Thank you for your interest in joining the Westfall Bands!
Here you will find information about supplies needed for classes, our rental program with Music & Arts, and instrument upgrades.
For more information about the program philosophy and course offerings please go to our About section.
Westfall partners with Music & Arts to provide our rental instruments for beginning band instruction. This is the best way to ensure that the instrument you (students) or your child (parents) is a quality instrument that will last from 6th grade all the way through high school and beyond if taken care of properly!
The rental program is a Rent-to-Own program, so all of the monthly payments go towards the overall purchase of the instrument.
If student decides to switch instruments (with director approval) the instrument is then traded and previous payments are applied to the new instrument.
If a student quits band, the instrument is returned and payments stop.
Most repairs are covered while payments are still being made!
A Music & Arts Educational Representative visits the school once a week to drop off any ordered supplies and picks up any instruments that need repaired by their professional instrument repair shop.
In recent years, Westfall's rep has come out on Thursday afternoons.
All students are required to have the following items:
-1" 3-ring binder
-5 Tab Dividers
-Pencils (Dixon Ticonderoga are preferred)
-Wire Music Stand (for home use)
Follow the button below to access instrument specific supplies through Music & Arts
Westfall uses the Accent on Achievement Method Book for 6th grade Cadet Band.
Students learning percussion will also need the Alfred Drum Method Book.
Flutes:
Microfiber Cleaning Cloth
Pneumo Pro Breath Visualizer
Clarinets:
Rico Royal /D'aadario Royal/Vandoren Reeds
Reed case that holds at least 4 reeds
Clarinet Swab
Saxophones:
Rico Royal /D'aadario Royal/Vandoren Reeds
Reed case that holds at least 4 reeds
Saxophone Swab
Trumpets:
Al Cass Valve Oil
Slide Grease
Horn:
Rotor Oil
Slide Grease
Trombone:
Yamaha slide lubricant OR Slide-O-Mix (2-step or single step)
Slide Grease
Euphonium/Tuba:
Al Cass Valve Oil
Slide Grease
Percussion:
Vic Firth Intermediate Stick/Mallet Pack or equivalent
Concert Snare Sticks
Marimba/Vibraphone Mallets (Yarn)
Xylophone/Bell Mallets (Plastic/PVC)
Timpani Mallets
Practice Pad
Fill out the interest form or email the Director of Bands, Hayden Biedenharn.