All of our recommended vendors have been provided this information and should be able to provide you with the method book required by your child’s instrument teacher.

 

 

SCHOOL	TEACHER	METHOD BOOK USED
Angier	Cherie Goldstein – band Tom Sheppard – strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: Essential Elements book #1
Bowen	Alisa Granada – band Cara Bergantino - strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: 4th gr., Essential Elements book #1 5th gr., Essential Elements book #2
Burr	Emma Barker/Tom Sheppard – band Emma Barker – strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: Essential Elements book #1
Cabot	Molly Brown/Ken Mignone – band Tom Sheppard - strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: Essential Elements book #1
Countryside	Tom Sheppard – band Cara Bergantino – strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: 4th gr., Essential Elements book #1 5th gr., Essential Elements book #2
Franklin	Ted DeColo – band   Tom Sheppard –  strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: Essential Elements book #1
Horace Mann	Megan Lotz - band & strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: Essential Elements book #1
Lincoln-Eliot	Leigh Schoepflin – band & strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: 4th gr., Essential Elements book #1
Mason-Rice	Tom Sheppard – band Katie McIntosh – band Cara Bergantino – strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: 4th gr., Essential Elements book #1 5th gr., Essential Elements book #2
Memorial-Spaulding	Tom Sheppard – band Cara Bergantino – strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: 4th gr., Essential Elements book #1 5th gr., Essential Elements book #2
Peirce	Olivia de Geofroy – band & strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1  Strings: Essential Elements book #1
Underwood	Anna Wheeler – band & strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1  Strings: Essential Elements book #1
Ward	Ted DeColo – band   Elaine Ropi –  strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: 4th gr., Essential Elements book #1
Williams	Eric Ritter – band & strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: Essential Elements book #1
Zervas	Ken Mignone – band Cara Bergantino – strings	Band: Accent on Achievement book #1 Strings: 4th gr., Essential Elements book #1 5th gr., Essential Elements book #2

 

 

ACCESSORIES: The following is a list of recommended accessories. There are many accessories available to student musicians. Those items listed below have been determined by our instrumental music staff to be the only accessories necessary for beginning students.

· Instrument case with identification tag

· Folding music stand for home practice. Music stands do not need to be brought to school.

· For Clarinet & Saxophone: Box of 10 #2 reeds to start; Oboe: 2 wooden reeds, cork grease

· For Euphonium, French Horn, Trombone, Trumpet: valve oil/slide oil

· For String instruments: Rosin

· For Cello & String Bass: End pin rest

· For Band instruments: Cleaning kit (except percussion)