1. EDCI 316 String Education

2. C.M.: Stopwatch Field Experiences (midterm due today) Microteaching Lessons String Education Introduction to Keyboards (Teacher Hope Chest) Next class is Thursday, November 6 th —Work on F.E. Lessons, handbook, and journal No Technology Assignment #2: you have enough to do!

3. String Education Availability of programs (Rural vs. urban) –Community Youth Orchestras, Honor Orchestras, Summer Camps, Chamber Ensembles, Fiddlers or Strolling Strings, university preparatory programs “Pull out” programs Expectation of Levels –Beginning (keys of D, G, C, e or a) Method books –Intermediate (keys of F, Bb, A, d, g) – bowing slurs, all four strings, first position, vibrato –Advanced (all major and minor keys)

4. There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music. -George Eliot