What to Bring to Camp

CONCERT ATTIRE:

• Sunday Best - remember that you will be performing for an audience, so dress accordingly!

MUSIC STAND:

Camp students are required to bring/acquire their own portable music stand.  You will use this for all rehearsals, classes, and private lessons. WTAMU Band & Orchestra Camp will not provide stands. At camp, you may purchase a stand at Tarpley Music located in N-1020.  Be sure to have your name on the stand and carry it with you at all times.  It might be useful to have a backpack to keep your things together.

INSTRUMENT:

Students must bring their own instruments in good and working condition.  If you play a school-owned instrument during the school year, you will need to make arrangements with your band or orchestra director to check one out with them for use at Band & Orchestra Camp.  WTAMU Band & Orchestra Camp will not provide instruments. A luggage carrier or dolly can be useful for transporting large instruments.  We will provide lockers for euphonium and tuba High school players (you MUST bring your own combination lock).  Junior high euphonium and tuba players can leave their instruments in their rehearsal locations.

Trap set players who are selected for a jazz band and bring their own instrument will be awarded a $100 scholarship which will be credited after the start of the camp.  Commuting All-State and Honor campers are not eligible for this scholarship.

• Alarm clock
• Personal bathroom items (toothbrush, soap, towels, etc.)
• Comfortable casual clothes for the majority of the time
• Dress-up clothes for the Camp Ball (anywhere from Sunday Dress to Semi-Formal attire)
• Walking Shoes
• Swimsuit and towel for swimming at the Activity Center.  Pool hours will be assigned, not open to our campers for free time.
• A combination lock for your locker
• Blanket, pillow, and sheets for a twin-sized bed
• You may bring an oscillating fan.  Dorms will be air-conditioned.  Refrigerated or water-cooled fans are not permitted.  A microwave and refrigerator will be available, but no other appliances will be permitted.
• Optional: There are washers and dryers in the dorms.  You will need to bring your own detergent (preferable detergent pods) and ask a Dorm Supervisor for permission to use.

The following items are required to be able to participate in either bassoon or oboe reed-making class.  Failure to acquire these items will result in being moved to another class for the 1:45 pm time period.

BASSOON: 

• Reed knife (left or right-handed)
• Plaque
• Holding mandrel (forming as well if you have it)
• Needle nose pliers with wire cutters
• 22-gauge brass wire
• Reed thread (FF)
• A 6" ruler with metric measurements (metal preferred)
• 5-10 pieces of GSP (gouged, shaped, profiled) cane

Reed making tools and cane can be purchased from a number of reputable online retailers.  If you're starting from scratch, many of these vendors also offer reed-making kits.  If you have any questions about reed making materials, you may contact cbell@wtamu.edu. 

OBOE:

• Reed knife (left or right-handed)
• Mandrel
• Heavy thread (FF)
• Plaque
• 3 or 4 staples
• 12 pcs. gouged, shaped, and folded (GSF) oboe cane
• A 6" ruler with metric measurements (metal preferred)
• C clamp (from hardware store is fine)
• Pencil

Suggested websites to purchase materials from:

• Midwest Musical Imports - mmimports.com
• Miller Marketing - millermarketingco.com 
• Barton Cane - https://www.bartoncane.com/ 
• Forrests Woodwinds - https://www.forrestsmusic.com/ 
• RDG Woodwinds - rdgwoodwinds.com

Percussion students are required to bring the following:

• 1 pair of xylophone or marimba mallets
• 1 pair of timpani sticks
• 1 pair of snare drum sticks
• A practice pad with stand
• A snare drum with stand (if the student does not own their own snare, they may either borrow one from their school band director, or share with other students at camp)

* For audition purposes, a snare and xylophone/marimba will be set up for them to use during the audition.  Percussion students will only need their music and sticks/mallets for the audition.

Lockers will be available in Northen Hall on a first-come, first-serve basis for medium to small instruments (flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, alto saxophone).  You must bring your own combination lock.  WTAMU Band & Orchestra Camp will not be responsible for stolen items from lockers without proper locks.

High School euphonium and tuba players will have lockers assigned first.  We will also assign as many other large instruments as possible (i.e. trombone, french horn, bass clarinet, bassoon, tenor sax, bari sax).  Those assignments will be in your registration packet on registration day.  Junior High euphonium and tuba players can leave their instruments in their rehearsal site or dorm room.  JH rehearsals are located on the East end of campus and not near the lockers.

String instruments will not have assigned lockers.  They will be allowed to leave their instruments in their main rehearsal spaces.