As an incoming graduate student, it is expected that you own the necessary implements to cover your responsibilities as a player in ensembles and for your applied lessons and various recitals. Some items that may or may not have been acquired prior to finishing your undergraduate are listed below and a strongly recommended.

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• Orchestral Tambourine

• Orchestral Triangle and array of beaters

• Diverse collection of keyboard and timpani mallets

• Diverse collection of concert snare and multi-purpose sticks

• Black towels for trap stands

• Drum treatments of choice (e.g., Moon Gels, Handkerchiefs, etc.)

• High tension drum key

• Percussive Arts Society Membership

All undergraduate students are required to own a copy of the following books that are used throughout the course of study in applied lessons and other percussion courses.

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Books

• Teaching Percussion Enhanced Third Edition by Gary D. Cook

• Performing In The Zone by Jon Gorrie

• Artful Noise by Thomas Siwe

• Cambridge Companion to Percussion by Russell Hartenberger