<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-:1k8" class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" style="font-size:0.875rem;direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><div id="gmail-:18e" class="gmail-a3s gmail-aXjCH" style="overflow:hidden;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello MASTA members! </div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">The MASTA Studio Teachers Forum (MSTF) is just around the corner! </span><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">It will be held on September 8th at the School of Music, Theatre, and Dance at the University of Michigan. It is designed to give studio teachers an affordable day of professional development. The MSTF will provide informative sessions, as well as time for "water cooler talk" -- time to interact and be inspired by one another. If you can't attend, then you can register to receive a link to videos of the sessions. The videos will be available after MSTF is over. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">$75 to attend ($50 for MASTA members)</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">$25 to receive links to videos of the sessions ($20 for MASTA members)</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://mastastudioteachersforum.weebly.com/?fbclid=IwAR3ovOqQbVsiy3bV5jF71w4bToWrnOtDofORpFOg9vuxGaYqN72keSwscDw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">https://mastastudioteachersforum.weebly.com/</a><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">Sessions:</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">1. Typical and Atypical Development of a Child's Brain (Renee Lajiness-O'Neill, EMU Neuropsychology)</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">2. Taxes for the Studio Teacher (Cherry Westerman, Enrolled Tax Agent Preparer)</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">3. Creativity, Play, Identity, and Community (</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jill.warne.9" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">Jill Warne</a><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">, Creative Connections)</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">4. My Accessible, Equitable Suzuki Studio (</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/clara.hardie3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nsored by the Michigan chapter of the American String Teachers Association.</span><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">I hope to see some of you there! Feel free to contact me if you have questions.</span></div><span class="gmail-HOEnZb gmail-adL"><font color="#888888"><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap">Andrea Yun</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,system-ui,".SFNSText-Regular",sans-serif;font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="mailto:ayun@umich.edu" target="_blank">ayun@umich.edu</a></span></div></font></span></div></div></div></div>