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	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[When is the ideal age to start a music education? Many teachers start students as young as 3 and 4 years old, but Dorothy Jones took to heart Dr. Suzuki’s admonition to focus on the babies. In this episode, we hear about Dr. Suzuki’s thoughts on an early start, the development of the Suzuki Early [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[When is the ideal age to start a music education? Many teachers start students as young as 3 and 4 years old, but Dorothy Jones took to heart Dr. Suzuki’s admonition to focus on the babies. In this episode, we hear about Dr. Suzuki’s thoughts on an early]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<title>Matsumoto Memoir—Helen Higa</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Today, we are looking at just one environment created by one teacher, and finding themes that can be applied to good teaching everywhere such as generosity, powerful observation, and warmth. Recently I was introduced to a series of recordings—interviews made a number of years ago with people who studied with Shinichi Suzuki in Japan in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>Holding Two Concepts In One’s Mind</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2017 16:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Music &#38; Clips “That got me thinking” Podcast Sun Up Dvorak Sonatina for violin and piano in G Major, transcribed for viola Beethoven String Quartet No. 20 played by the Jupiter String Quartet Real Vocal String Quartet playing Kothbrio and Kitchen Girls Transcript M: If you could wave your magic wand, what would that look [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Music &#38; Clips “That got me thinking” Podcast Sun Up Dvorak Sonatina for violin and piano in G Major, transcribed for viola Beethoven String Quartet No. 20 played by the Jupiter String Quartet Real Vocal String Quartet playing Kothbrio and Kitchen Gir]]></itunes:subtitle>
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