The following list of music and equipment is necessary for freshman year college-level study. If you have already covered some of the basic pieces listed below there's no need to buy that repertoire again, but the pieces you haven't played and the equipment is mandatory and should be in hand by the first week school. There are various places from which you can order this equipment. Both Steve Weiss Music and Interstate Music are popular catalog choices, but most local music stores also carry these materials. Equipment Required: One pair of heavy orchestral Snare drum sticks, e.g., Vic Firth generals SD 1 One pair of light Drum set sticks, e.g., Peter Erskines or any 7As One pair of brushes 2 pairs of medium yarn marimba mallets, e.g. Malletech EM-MM One pair of hard, plastic Bell mallets, e.g. Malletech OR42R One pair of hard, plastic xylophone Mallets, e.g. Malletech Becker BB 34 One pair of medium vibraphone Mallets, e.g. Mike Balter Arthur Lipner model 41R One pair of medium Timpani mallets, e.g. Vic Firth general Tambourine with calf skinhead, e.g. Meinl (doesn’t include bag) or Black Swamp Tambourine bag (if needed, some models come with a bag, some don’t) Triangle Triangle beaters Bag for triangle and triangle beaters Practice pad Tuning forks (required: A, recommended to also get C and Eb and Gb) at least two small, black hand towels stick bag with pens, pencils, highlighters, etc (recommended: Mike Balter bag or Liberty One) Recommended: 2 pairs of hard Marimba mallets 2 pairs of soft Marimba mallets 2 pairs of very hard, heavy vibraphone mallets One pair of soft Timpani mallets One pair of hard Timpani mallets One pair of wood Timpani mallets One pair of multi rods One pair of brass Mallets Claves Bass drum beater Chime hammers Repertoire Snare Drum Stick Control, by George Lawrence Stone Intermediate Snare Drum Studies, by Mitchell Peters Portraits in Rhythm, by Anthony J. Cirone or Douze Études pour Caisse-Claire, by Jacques Delécluse (either one is fine) 14 Modern Contest Solos, by John Pratt Timpani Concepts for Timpani, by John Beck A Complete Method for Timpani, by Alfred Friese and Alexander Lepak Choose at least one solo: Sonata for Timpani, by John Beck Four Pieces for Timpani, by John Bergamo Scherzo for Three Timpani, by Mitchell Peters Mallets Method of Movement, by Leigh Howard Stevens Fundamental Method for Mallets, by Mitchell Peters Funny Mallets for Marimba, Book 1, by N. Zivkovic (or the vibraphone book, either one is fine) Choose at least one of these: Sea Refractions, by Mitchell Peters Waves, by Mitchell Peters Prayer, by Richard Gibson 6 Suites for solo cello, by J.S. Bach Multiple percussion The Contemporary Percussionist, by Michael Udow
