Andrew Warren's combined book setup for Mary Poppins at the Argyle Theater in Babylon, New York.

Mary Poppins - Andrew Warren

November 12, 2023

Andrew Warren's combined book setup for Mary Poppins at the Argyle Theatre, in Babylon, New York.

Andrew's write-up and gear list below photos.

Andrew Warren's combined book setup for Mary Poppins at the Argyle Theater in Babylon, New York.

Andrew:

"Mary Poppins - Anything Can Really Happen!

The percussion book for Mary Poppins includes a number of different styles along with some tricky mallet licks and switches that keep me on my toes.

We are using a reduced orchestration for this run. Therefore, I am playing a combined book from the original percussion 1 & 2 books. I had a different version of the score so I added anything from that score that wasn’t in the combined book already.

This was a fun challenge to pair down three books into one. Although I am basically playing for 2 1/2 hours straight, it is a BLAST!. It gave me a reason to buy more gear including the wicked cool 'Vertical Gong' on the right of my setup from Kevin over at Creative Percussion.

If you didn’t notice I’m also rocking FOUR Miller Machines on this run! HOW COOL IS THAT?!?! It’s an absolute necessity for any Musical Theater percussionist. Is there even another way to get the job done?

Overall, this book is super challenging, but performing 6 times a week for 8 weeks is a BLAST! I highly suggest coming to see the Magic of Mary Poppins at the Argyle Theatre this holiday season!"

https://www.argyletheatre.com/marypoppins

Drums: Tama Superstar Classics (Dark Indigo Burst Finish)

12” x 9” Rack Tom
14” x 12” Floor Tom
20” x 16” Bass Drum with Creative Percussion Soft Felt Bass Drum Beater

Snares:

Pearl 14” x 5” Sensitone Elite Black Nickel
Creative Percussion 6” Pancake Snare Drum

Drumheads:

Evans EMAD Onyx on Kick Drum
Evans G1 Coated on Batter Side of all drums
Evans G1 Clear on Resonant Side of all drums

Cymbals:

Meinl 8” Classics Splash
Meinl 14” Classics Custom Brilliant Crash
Meinl 15” Pure Alloy Medium Hi-Hats
Meinl 16” Pure Alloy Medium Crash
Meinl 21” Byzance Polyphonic Ride
Creative Percussion 24” Steel Xtra Thin Hammered FX Cymbal

Hardware:

Gibraltar Curved Rack
Ludwig Atlas Standard Hi-Hat Stand
Ludwig Atlas Standard Bass Drum Pedal

Aux Percussion:

TreeWorks Classic Single Row 35 Bar Chimes
NameBrand Double Row 36 Bar Chimes
Stack Ring Percussion “Bell Chime”
LP Jam Blocks (Medium, High, Piccolo)
LP Blast Blocks (Low & High)
LP Cyclops Mounted Tambourine
LP Ratchet
LP Large Cabasa
Upcycled Percussion “Curls Waterfall” Rattle
Washboard
Miller Machines with Small, Medium, & Large Triangles
Miller Machine with Finger Cymbal
Yamaha Slapstick
Meinl Percussion Mike Johnston Groove Bell
Meinl Percussion Headliner Bongos
Meinl Percussion Cricket
Meinl Studio Bar Chimes (27 Bars)
Creative Percussion 12” Serenity Gong
Creative Percussion Vertical Gong
Creative Percussion Guiro Stax
Remo 8” x 7” Cuica
Musical Spoons
Ceramic Bird Whistle

Mallet Percussion:

Pearl Glockenspiel
Stagg 3 Octave Xylophone

Sticks/Mallets/Rods:

Los Cabos 5A Intense - Hickory
Los Cabos 55AB Hickory
Los Cabos 77A - Red Hickory
Los Cabos Bell Mallets (Hard)
Los Cabos Standard Brushes
Los Cabos Duo Sticks (3A & Hard Mallet)
Creative Percussion Bigfoot Twist Rods
Creative Percussion Hard Felt Mallet
Creative Percussion Large Gong Mallet

Misc:

Big Fat Snare Drum Original on Floor Tom
Kbrakes HiStops & Kick Grips
Cympads Black Green on all cymbals
Snareweight M80 on Snare Drum & Rack Tom
Gruv Percussion X-Click
TnR Products (True Vibe Snare & Floor-Tom Isolation Mounts)

Electronics:

Korg X5D Keyboard (triggering Vibes)
Yamaha DTX Multi-12 (triggering Timpani, Chimes, and Crotales)

Andrew is a proud endorser of TnR Products, Kbrakes, Cympad, Los Cabos Drumsticks, Big Fat Snare Drum, Snareweight, Baldman Percussion, Creative Percussion, Stack Ring Percussion, Gruv-X Percussion, sE Electronics Microphones, Donner Drums and Percussion, Moises: the Musician's App.