Welcome to Husky Band and Orchestra!

Welcome Back Huskies!

Our first day of band will be Friday, August 22, 2025 and our first day of playing will be Tuesday, August 26, 2025.  Please contact your rental store and make arrangements for your students' instrument to be ready to go by this date.  Incoming 5th grade students who played in band last year are expected to continue on the same instrument unless given permission by Mrs. D for an instrument switch.  This procedure is an effort to maintain balance in the band or orchestra.

New players will be evaluated in the first two weeks of school. Parents will be emailed their student's instrument choice and necessary rental information as soon as the selection is made.

Parents are welcome to rent from any vendor they choose.  If you choose to purchase an instrument, please remember that a good quality instrument that will not break easily, can be repaired if damaged at a music store, will last for years, comes from a reputable source.  Discount websites and stores will often have what appear to be great deals on instruments.  In terms of musical instruments, "You get what you pay for," and "If it's too good to be true, it probably is, " are usually the case.  If you have any questions about an instrument you are considering for purchase, please reach out to me or to Mr. Goltz.  We will help in any way we can!

Instrument Rental Options:

Libertyville Music- Delivers to NW regularly- easy to send out repairs

Sweetwater School Music Rentals 

Music and Arts

Cassandra Strings (also rents band instruments)

In addition to the instrument, please make sure that your students have the following supplies:

• 1" black binder 

• Method Books:

6th grade band:

• Traditions of Excellence for concert Band: Second Edition- New this year!! 

7th and 8th grade bands: 

• Sound Innovations for Ensemble Development - Green Book

6th grade Orchestra

• Essential Elements for Strings Book 2

7th and 8th grade Orchestra

• Habits of a successful Middle Level String Musician

Instrument Specific Supplies: Noted as "needed" or "nice to have."

Strings:

Needed: 2 rosin chunks Nice to have: 1 extra set of strings. 

Percussion: 

Needed: Stick bag: 2 pairs- 5A wood drum stick (also wood tips), hard plastic mallets for xylophone and bells, yarn mallets for xylophone and marimba (Label every stick and your bag with your name.)

Nice to have: Retractable brushes for snare, timpani mallets, triangle beaters

Brass: All are Needed - Label with your name!!

Trumpets, Euphonium, Tuba:   Valve oil -Al Cass

Horn:  Yamaha Synthetic Rotor Oil (Valve oil)

Trombones:  Slide-O-Mix

Woodwinds: Label with your name!!

Clarinets and Saxophones of all shapes and sizes:

Needed: 

• 2 boxes of reeds (consumable supply that will need replacing) (2.5 or 3 strength)

• instrument cleaning cloth

Flutes: 

Needed:

1 container of Handi-wipes to keep in your band locker for as needed use or a washable 8" square cloth to clean out the instrument

Oboe- Bassoon

Needed:

2 reeds ready to go in the case

small container for water to soak the reeds (a small, clean prescription bottle is the right size)

Please let me know if you have any questions!

Mrs Delligatti

mdelligatti@nssd112.org