Optional (Suggested for Organization): 1 1/2” 3-Ring Binder with inside pockets (BLACK)
Optional: 1 Two-Pocket Folders
Students are provided with a folder for their music. Some students wish to have an additional folder for hand-outs / organizing their music and separating their music from their books.
Optional (Suggested for Organization): Pencil case for inside your Band binder to keep "Band Pencils" in.
Pencil (needed everyday for rehearsals and lessons). No PENS!
Optional: Please also bring 5 pencils to contribute to our classroom Work Station.
Percussionists Only: Stick Bag (Zildjian or Vic Firth) - Sticks - Mallets
Specific mallet & stick types will be gone over in lessons. Lincoln Music House provides an “Oak Creek Percussion Pack” with all these items for $56.00 – this kit will carry students through HS.
Sheet music parts provided and assigned by the Band Department. (Should be treated with care as a textbook!)
Assignment notebook in class each day
6th Grade Band – Essential Elements, Book 1 with Essential Elements Interactive (EEi)
7th Grade Band – Essential Elements, Book 1 with Essential Elements Interactive (EEi) (used in 6th Grade Band in Oak Creek) & Essential Elements, Book 2 with Essential Elements Interactive (EEi)
8th Grade Band – Students will use books from 6th & 7th Grade (Essential Elements, Book 1 & 2)
The above lesson books and/or instrument accessories may be purchased from many local music stores.
Jazz Ensemble - Essential Elements Book for interested 7th and 8th Grade students who would like to participate in the extra-curricular Jazz program ($13.99 for book with CD for most instruments). If you already own a book, you may use the same book this year.