The MelloCast

The MelloCast

127 episodes

Welcome to The MelloCast -- a Podcast dedicated to the Mellophone, Alto Horn, Tenor Horn, Circular Alto, and any and all other middle brasses, their players and fans. Each week we hope to deliver a discussion about these instruments and its players, answer any of your questions, and present both rare and familiar Middle Brass audio clips and recordings!

Podcasts

Episode 126 - Live from IHS 2011

Published: Sept. 2, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 125 - Summer Camps

Published: Aug. 19, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 124 - First Horns

Published: April 29, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 123 - Cool Cases

Published: April 15, 2011, 9 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 122 - Gordon Higginbottom

Published: Feb. 25, 2011, 10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 25 seconds

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Episode 121 - Dream Horns

Published: Feb. 4, 2011, 10 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 120 - How Much Should We Practice?

Published: Jan. 21, 2011, 3:38 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 119 - Top 5 for 2010

Published: Dec. 31, 2010, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 118 - Oil!

Published: Sept. 24, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 117 - Back to School

Published: Sept. 10, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 116 - French Horns on YouTube

Published: Aug. 13, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes

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Episode 115 - 2010 IHS Symposium

Published: July 30, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 114 - Patterson Shoot-Out

Published: July 9, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 113 - French Horn Nation 2010 LIVE!

Published: June 25, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 112 - Advocate for the Alto Horn

Published: June 11, 2010, 9:20 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 111 - Double Descants

Published: May 28, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 110 - The Ascending Horn

Published: April 30, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 109 - High Notes

Published: April 9, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 108 - Mouthpiece Recommendations

Published: April 2, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 107 - Beyond Farkas

Published: March 19, 2010, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 106 - Embouchure Strengthening Tools

Published: March 5, 2010, 10 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 105 - Vienna Horns

Published: Feb. 19, 2010, 10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 104 - James Peterson

Published: Feb. 5, 2010, 10 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 103 - N.A.M.M. 2010

Published: Jan. 22, 2010, 10 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 102 - Mike McCool

Published: Jan. 8, 2010, 10 a.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 101 - Top 5 for 2009

Published: Dec. 25, 2009, 10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 100 - Secrets

Published: Dec. 18, 2009, 10 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 99 - Coping with the Tenor Horn as a French Hornist

Published: Nov. 6, 2009, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 98 - Horn Hacks

Published: Oct. 19, 2009, 2:48 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 97 - Listener Questions 5

Published: Oct. 9, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 96 - Patterson Leadpipe

Published: Oct. 2, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 95 - Humboldt Brass Workshop

Published: Sept. 18, 2009, 9:38 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 56 seconds

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Episode 94 - The Mouthpiece Wheel of Doom

Published: Sept. 11, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 93 - Single Horns

Published: Sept. 4, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 92 - Horn Matters Website

Published: Aug. 28, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 91 - Marching With French Horns

Published: Aug. 7, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 90 - DCI 2009 with Kevin Gamin

Published: July 31, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 89 - French Horn Nation 2009

Published: July 24, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 88 - 2009 IHS Symposium

Published: July 17, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 87 - Tenor Horns on YouTube

Published: May 8, 2009, 2:54 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 86 - Listener Questions 4

Published: May 1, 2009, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 85 - Gino Cipriani

Published: April 24, 2009, 7:22 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 34 seconds

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Episode 84 - A Complete Guide to Brass ... Almost

Published: April 17, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 83 - Mellos on YouTube 3

Published: April 10, 2009, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 82 - ID'ing Old Horns

Published: April 3, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 81.5 - News for April 1, 2009

Published: April 1, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 4 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 81 - History Revisited

Published: March 27, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 80 - Quick Horn Changes

Published: March 20, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 79 - Limited Practice Time

Published: March 13, 2009, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 78 - Interview with John Meehan

Published: March 6, 2009, 10 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 21 seconds

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Episode 77 - History of the Mellophone

Published: Feb. 27, 2009, 10 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 76 - Getting It Back

Published: Feb. 20, 2009, 10 a.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 6 seconds

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Episode 75 - N.A.M.M.

Published: Feb. 13, 2009, 10 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 74 - Must-Have CD's

Published: Jan. 23, 2009, 6:18 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 73 - Nirschl and Monette

Published: Jan. 16, 2009, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 72 - Pimp My Horn

Published: Jan. 9, 2009, 2:35 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 28 seconds

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Episode 71 - Top 5 for 2008

Published: Dec. 26, 2008, 10 a.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 31 seconds

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Episode 70 - Fingerings

Published: Dec. 19, 2008, 10 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 2 seconds

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Episode 69 - Christmas Clips

Published: Dec. 12, 2008, 11:10 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 68 - Gifts '08

Published: Dec. 5, 2008, 10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 67 - What We're Playing Now

Published: Nov. 28, 2008, 10 a.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 66 - St. Paul's Brass Quintet

Published: Nov. 21, 2008, 10:43 a.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 36 seconds

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Episode 65 - Chris's Tenor Horn Adventure

Published: Nov. 14, 2008, 10 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 3 seconds

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Episode 64 - Bonnie Ott Thompson

Published: Nov. 7, 2008, 10 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 63 - Improv for Dummies

Published: Oct. 31, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 62 - All-American College Band

Published: Oct. 24, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 25 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 61 - Mellos on Facebook

Published: Oct. 3, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 60 - See the Girls Dance

Published: Sept. 26, 2008, 12:34 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 59 - Marching French Horns

Published: Sept. 19, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 58 - Piston/Rotor Horns

Published: Sept. 12, 2008, 3:25 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 57 - Bb Marching Horns

Published: Sept. 5, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 42 seconds

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Episode 56 - Getting Back In Shape

Published: Aug. 29, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 55 - Vibrato

Published: Aug. 15, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 48 seconds

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Episode 54 - Listener Questions 3

Published: Aug. 8, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 9 seconds

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Episode 53 - Blazing Technique

Published: July 11, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 1 second

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Episode 52 - Range

Published: July 4, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 51 - Tonguing and Articulation

Published: June 27, 2008, 9 a.m.
Duration: 49 minutes 54 seconds

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Episode 50 - Flexibility

Published: June 20, 2008, 2:51 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 49 - Drum Corps Minis

Published: May 30, 2008, 12:50 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes

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Episode 48 - Holly Marino

Published: May 23, 2008, 1:49 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 59 seconds

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Episode 47 - Chris Nalls

Published: May 16, 2008, 1:37 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 35 seconds

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Episode 46 - The Brass Gym

Published: May 9, 2008, 12:31 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 17 seconds

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Episode 45 - Carmel Kenton Project

Published: May 2, 2008, 1:04 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 44 - First Year Anniversary

Published: April 11, 2008, 9:24 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 1 second

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Episode 43 - 3 Listening Assignments

Published: March 28, 2008, 9:16 a.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 42 - Music Librarian Karen Smith

Published: March 21, 2008, 9:29 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 41 - Kevin Gamin

Published: March 14, 2008, 9:18 a.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 22 seconds

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Episode 40 - Intonation

Published: March 7, 2008, 11:11 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 39 - Jupiter Quantum 5050

Published: Feb. 22, 2008, 2:37 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 38 - Churches and Pits

Published: Feb. 15, 2008, 1:16 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 1 second

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Episode 37 - Karl Hammond

Published: Feb. 8, 2008, 10:17 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 55 seconds

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Episode 36 - Griffin Gunter

Published: Feb. 1, 2008, 4:33 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 44 seconds

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Episode 35 - A Mello Catechism

Published: Jan. 25, 2008, 10:52 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds

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Episode 34 - Mellos on YouTube 2

Published: Jan. 18, 2008, 7:03 a.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 19 seconds

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Episode 33 - Listener Questions 2

Published: Jan. 11, 2008, 2:29 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 1 second

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Episode 32 - Top 5 for 2007

Published: Dec. 28, 2007, 2:15 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 31 - Corps Auditions

Published: Dec. 21, 2007, 1:54 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 30 - Gifts for the Discriminating Mellophonist

Published: Dec. 11, 2007, 11:08 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 29 - Kelly Smith, the Reluctant Mellophonist

Published: Nov. 30, 2007, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds

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Episode 28 - Doug Lantz "From the 50 Yard Line"

Published: Nov. 23, 2007, 9:03 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 7 seconds

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Episode 27 - Coping with the Mellophone as a Trumpet Player

Published: Nov. 16, 2007, 2:01 p.m.
Duration: 27 minutes 57 seconds

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Episode 26 - Paula's Summer With Teal

Published: Nov. 9, 2007, 1:33 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 24 seconds

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Episode 25 - What's In Your Case?

Published: Oct. 26, 2007, 1:02 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes

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Episode 24 - G Mellophones

Published: Oct. 16, 2007, 3:40 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 32 seconds

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Episode 23 - Mellos for Woodwind Players

Published: Oct. 5, 2007, 9:33 a.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds

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Episode 22 - Listener Questions 1

Published: Sept. 28, 2007, 12:38 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 21 - Mini Corps 2007

Published: Sept. 21, 2007, 4:37 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 37 seconds

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Episode 20 - Mutes

Published: Sept. 7, 2007, 12:36 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 46 seconds

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Episode 19 - The IYM Mouthpiece

Published: Aug. 31, 2007, 12:39 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 38 seconds

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Episode 18 - J.D. Shaw

Published: Aug. 24, 2007, 12:22 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 23 seconds

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Episode 17 - DCI Finals 2007 Recap

Published: Aug. 17, 2007, 10 a.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 16 - Descants and Triple Horns

Published: Aug. 10, 2007, 1:19 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 41 seconds

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Episode 15 - Coping with the Mellophone as a French Hornist

Published: July 20, 2007, 1:07 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 14 - Music in Motion

Published: July 13, 2007, 10 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 49 seconds

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Episode 13 - Buying Mellos on eBay

Published: July 6, 2007, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 8 seconds

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Episode 12 - Mellos on the Web

Published: June 29, 2007, 3:06 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 40 seconds

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Episode 11 - Warm-Ups

Published: June 22, 2007, 12:32 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 14 seconds

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Episode 10 - The Great Mouthpiece Debate

Published: June 14, 2007, 5:32 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 16 seconds

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Episode 9 - Yamaha Mellos

Published: June 8, 2007, 4:06 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds

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Episode 8 - New Horns at the WWandBW

Published: June 1, 2007, 1:05 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 45 seconds

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Episode 7 - Mark Taylor Interview

Published: May 24, 2007, 3:48 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 1 second

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Episode 6 - The Mellophonium

Published: May 17, 2007, 2:28 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 4 seconds

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Episode 5 - Mellos on YouTube

Published: May 12, 2007, 1:51 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 4 - Paula Hyman

Published: May 2, 2007, 3:11 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 5 seconds

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Episode 3 - French Horns and Tenor Horns

Published: April 19, 2007, 3:16 p.m.
Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds

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Episode 2 - Our Horns

Published: April 12, 2007, 2:57 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 13 seconds

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Episode 1 - Introductions

Published: April 5, 2007, 2:50 p.m.
Duration: 35 minutes 18 seconds

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