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Articles with a focus on the mellophone and middle brass

Where can you Study Music Education and Not Take Marching Band?

Many horn players are not fans of marching. Often for instrumental music education majors marching band is a required course. At some schools, however,...

A Limited Edition Tanglewood Plate with Mellophone

To fill up wall space and personalize my home office, I like to collect various horn-related items to adorn the walls. While some people...

Playing on Piston Valves, a King Mellophone, and the IYM

As I have been preparing for my session at the IHS symposium that involves performing on a vintage piston valve horn, I have been...

The Art of Mellophone Playing

UPDATE: The third edition of A Mello Catechism is a virtual "Art of Mellophone Playing," available now (2018) in print and  Kindle versions. This coming...

Introducing the Marching Natural Horn, a High School Art Class Project

One small chapter of my story is the making of this marching natural horn. It was the first horn I made. I have always enjoyed...

35 Mellophones=Huge Sound

When I can make it I like to get to ASU Band Day for a portion of the event. It is a marching band...

A Blast from the Past: The Altonium

Depending on your age and background the Altonium could be seen as odd, rare, cool, cute, or as an old friend from back in...

First impressions with the Patterson mellophone leadpipe – Mark Taylor

This leadpipe (made by our sponsor Patterson HornWorks) and its angled-bend is something that I have been very curious about. Thanks to mello-head Mark Taylor,...

From the Mailbag: Trumpet to Mellophone–an Easy Switch

I was recently contacted by a parent who had a child that had been asked to switch from trumpet to mellophone for marching band....

An Advocate for the Alto Horn in 1968

In 1990 a wonderful brass resource was published, Brass Bibliography: Sources on the History, Literature, Pedagogy, Performance, and Acoustics of Brass Instruments by Mark...