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Students will pay a $15 fee to cover the cost of a method book and 3 ring binder through Infinite Campus as part of district registration.
Besides having an instrument in good playing condition and a music stand to keep at home for practice, the following is a list of other things you will need for band. All are available at White House of Music using the link above.
Flute: Polishing Cloth, Small cloth for swabbing (this can even be a little square from an old t-shirt)
Clarinet: Cork Grease, Cleaning Swab, Reed Guard, 1 Box of Reeds (Vandoren Strength 2.5)
Alto Sax: Cork Grease, Cleaning Swab, Reed Guard, 1 Box of Reeds (Vandoren Strength 2.5)
Oboe: Cork Grease, Cleaning Swab, 1 Medium Synthetic/Plastic reed and 2 Medium-Soft Wooden Reeds, Reed Holder
Trumpet: Valve Oil, Tuning Slide Grease, Cleaning Snake, Mouthpiece Brush, Polishing Cloth
French Horn: Rotor Oil, Slide Grease, Cleaning Snake, Mouthpiece Brush, Polishing Cloth
Trombone: Slide Oil, Tuning Slide Grease, Cleaning Snake, Mouthpiece Brush, Polishing Cloth
Baritone/Euphonium Valve Oil, Tuning Slide Grease, Cleaning Snake, Mouthpiece Brush, Polishing Cloth
*Mutes for brass instruments should be purchased as needed in the band music.
Percussionists: Percussionists will need to bring their own bells to certain events. Percussionists should rent/purchase their own practice pad and bell kit for home and the following sticks/mallets for school:
1 pair of concert snare drum sticks –Vic Firth SD 1 Generals or Promark 2B with wood tips (6th-8th Grade)
1 pair of rubber bell mallets with for bell and xylophone playing- like Smith L1R2 Medium Blue (please do not use the low quality sticks that come with bell kits) (6th-8th Grade)
1 pair of timpani mallets-Vic Firth T1 Generals (7th/8th grade only)
2 yarn wound medium hard marimba mallets- like Mike Balter Blue-Medium Hard 13R for suspended cymbal playing (7th/8th Grade Only(
1 stick bag clearly labeled with first and last name to store everything (students without stick bags lose sticks far more frequently.)
Instrument Rental
French Horns, Oboes, Bassoons, Euphoniums, Bass Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, and Tuba may be rented through the school for $120 a year. All other instrument choices need to be rented through a local music store. If your child will be playing an instrument you currently own, please make sure that it is in playing condition by taking it to a music store as soon as possible. Students playing percussion need to rent a percussion combo kit (bells and practice pad) for home use in addition to paying the $75 school percussion usage fee.
If you would like to rent a school instrument an email to a Mr. Weiss at weissn@kmsd.edu will reserve your instrument.
White House of Music rents quality, name-brand instruments and will repair and service them if you need it. They offer online ordering and will deliver the instrument to school for your child's first class. Please visit the link below to learn more.
We highly recommend against purchasing an instrument online through a retailer such as Amazon, Wal-Mart, etc. since most of the "cheap" instruments that are sold are made poorly, often break easily, and end up needing more repairs to get in playable condition than quality instruments from our local stores.
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