Festivals of Music - Equipment Responsibilities

Instrumental Equipment

• Black music stands on stage (70)
• Stands in the warm-up room (70) wire stands are OK
• Stands in the sight-reading/clinic room (70)*
• Chairs on stage, in the warm-up room, and sight-reading/clinic room*
• Bass drum on stage and in the sight-reading/clinic room*
• Four Timpani on stage and two in the sight-reading/clinic room*
• Xylophone on stage
• Tuned piano on stage
• Tuned piano in warm-up - the warm-up piano can be election, but the keyboard MUST be full size
• Tuned piano the sight-reading/clinic room* where needed (Jazz Ensemble & Orchestra).  
• Four (4) microphones on stage (Jazz Ensemble)
• Conductor’s stand and podium on stage

Choral Equipment

• At least six (6) sets of 3-Step Choral Risers on stage
• Chairs in the warm-up room
• Tuned piano on stage and in the warm-up room (Grand preferred on stage if available)
• Four (4) microphones on stage
• Conductor’s stand and podium on stage

*Check with your Program Director to see if extra equipment, etc. is needed for Clinic/Sight-Reading

Protecting your equipment

It is a good idea to label all of your equipment with your school name. If you let any school borrow equipment from your school, it is your responsibility to make sure it is returned. The schools are on a tight schedule, and it is possible to load your equipment on their buses by mistake. It is a good idea to inform your stage manager what equipment has been borrowed, so they can collect it while the group is exiting the performance area.