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		<title>FULL Saturday Schedule at Willow Music School!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Saturday schedule at Willow Music School in San Jose, CA is FULL!  I teach from when the doors open, till the building closes! I thought you all might like to see what a typical day of private lessons looks like! 11:00 Planning Time 12:00 Gabby Vocal Performance (Musical Theater) Piano Performance 1:00 Sun Vocal [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=491&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New &#8216;First Steps in Music&#8217; Class Forming: San Francisco &#8211; Russian Hill!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 23:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m very excited to announce our brand new class that&#8217;s forming in Russian Hill!  Information below: First Steps in Music Music and Creative Movement Class Infants through Pre-School age children with their parent/guardian! Mondays at 9:15 AM &#8211; 10:00 AM First Class: March 7, 2011 Location: Russian Hill Fun, music, dance, friends, and learning! Small [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=476&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infant and Toddler: Instrument Exploration!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Katherine. What types of instruments do we explore? I&#8217;m so excited to tell you all about the instrument segment of our  Infant and Toddler First Steps in Music class.  Instruments include a variety of high quality tuned percussion, untuned percussion, latin percussion, and auxiliary percussion instruments! Every week I introduce one new instrument [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=445&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infant and Toddler: Let&#8217;s Keep the Beat!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Katherine. Vivaldi: Gloria &#8211; Domine Fili Unigenite I had the opportunity to sing this energetic piece almost twelve years ago, where does time go???  It&#8217;s an old favorite of mine!  Here are some movement ideas to try at home, courtesy of Dr. Feierabend&#8217;s First Steps in Classical Music: Keeping the Beat! CD! Infant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=437&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infant and Toddler Tapping / Clapping: Patty Cake!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Katherine I just love how this Youtube Dad is facing baby and helping him clap his hands.  Babies LOVE repitition, and he varies the speed to build suspense and laughter!  I dare you not to smile&#8230; Patty Cake Tapping / Clapping Patty cake, patty cake, baker&#8217;s man. Clap baby&#8217;s hands together. Bake me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=424&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Infant and Toddler Bounces: &#8220;Ride a Cock &#8211; Horse!&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Katherine One of my first music memories was bouncing on my grandma&#8217;s foot while she recited this exciting rhyme!  Of course, coming from New England, she always called it &#8220;Cranberry&#8221; Cross!  Please enjoy this wonderful video I found on youtube of one of our favorite bounces from our Infant and Toddler class:  Ride [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=401&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Korean Lullaby Project: Found! &#8220;Ja Jang&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://firststepsmusic.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/the-korean-lullaby-project-found-ja-jang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Katherine. I have a new project &#8211; collecting Korean Lullabies!  Enjoy the first one in this series below.  I found this VERY cute video of &#8220;Ja Jang&#8221; on you tube.  Have you ever seen more adorable brothers?  I remember &#8216;Ja Jang&#8217; from my halmoni when I was a baby.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=396&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The National Standards for Music Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eun ha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Katherine. In all our classes, we seek to prepare our students for a world class music education. With our infant and toddler classes in particular, our goal is to promote &#8216;Readiness&#8216; by singing songs and speaking rhymes that will be studied in future years.  What particular standards are we getting ready for?  Like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=372&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Events: Music Education: San Luis Obispo Symphony&#8217;s &#8216;NO TIES ALLOWED!&#8217; Free Dress Rehearsal!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:19:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Katherine. We cordially invite your entire family to join us at San Luis Obispo Symphony&#8217;s free dress rehearsal on March 6, 2010 at 1:00pm, in Cal Poly&#8217;s Christopher Cohan Center! The Symphony believes that when kids attend classical concerts, they should be allowed to be themselves, squirms and all.  That’s why we open [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=357&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letters: Thank You and a Tip.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post by Katherine. As written to Melissa Healy at The Los Angeles Times Via Email. RE: Playing Along to the Mozart Effect: If you want music to sharpen your senses, boost your ability to focus and perhaps even improve your memory, you need to be a participant, not just a listener. Dear Melissa, How are you? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=firststepsmusic.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10603025&amp;post=347&amp;subd=firststepsmusic&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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