The best place to purchase these supplies is at one of our local music stores!

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Band Binder - We will order these

We will provide your student's band binders at the start of the school year as part of your band fees. All students need to have their black band binder, two pencils, a highlighter, 5 page protectors, and 5 dividers, in addition to any handouts that are given to them.

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Foundations for Superior Performance - We will order these

All seventh and 8th grade band student need the Blue Foundations for Superior Performance book. We will order these as a part of the band fees.

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Accessories and Materials for ALL woodwind and brass students:

• Music stand

• Korg TM60 Metronome/Tuner

• Korg CM300 Tuner clip-on pickup

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Flute players

• Silver polishing cloth​

• Flute cleaning and tuning rod

• Silk Flute swab

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Clarinet and Saxophone players

• Silk swab

• Reed case with at least 8 slots

• 8 reeds in good condition at all times

• • We typically recommend one new box of reeds per academic quarter (8-9 weeks)

  • We recommend D'Addario Reserve Classic (Purple Box) for Clarinets

    • All 7th/8th grade students should be on a strength 3.5 or 3.5+​

  • We recommend Vandoren blue box for Saxophones

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Oboes and Bassoons

• Silk swab

• Reed soaker cup / clip for their stand

• Reed case with at least 3 reeds in good condition at all times

• Reeds should be purchased from your private lesson teacher

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Brass players

• Appropriate valve oil (Hetmen #2 or Hetman #12 Rotary oil for horns and 7th/8th Tubas)

• Bach 2942BSG tuning slide grease

• Trombone players need a spray bottle and Slide-O-Mix

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Percussionists

• Music stand

• Korg TM60 Metronome/Tuner

• Stick bag that zips closed

• One pair of high quality concert snare drum sticks (Not drumset sticks)

  • ​Innovative Percussion Christopher Lamb #1 Signature Concert Snare Sticks (CL-1L) OR

  • Vic Firth Ted Atkatz Signature Series Drumsticks (Model #SATK)

• Two pairs of matching yarn marimba mallets (for four-mallet grip)

  • ​Order one additional pair that matches what you have (medium or medium hard yarn with a birch shaft)

• "Super Hands" book (Ordered through the school)

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