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		<title>Holiday Lights 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 23:40:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, the String Ensembles and Concert Bands from three of my schools combined for a performance at a Holiday Lights display at a local park.
I teach essentially the same music at each school, so it was easy to merge the groups together without any additional rehearsal.
This was our second annual performance at this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=705&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fruit!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At long last, I finally feel like I&#8217;m seeing the fruits of my labor with my beginning musicians. Kids are finally playing Hot Cross Buns and other tunes from the beginning of the method book, and they&#8217;ve got decent beginning level tone, embouchure and rhythm.
Here are some of the steps we beginning band teachers go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=693&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>String Method Book Matters</title>
		<link>http://stengel99.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/string-method-book-matters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone else been affected by the international shortage of Essential Elements for Strings method books? (Yes, I am over-dramatizing the issue.) Despite the well-intentioned efforts of my district and the local music stores to be prepared for the fall rush, these books have been selling out nationally.
At one of my four schools, I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=686&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beginning Flute Notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:15:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of inconsistent success with teaching beginning flute, I&#8217;m venturing into uncharted territory. Feel free to call the Pedagogy Police after you read this.
Instead of using the first 5 notes of the concert Bb scale, I&#8217;m going to teach flutes using the first 5 notes of the concert F scale. This will eliminate that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=681&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">I'm also going to experiment with teaching beginning band in an open, flowery meadow.</media:title>
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		<title>New School Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's the beginning of a new school year, which means it's a great time to review goals and "new school year's resolutions." Here are a few of my goals as a composer/arranger for young musicians.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=671&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Vacation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Happy Summer! Those of you who follow this blog may have noticed I haven&#8217;t posted anything recently. After teaching Summer School, I&#8217;ve been enjoying some vacation time. I&#8217;m focusing on being a husband and dad rather than a music teacher. It&#8217;s been very refreshing.
If you&#8217;re on summer break and have the opportunity to clear your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=664&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Close, But Not Quite.</title>
		<link>http://stengel99.wordpress.com/2009/06/09/close-but-not-quite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in my 3rd grade Summer School class, my students had their first flutophone lesson. I taught them the parts of the flutophone, and we reviewed them together. &#8220;Mouthpiece, tone holes, bell&#8230;&#8221;
When I pointed at the tone holes once more, one girl proudly shouted, &#8220;toenails!&#8221;
It was a wrong answer I will not soon forget.
Posted in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=648&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Studio Web Site: A Call for Help</title>
		<link>http://stengel99.wordpress.com/2009/06/06/studio-web-site-a-call-for-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m considering the idea of creating a web site/blog for my private students and their parents, and I&#8217;m looking for good examples. (Yes, I&#8217;m giving you an invitation to plug your site and shamelessly brag about why it&#8217;s so great.)
If you do have such a site, what are its main features? I&#8217;m wondering specifically about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=636&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Mom, what does Steve's site say about his methodology and pedagogical philosophy?&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>Misplaced Concerns</title>
		<link>http://stengel99.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/misplaced-concerns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 02:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This evening I had the pleasure of being part of a panel of music teachers to speak in an undergraduate Music Education course my supervisor teaches. I was honored to have been asked to participate.
An interesting phenomenon took place as the Q&#38;A session began. The points of concern of the college students were quite different [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=626&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Elementary Music Festival 2009</title>
		<link>http://stengel99.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/elementary-music-festival-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 01:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some photos from the final rehearsal for my district&#8217;s Elementary Music Festival Concert.
The concert included performances by the String Ensemble (about 200 students), the Flutophones (400+ students), the Honor Orchestra (150 students), and the Honor Choir (200+ students).
The Honor Orchestra is an audition-only group made up of students throughout the district. Each piece [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stengel99.wordpress.com&blog=2583049&post=584&subd=stengel99&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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