REQUIRED and RECOMMENDED MATERIALS FOR BAND

2011-2012

 

Materials are required unless stated as “recommended”. Also, due to the short time notice given on these required materials, I understand that students will not have all materials right away. However, it is recommended to get these materials as soon as possible.

 

ALL STUDENTS:

 

• Pencil
• Notebook – Spiral or Composition
• Standard of Excellence Book 1 (Red Book) by Bruce Pearson – 4^th and 5^th Grade Bands
• Standard of Excellence Book 2 (Blue Book) by Bruce Pearson – Middle School Band
• Music Stand for home practice
• Metronome**
• Tuner**^†

 

PERCUSSION:  (school provides percussion instruments for lessons and rehearsals)

Practice pad (or snare drum)/practice bell set (White House of Music and other stores rent out these kits)

 

• Stick Bag
• 1 pair of General Snare Sticks (Innovative Percussion Lalo Davila  IPLD)
• 1 pair of Rubber or Plastic Bell/Xylophone Mallets (Innovative Percussion Hard Xylo/Bell Mallets *F10)*
• 1 pair of Yarn Mallets (Innovative Percussion Medium Yarn Marimba Mallets F1.5)*
• 1 Black Hand Towel*

 

WOODWIND:

 

• A minimum of 2 spare reeds (purchasing by the box is cheaper and preferred)
• Reed Case
• Cork Grease (Clarinet / Saxophone)
• Swab
• Cleaning Rod (Flute only)

 

BRASS:

 

• Valve Oil (excluding Trombones)
• Tuning Slide Grease
• Slide Cream and Water Spray Bottle (Trombones only)
• Straight Mute *

 

 

 

*    Required for Middle School only, Recommended for all other grades

** Recommended for all Musicians

† Woodwind and Brass Musicians Only

PARENTS:  If your musician needs some item for band, you can call WHITE HOUSE OF MUSIC at 262.255.2283 and order what you need.  If you do this by 3:00PM, WEDNESDAY, Vince Petta, the manager at White House of Music will deliver it to the school Thursday afternoon.  Right now White House of Music in Germantown is the only music store offering this service.

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