Required Materials
In addition to their instruments, students should come to each rehearsal and lesson with:

1) An instrument identification tag
2) A pencil
3) A 1/2 inch three-ring binder with view front and at least ten sheet protectors
4) A method book (for the appropriate instrument):
          6th and 7th Grade Bands: Essential Elements, Book 1
          8th Grade Band: Essential Elements, Book 1 AND Book 2
5) Miscellaneous supplies from the list below depending on instrument

*All students should have their own music stands for home practice.*

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Flute
A cleaning rod and cloth (an old, clean t-shirt about four inches by four inches works best.)

Clarinet/Saxophone
·   A tube of cork grease (the most inexpensive brand will work well.)
·   A “step-up” mouthpiece. Please do not play on the mouthpiece that comes with the instrument. Suggested step up mouthpieces:
     o      Vandoren M13 Lyre or J & D Hite Premiere for Clarinet
     o      Selmer C Star (C*) or Yamaha 4C for Saxophone
·   Three clean, unchipped reeds.
     o      Rico Royal, Hemke (strength 3 or 3.5), and Vandoren (strength              2.5 or 3)  brands are recommended for saxophone.  
     o      Mitchell Lurie (strenght 3 or 3.5) brand reeds are                                 recommended for clarinet.
·   A reed case for storage when reeds are not in use (The LaVoz Reed Gard IV is a good, inexpensive case.)
·   A clarinet or saxophone swab is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to keep the instrument in good working order.
   
 Trumpet
·   A bottle of valve oil (Al Cass brand valve oil is recommended.)
·   A container of tuning slide grease (Schilke Slide Grease is recommended.)
·   A cleaning snake and slide brushes for semi-annual cleaning of the instrument (may be purchased as part of a Trumpet Cleaning Kit)

Trombone
·   Superslick Slick-It ​Trombone Kit ( includes liquid, cream,  and spray  bottle)
·   A container of tuning slide grease (Schilke Slide Grease is recommended.)
·   A cleaning snake and slide brushes for semi-annual cleaning of the instrument (may be purchased as part of a Trombone Cleaning Kit)



Percussion
·   The Vic Firth EP2 Intermediate Education Pack, which includes:
     o      Drum sticks (Vic Firth SD2 Bolero American Custom Maple-Tip Sticks)
     o      Timpani mallets (T3 Staccato)
     o      Marimba/Vibraphone Mallets (M3 Yarn-Covered)
     o      Bell/Xylophone Mallets (Hard Rubber

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Percussion players must also have a bell kit and practice pad or snare drum for home practice.

  

Please contact Mr. Giannopolo for a list of local music retailers.