Students are to provide their own instrument for Band and Orchestra classes. A rental night is set up in September for Band 7 students who will be getting their instrument for the first time.
Students must ensure their instrument is in proper working order, if it is not please contact Long and McQuade (https://www.long-mcquade.com/) or Kings Music (https://www.kingsmusic.ca/) to get it repaired. Instruments should be taken in for a cleaning/tune up every year even if they are not damaged.
Accessories:
– Music stand for home practice
– Metronome (many free ones online or in the App store)
– Tuner (many free ones online or in the App store)
Flute:
– Cleaning rod
– Cleaning cloth
Oboe:
– reeds (minimum of 2), these can be bought through the main office at school
– swab
– cork grease
Clarinet:
– reeds (minimum of 4), these should be bought by the box at a local music store.
– Rico Royal *Good*
– Vandoren Juno (white box)* Better*
– Vandoren (blue box) *BEST!*
Rico Orange box reeds should not be used
– swab
– cork grease
Saxophone:
– reeds (minimum of 4), these should be bought by the box at a local music store.
– Rico Royal *Good*
– Vandoren Juno (white box)* Better*
– Vandoren (blue box) *BEST!*
Rico Orange box reeds should not be used
– swab
– cork grease
*Students in Jazz Band should look into purchasing a Jazz mouthpiece to help create a more characteristic sound, Vandoren also has a line of Jazz reeds (Green, Red or Black box) that students may find success with.
All woodwind players are expected to swab out their instrument after every use!!