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Collegiate Marching Band Festival Sep 27, 2021

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Alex and Rebecca sat down with Jenna Foley, a member of the Kutztown University Marching Unit, to talk about one of the largest events in the college band world, the Collegiate Marching Band Festival in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

How To Write A Band Show Sep 10, 2021

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This week, we talked with some of the band world's most esteemed creative minds, discussing what it takes to write a band show. We spoke with Joshua Boyer, Assistant Director to the Ohio University Marching 110 about his drill writing process, and Matt Conaway, Assistant Professor of Bands at Purdue University about how he comes up with arrangements of songs for college bands and Hal Leonard publications.

The Rise of Band and Ball: How Two Programs Grew Together Sep 03, 2021

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This week, Jason and Alex interviewed Dr. Mark Spede, Director of the Clemson University Tiger Band and president of the College Band Directors National Association. They discussed what it was like to take a program from a 150 member band up to a 350 member band, while the football team went on a similar journey from just barely breaking .500 each season to becoming one of the top programs in the country. They also discuss what current challenges are facing the band world. Craig, Madalyn, and Alex also spend a few minutes talking about the relationship between their school's band programs and football teams.

This One Time At Band Camp... Aug 27, 2021

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We are back with a brand new season of College Band Radio, your favorite marching band podcast. Today, in celebration of the return of college football next week, we are talking all about preseason. First Jason and Rebecca sit down with an incoming trumpet freshman from the Troy University Sound of the South, Blake Partain, to talk about his first collegiate band camp experience, as well as what he is excited about from the upcoming season. Then Savannah and Jason chat with Jess Morley, drum major from the Rutgers University Marching Scarlet Knights about her experience as a student leader over the past 2 seasons and how they are preparing for this new season that's just around the corner. Plus we have some exciting news of our own!

DCI Summer Preview May 07, 2021

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In the season finale of College Band Radio, Alex and Jason were joined by Bluecoats brass instructor Rick Brown to talk about the upcoming season for Drum Corps International (DCI)!

Alumni Bands May 01, 2021

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As the end of the school year draws near, we wanted to take some time to recognize some of the outstanding alumni opprotunities that exist in bands across the country! Our resident alumni Alex, Craig, and Rebecca highlight some of their favorite experiences (00:00). Craig is joined by head of the UConn Alumni Band, Dr. Pamela Marino, to talk about how they got started and the cool legacy with the ensemble (13:25).

Pro Bands Apr 23, 2021

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This week we're getting an inside look at the world of NFL bands! We sat down with Dave Tucker, a former member of the Marching Ravens; Cassidy Howard, a former Purdue Golden Girl and current Indianapolis Colts cheerleader; and Jeremy Morikis, former Purdue drumline member and current member of the Chicago Bears drumline!

Dressed For Success Apr 09, 2021

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This week is all about uniforms! Annabel, Hannah, Savannah, and Alex talked about some of their favorite marching uniform designs and debate what makes a good uniform (00:00:00). We then sat down with Michael Gray from DeMoulin Uniforms to talk about the cool design process behind marching uniforms (00:15:26).

Stories from the Scatter Bands Apr 02, 2021

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Today is all about scatter bands! Yanal Qushair, the drum major for the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, and Cynthia Frimmet, a flute player in the Yale Precision Marching Band, chatted with Jason and Savannah about what it's like to be in a scatter band and shared some of their favorite stories (00:01:00). Hannah also provides the weekly FCS Update as teams near Selection Sunday on April 18th (00:29:46).

D2/D3 Spotlight Mar 26, 2021

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Today we're featuring bands from smaller athletic conferences! Alex and Savannah talked with Emily Kraynak and Helena Savolaine about some of the cool traditions that they have at their respective universities, Central Washington University and Otterbein University. (00:01:14). Alex and Jason talked with Dr. Sean Kelley of North Central College and Dr. Doug Whitten of Pittsburg State Universitiy about some of the cool similarities and differences between D1 and D2/3 ensembles (00:23:28).

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