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 – 4th and 5th
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.
White House of Music