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AMERICAN STRING TEACHER November 2015 | Volume 65 | Number 4 • The Right Word(s) at the Right Time • Music Degrees: Everything You Need to Know • National Core Music Standards Don't miss Jeremy Kittel, fiddler, violinist, and composer, performing live at the 2016 ASTA National Conference in Tampa, Florida! American String Teachers Association www.astaweb.com www.astaweb.com | 3 4 | American String Teacher | November 2015 AMERICAN STRING TEACHER CONTENTS November 2015 | Volume 65 | Number 4 Features Bass Forum 24 The Right Word(s) at the Right Time I think that, as teachers, we all can recall moments of epiphany when a word, phrase, image, analogy, parable, or some other linguistic form that we uttered to our students clicked with them, and “they got it!” by Lawrence Hurst Chamber Music Forum 28 Chamber Music: It’s Your Move Playing chamber music is one of life’s great pleasures. The literature is wonderful, of course. But there also is the joy that comes with shared experience. by Sharan Leventhal Music Degrees: Everything You Need to Know from 32 Application to Graduation Part One – The Application Process Music degrees are different than the typical undergraduate degree. To begin with, they require a great deal of specialized instruction; in order to graduate within four years, music students must begin major coursework in their first semester on campus. by Hillary Herndon The National Core Music Standards and Conceptual 36 Understanding of Playing Skills This article will acquaint readers with the content of the new National Core Music Standards (NCMS). Its more specific aim is to provide bowed string instrument teachers with a theoretical framework for the interpretation of the standard labeled Performing, as the new standards seem to be proposing a distinct, conceptual view on what music students need to know when it comes to performing a piece of music. by Dijana Ihas Violin Forum 40 The Suzuki Method and Beyond for the Advancing Violin Student This is an interview with Julia Salerno, Eastern Washington University: Lecturer of Violin and Viola, Walla Walla Suzuki Institute: Co-Director and Violin and Viola Teacher. by Danae Witter www.astaweb.com | 5 AMERICAN STRING TEACHER CONTENTS November 2015 | Volume 65 | Number 4 Columns Special Message from the President 44 2016-2018 National Board Elections 12 by Stephen Benham 51 2016 ASTA National Conference 56 Meet Kim Kashkashian, Artist-Teacher Award Studio Teaching Tips Recipient 68 The Finger Matrix Exercise by Theodore Buchholtz K-12 Teaching Tips 70 Improvisation on Day One by Diane Rener Mission Statement To enrich lives through the joy of teaching and playing stringed instruments. • an open sharing of ideas; • benefits, services, and activities respon- sive to the needs of all members; • development of strong state leadership and chapters; • enhancing the image and visibility of string teaching and study; • advocacy for string education; and Departments • an inclusive community of string teachers and players. 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