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Union 6th GRadE BAND

Union Sixth Grade Band students meet in one of ten different homogeneous class offered on five different instruments, all held at the Union 6th/7th Grade Center. Students receive beginner-level instruction, including the fundamentals of tone production and music reading, with three performance opportunities during the school year.

DIRECTORS

Mrs. Laura Barnes
Union 6th Grade Bands Coordinator
Office Phone: 918-357-8098
Email: barnes.laura@unionps.org

Additional instructors:

Have a question? Email our Union Band Parents Club (Boosters) Middle School Coordinator | email

Parent To-Do Items & Due Dates:

  • ASAP: Look for an email from PRESTO and log in to your student’s band member account (more info HERE)

  • September 3, 2024: Mandatory Registration Due COMPLETE HERE

  • October 1, 2024: Pay the $50.00 Band Member Fee  PAY ONLINE HERE

FEES & PAYMENTS 

The Union 6th Grade Band fee is $50.00 and is due by October 1, 2024 .

This fee provides your student with
• instrument method book
• band class 3-ring binder with plastic sheet protectors and pencil pouch
• necessary sheet music
• Union 6th Grade Band T-shirt, which is required to be worn at performances
• special clinics throughout the school year

There are 3 ways to make a payment:
1) Pay online with a credit or debit card into the PRESTO account (3% service fee applied) - more info below.
2) Send a check or cash to school in an envelope with your child’s name. Payments should be put in in the band office payment drop box. (Make Checks Payable to UBPC).
3) Mail your payment to UBPC. PO Box 471915. Tulsa, OK 74147 

FUNDRAISING 
• UBPC (Union Band Parents Club) offers fundraising year-round to help students/families pay for band member fees. All fundraising opportunities can be found at www.UnionBands.com/fundraising.

• Students may check out fundraiser World’s Finest Chocolate at school to sell.  $27 worth of profit is earned for every box sold; this profit can be applied to the $50 band member fee.

• Sign up for text message reminders from our Fundraising Team by texting @ubpc-fundr to 81010

• Any funds remaining in the account at the end of the school year will roll to the next school year.

OUR INFORMATION SYSTEM 
Union Bands uses a data management system called PRESTO to handle student accounts, contact info, instrument tracking, as well as a variety of other applications. Your student has a PRESTO account that they will keep for as long as they are in the Union Bands program. Please take time to log into PRESTO.

Recommended Instruments

Trombone

  • Orion OTB321F

    • Large Bore

    • F-Attachment

  • Required Accessories

    • ‘6 ½’ AL large bore mouthpiece

    • tuning slide grease

    • tuning slide cream

    • spray bottle

    • method book; Ed Sueta Method for Band: Trombone, Book One (brown in color)

  • Recommended retailers

Percussion

  • Protege Beginner Xylophone

  • Required Accessories

    • Snare Drum Stand: Pearl S700L

    • Drum Pad: HQ Real-Feel RF-12D

    • Sticks: Innovative Percussion IP-LD

    •  Mallets: Innovative Percussion IP-901

    • Metronome: Qwik Time QT3

    • Method Book: Simple Steps to Successful Beginning Percussion by Kennan Wylie

  • Recommended retailers

FLUTE

  • Yamaha Advantage YFL-200AD

  • Required Accessories

    • cleaning rod

    • method book: Habits of a Successful Beginning Band Musician — Flute, Book One (green in color)

  • Recommended retailers

Clarinet

  • Buffet Prodige

  • Yamaha YCL-200

  • Required Accessories

    • Faxx '5RV’ mouthpiece

    • Vandoren brand reeds: model 2.5 

    •  silk swab

    • cork grease

    • method book: Habits of a Successful Beginning Band Musician — Clarinet, Book One (green in color)

  • Recommended retailers

TRUMPET

  • Yamaha YSL-200AD

  • Required Accessories

    • ‘6 ½’ AL mouthpiece

    • tuning slide grease

    • tuning slide cream

    • spray bottle

    • method book: Habits of a Successful Beginning Band Musician — Trumpet, Book One (green in color)

  • Recommended retailers

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