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    <p>Dear MASTA members,</p>
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              ASTA has two upcoming webinars free to members:</span></span></div>
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              data-text="true">1) Wednesday, September 16 from 4-5 PM
              EST. </span></span><span data-offset-key="7su81-0-1"><span
              data-text="true">The topic of this webinar will be:
              Virtual Virtuosos: How to engage your String Ensemble
              while Teaching Remotely, Face to Face, Hybrid or all of
              the above!</span></span></div>
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            data-offset-key="d2uv8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Topics
              covered will include online engagement, planning and
              presenting successful sessions, various teaching
              scenarios, recruitment and building a community of student
              musicians regardless of the challenges presented in the
              classroom.</span></span></div>
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              data-text="true">2) Thursday, October 22 from 5-6pm ET. </span></span><span
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              of this webinar will be: Practical Tips for Teaching
              Virtual Beginners</span></span></div>
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            data-offset-key="8svn4-0-0"><span data-text="true">Join ASTA
              for a program dedicated to the challenging task of
              teaching beginning string students online. Topics will
              include:</span></span></div>
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        <div data-offset-key="dq0rp-0-0" class="_1mf _1mj"><span
            data-offset-key="dq0rp-0-0"><span data-text="true">• What to
              do if your students don't have instruments</span></span></div>
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            data-offset-key="56rf9-0-0"><span data-text="true">• Tuning
              instruments</span></span></div>
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            data-offset-key="149ba-0-0"><span data-text="true">• Basic
              technical skills</span></span></div>
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            data-offset-key="c9pee-0-0"><span data-text="true">• Note
              reading</span></span></div>
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            data-offset-key="n45c-0-0"><span data-text="true">•
              Assessment</span></span></div>
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            data-offset-key="b2cd5-0-0"><span data-text="true">• Online
              resources and games</span></span></div>
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              difficult year in many ways, but we're all in this
              together. With positive ideas and more resources than ever
              before, we will emerge even stronger as string teachers of
              the future.</span></span></div>
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              is free for members and a small fee for nonmembers.</span></span></div>
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              here:</span></span></div>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Dr. Michael Hopkins
Professor and Chair, Department of Music Education
University of Michigan
School of Music, Theatre & Dance
2230 Earl V. Moore Building
1100 Baits Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: (734) 763-7948</pre>
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