbanks started the Centerville High School winter drumline, a consistent World Class finalist at WGI and past Open Class and World Class Champion. It was during this time that he began to be very active in the winter drumline activity, working with several groups including Independent World Class Champions, Rhythm X.
In 2005, Noah moved to South Florida and began teaching at Miami Beach Senior High School, where he started a scholastic winter drumline program, as well as a percussion class that has been modeled by many other schools across the country through the published article entitled, ‘Creating Student Involvement Through The Use Of Percussion Instruments’.
It is in Florida that he is currently the visual designer for the consistent WGI World Class finalists, Infinity Percussion as well as for the 2010 and 2011 WGI Open Class Silver Medalist, Stryke Percussion. Noah lives in Tampa, Florida with his wife and 13 month old daughter. He is the visual coordinator and visual designer for Seminole High School, a past BOA Grand National finalist and multiple FMBC State Champion. Noah has worked with or written for groups that have made finals in every class in WGI as well as BOA and other marching circuits around the country. He maintains a busy schedule of writing drill, judging in both the Fall and the Winter, consulting with various marching ensembles and playing trombone with KC and The Sunshine Band. Noah is an educating artist for Dynasty Band USA, Innovative Percussion, and Remo.