Required Materials

Class Supplies
  • Director-approved instrument, bow, and case in good working order (see under Instruments) 
  • Black binder, 1” 
    • ​PENCIL for marking music (A musician ALWAYS has a pencil!) 
    • Music IN THE BINDER (keep all music through the course of the year)
  • Method book: 
    • ​Sound Innovations: Sound Development, Book 3 - Intermediate (Phil/Cam/Sinf) 
    • Sound Innovations: Sound Development, Book 4 - Advanced (Chamber/Sym) 
Practice Materials
  • Personal music stand for home (there are events to which each student must bring his/her own stand)
  • Rosin and soft cloth for cleaning
  • Metronome/Tuner (or a smartphone app that fills this need)
  • Extra strings for emergencies 
  • Cello/Bass rock stop (straps discouraged) 
  • Violin/Viola shoulder rest (sponges discouraged) 

Recommended Materials

String Recommendations
Violin 
  • Pro Arte or Dominant
  • Evah Pirazzi
  • Obligatos
  • Kaplan Vivo
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Viola
  • Dominant
  • Helicore
  • Evah Pirazzi
  • Kaplan Amo
Cello
  • Helicore
  • Larsen
  • Jargar A/D with Spirocore or Magnacore G/C 
Bass
  • Helicore
  • Bel Canto is recommended
Rosin
  • Violin/viola/cello: Kaplan dark, Pirastro, or Jade Kolstein
  • Bass: All-Weather
Instrument Shops
  • *Lisle Violin Shop - 11550 Louetta Rd Ste 1400 Houston, TX 77070 346-236-6650 
  • *Fishburn Violin Shop  -  9420 College Park Dr The Woodlands, TX 77384 936-447-9061 
  • H&H Music  -  The Woodlands 1500 Research Forest Dr, 140 Shenandoah, TX 77381 832-791-5880 
  • Music & Arts Centers  -  Portofino 19075 Interstate 45 Shenandoah. TX 77385 936-273-3602 
  • Amati Violin Shop  -  2315 University Blvd Houston, TX 77005 713-666-6461
Vendors ​marked with * visit schools regularly.
Lesson Teachers​