Pembroke Pines Charter High School Band

Here is a checklist of both suggested and required items that should be used to make sure that you have all of your materials for Band  this year:

-Pencils

-Staff Paper (Refer to Link if desired)

-1  1" 3-ring black binder with clear protectors to store literature/music.

-Metronome and/or Tuner-highly recommended for keeping time and pitch during home practice!

-Pocket Music Dictionary

-Band Handbook

-Name Tag for instrument case

-Instrument Rental Form (if applicable)

-School Intrument Maintenance/Rental Fee  (if applicable)

-Flip folder and lyre (for Football Games and Parades)

-Music stand-suggested for home practice and occasional concerts outside of school (Required of all students accepted by audition either to the All-State Bands or All-County Honor Bands.)

-Instrument Care Kit:  Students should have an Instrument Care Kit, which contains cleaning supplies necessary and/or specific to each instrument.

All Woodwind Players should have:

-A cleaning cloth, rod, and/or swab

-Cork grease

-A  box of Reeds with reed guards (preferably Vandoren)

-Neck straps

And if desired, polishing cloth, or cleaning kits.

All Brass Players should have:

-Valve oil or slide oil/grease (Blue Juice)

-Mutes (straight)

-Cleaning brushes or "snakes,"

-Squirt bottle for moistening of slides

-And if desired, polishing cloth or cleaning kits.

All Percussionists should have:

-A mallet bag which includes:

-At least two pairs each of drum sticks/snare sticks (2B)

-2 pair of timpani mallets:  1 generals and 1 soft

-1 pair of hard plastic bell mallets

-1 pair of rubber xylophone mallets and/or 1 pair of soft mallets-yarn for cymbals. 

-Students may also wish to acquire brushes and/or a pitch pipe.